Can you guys help me out with today's Guardian cryptic crossword? I'm stuck on 6 across.
'Privates "lack right fish pong."' (10)
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 7 Jul 2026, 20:35, archived)

well it's certainly making me cross

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:29, archived)

PRIVATIONS

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:31, archived)

The BreakdownThe Definition: "lack" (privations are states of lacking basic necessities).

The Wordplay:"Privates" tells you to use the word PRIVATES."lack right" is a deletion indicator telling you to remove the letter R (the abbreviation for "right"), leaving you with PRIVATES - R = PVATES.

"pong" provides the remaining letters. A "pong" is a bad smell, or an ODOR (4 letters)."fish" acts as the anagram indicator (meaning to "fish around" or scramble the letters).

If you take PVATES and combine it with ODOR ("pong"), you get the 10 letters: P, V, A, T, E, S, O, D, O, R. Scrambling ("fish") those letters spells PRIVATIONS.
( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:31, archived)

you fucking stupid fucking cunt

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:35, archived)

*belms*

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:48, archived)

there was billions and billions of ultra smart technology behind that answer

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:57, archived)

GUNTSTENCH

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:53, archived)

oh my god that's amazing. what are you?

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:58, archived)

Private slack = GUNT, right fish pong = sTENCH

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 21:59, archived)

i take my kaks off to you

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:02, archived)

Privates = grunts, -r = gunts, + tench = guntstench

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:14, archived)

Well yes, to be fair I just thought of my favourite 10 letter word and worked backwards.

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:17, archived)

guntstench = tench + gunts, = +r, grunts = Privates
( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:22, archived)

Private tench grunts, +rrrr

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:27, archived)

fucksake

( MiseryCunt i said it b4 and i'll say it again... fuck you, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:29, archived)

Is the correct answer with the correct reasoning.

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:34, archived)

👍🏻

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 7 Jul 2026, 22:06, archived)