Thanks to Ruskin for hosting the contest. Fun word that elicited some top class clues. We ended the contest with 30 clues and 32 voters.
Top 10
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALP | Monster’s mass communication: “Island must become American” (6) | 49 | 14 | MED(I>US)A | – Topical (alas)! – Nicely topical – Brilliant – Topical and fabulous! |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Male falsely sued a female? Monster! | 26 | 9 | M (Male) + EDUS (Anagram of SUED; Anagrind FALSELY) + A, Def FEMALE MONSTER | |
| 3 | Matthew Marcus | Stoner is amused when high (6) | 22 | 10 | Medusa turns people to stone = a stoner. (AMUSED*) [high = common anagram indicator] | |
| 4 | Polslaw | U.S.-made counterfeit Versace logo (7) | 20 | 9 | Anagram US + MADE. Def: Versace logo. | |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Grotesque dame having primarily ugly crown of snakes (6) | 17 | 6 | DAME* around U(gly) + S(nakes); &lit clue, grotesque= anag ind, having= cont ind, primarily & crown of= 1st letter sel inds, whole clue is def. | |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Petrifying woman made us upset (6) | 16 | 7 | *MADEUS. Def petrifying woman. | |
| 7 | Textrous | Cursed female mummy had unsettled dues (6) | 16 | 6 | Annotation: Def:Cursed female; mummy:MA, had:containment indicator, unsettled dues: EDUS* => M(EDUS)A | – Surface does not make much sense to me – needs to be ‘has’ – Very nice! |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Petrifying woman from final Alexandre Dumas novel (6) | 14 | 6 | Def.: Petrifying woman (whose look would turn one to stone). Anagram (“novel”) of E (“final” [letter of] Alexandre) + DUMAS | – would need to be ‘final of” – Would have preferred “finale”, “ending” or maybe even “denouement” + of Alexandre |
| 9 | Anne de Pimodan | Maniacal US-made monster (6) | 13 | 6 | *USMADE | – Somehow this clue brought up image of you know who? |
| 10 | Nathan Townshend | She made us stoned! | 11 | 4 | Anagram &lit. (Stone, v.t. “to turn to stone” – Chambers) |
Congrats to the toppers and all those who participated.
Over to ALP for the next contest.
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