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rtxwdtrier | 14:59 Wed 27th May 2020 | Crosswords
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20d "Yankee faces married supporters" looks like Y-FRONTS, but (without being too anatomical) what has "married" to do with them please? [Y R N S from other clues.]
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Is the clue not 'male' supporters?
married = joined by a hyphen ???
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The clue is as quoted! Possibly means hyphenated but I'm not convinced.
I tentatively suggest they have made an error, that clue has been around the block before using the word 'male', which makes sense of it.
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Thanks Mamyalynne, it wouldn't be the first time the setter has made a boob.
Predictive text again to blame?
There isn't an instance of 'male' in any of the other clues, is there? This is the sort of thing that can happen when as a setter you notice you've used the same word twice in different clues, assume that both times it's there to indicate the abbreviated form (eg male = M), and replace one of the duplicates with a different word (eg for M, 'married').

'Married' here could just about indicate that the Y and the FRONTS are joined together, but if the setter wished the underwear to remain gender neutral he would simply have written the clue as 'Yankee faces supporters'.

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