Ev 1471

[saladdodger]

two words(with only 1 common letter) in the clue need to be switched...
20a Poet's left uncut verse's conclusion following moderation (4) HOL?
HOLE? .....defn?
The letter from the switched words is i

[Neveracrossword]

Hole, an earlier spelling of Whole. Ho, moderation, (like Whoa), L, left and E, from the end of Verse.

[ProfessorMaisie]

''Poet's [uncut][left] verse's conclusion following moderation'' (the letter is 't') -
Poet's uncut' is the def for 'hole' (archaic spelling = 'whole' for Spenser). L+ 'vers(E') 'following' HO = 'moderation'.

[ProfessorMaisie]

That was just to show why it's 't' rather than 'i', saladdodger.

[saladdodger]

Thanks both ..i had T ..no idea why i typed i.....all finished now.
Thought this was very hard with too any obscure definitions etc

[ProfessorMaisie]

'i' was impossible anyway, so I guessed it would be a typo (all of the words with 'i' in them share more than one letter).