None, though, would have been quite like Newcastle and the challenge proved understandably irresistible.
The obvious approach – via its two components BAR and GAIN – proved understandably popular but yielded a large number of short and serviceable but ultimately somewhat uninspired clues (e.g. 'Steal pub profit') with little to choose between them.
Nonetheless, complicated companies are understandably starting to be treated as guilty until proven innocent.
European leaders may understandably want to take a stand should Hezbollah be proven complicit in the July killing of six people, including five Israeli tourists, in Bulgaria, but so far these charges are unsubstantiated.
Others proved similarly — and understandably — loathe to give Krafft's views a stage and so chose, instead, to tuck them under the rug.
The Professional Squash Association is, understandably, annoyed that golf is proving to be a poor addition to the Olympics.
Now, though, with another platinum album in the bag, the sense that Gallagher feels the need to prove himself has, perhaps understandably, evaporated.
The Ashley issue was raised at what proved to be an understandably stormy Rangers annual general meeting at Ibrox on Monday morning.
The Timberwolves have a lot to prove while Denver is, understandably, overjoyed simply to have reached the playoffs for the first time since 1995.
(Ximenes once, rather wickedly, used CAB, resulting in only one letter in the word square being misplaced!) As it turned out, only two approaches to cluing DOUBLE-PARKING predominated, with variations on the 'loading up kerb' anagram proving (understandably) so popular that neatness of wording became a crucial factor in the judging process.
