Criticise great earth atlas initially showing ancient land mass (6)
I believe the answer is:
pangea
'land mass' is the definition.
(I know that Pangea is a paleocontinent)
'criticise great earth atlas initially' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'great earth atlas' is 'gea'.
'pan'+'gea'='PANGEA'
'showing ancient' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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