When Setter is not THAT Setter

Most often, the word 'setter' in a cryptic clue is a self-reference by the crossword setter, one that you would replace with the first person pronoun (I, ME, etc) to get the answer. A typical example:

THC 9473 (Gridman): Setter right about one's worth (5) MERIT
ME (setter) RT (right), around I (one)

As with other cryptic conventions, this too is not true all the time.

Here are a few clues in which the word 'setter' in a cryptic clue defies the self-reference rule. Have fun figuring them out.

Times 24568: Setter thoroughly overwhelmed by ridicule? (8) __W_____

Everyman 3212: Financial security obtained by a setter? Yes, oddly (4,6) E___ ______

Everyman 3217: Dine with setter, unusually attentive (10) I_________

Guardian 26130 (Puck): One setter's into fruit! (7) T____L_

Indy Sun 1252 (Nitsy): Determined setter, perhaps, good with editor (6) ___G__

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• When Fillers are not Fillers
• V and W in Homophone Clues
• This is Not the Definition

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