In reply to tlouth7:
> Interesting that they still expect you to know some of the cryptic conventions, for example certain words that shorten to non-obvious pairs of letters.
This one seems a bit of a leap in that regard compared to the last two.
I also found it interesting that although I have finished the crossword, I didn't understand one of their example clues. Can anyone tell me how this one works? I understand sin = bad thing and I guess that I'm removing a P (no parking), but I can't figure out what I'm removing the P from...
Deletion
Remove letters from another word for the answer
‘Car trip with no parking is bad thing (3)’ gives SIN