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[mikey4444]

12d...Ultimately Oscar Wilde wasn't wicked, bent maybe.
W?N?L?S?R?W

I can only make WINDLESTRAW, which is some kind of withered stalk
but not sure of the parsing ? There's an anagram in there somewhere !

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It's an anagram of Wilde wasn't + R from the ultimate letter of Oscar.

[factor-fiction]

anagram of R (Oscar ultimately) +WILDE WASNT?

[Svejk]

^^^
Snap. I think the ST compilers are trying to out-obsfucate? each other.

[fortis70]

i can't say that bent is anywhere near a definition or clue for windlestraw, a frail person yes but bent? or is the intention not to have a definition but simply use wicked and bent as the anagram indicators