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[amtaff]

Advice please for 16ac. Screwed up as rubbish, in the middle I went-here!(5,3)?A?T? B?N. Is it waste bin? I see waist =middle,with I going, leaving WAST, but wheres the EBIN?

[JustNotCricket]

ru (bi) sh the middle and (as) and (went). I think that is it for the anagram.

[dzug2]

Well the letter B is the middle letter of rubbish, and IN is part of the clue? That leaves the E though

I'm sure it's the right answer.

[JustNotCricket]

I am rubbish at spolling. I went to check and saw that I got it slightly wrong.

Screwed up (ie anagram of) AS rubBish (in the middle) I WENT ,

and as something that is screwed up rubbish goes into a waste bin it is finished with the cryptic "here".

[amtaff]

Thansks. Its an anagram of AS B I WENT with the b being the middle letter of rubbish