1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#424 - DEFAMATION
Total Clues: 27 Total Voters: 31
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Doctor, I am not deaf! That’s a personal attack. | 33 | 16 | Anagram of “I AM NOT DEAF”, Anagrind: DOCTOR; Def: PERSONAL ATTACK | --- |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Sadly, I am not deaf to malicious gossip (10) | 28 | 15 | (I AM NOT DEAF)* - anagrind "sadly", def "malicious gossip" | --- |
| 3 | amrita majumdar | Fed up, a country ousts leader over money scandal (10) | 25 | 14 | FED< A (-N)ATION around M (money), SCANDAL -DEF |
- Nice, but not sure about Money = M, M1/M2 are used for money supply, but I haven’t seen M for money |
| 4 | Textrous | Unsavoury end to mafia's smear campaign (10) | 23 | 13 | (ENDTOMAFIA)*; Def: smear campaign, Anagrind: Unsavoury | --- |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Mudslinging of a fine Neta - Modi, perhaps? (10) | 21 | 11 | Def: Mudslinging, Anagram A F NETA MODI*, Neta - leader, |
- Neta for ‘leader’ for ‘first letter’ is perhaps too indirect |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Character assassination unfortunately made fine leader to leave country (10) | 19 | 12 | Def = character assassination, (MADE + F)* (unfortunately = anagrind, fine = F) followed by NATION -N (leader to leave country) | --- |
| 7 | N Anantakrishnan | Complex case of finance to Adani - Modi's first scandal? (10) | 16 | 11 | Complex - anag ind. Case of finance is FE (FE to Adani M)* Def - scandal | --- |
| 8 | @qpheevr | Fat comedian is upset, but not about slurs (10) | 16 | 11 | (FATOMEDIAN)*: ‘is upset’ indicates anagram; ‘but not about’ signals dropping C (abbr. for circa); slurs are defamation | --- |
| 9 | Avtaar | Scandal engineered to end Mafia (10) | 14 | 11 | Anagram (engineered) of TOENDMAFIA*. Def: Scandal | --- |
| 10 | Suyash Roongta | Slander grates Modi fan terribly; leads to slanderer Rahul Gandhi getting expelled. (10) | 13 | 6 | Anagram of (GRATES MODI FAN) - SRG (leads to slanderer Rahul Gandhi). Anagram indicator - terribly. Deletion indicator - getting expelled. Def - slander. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Criticism makes Mao defiant (10) | 11 | 8 | Def: "criticism", Anagrind: "makes", (MAODEFIANT)* | --- |
| 12 | --- | Broadcast media not covering 40% of false character assassination (10) | 10 | 8 | Definition: Character assassination. Anno: (MEDIA+NOT)* around (FA(-LSE)). 40% of false=FA. Broadcast=Anagrind. Covering = Containment indicator. | --- |
| 13 | --- | AI made font resulted in criticism (9) | 10 | 7 | AI MADE FONT - fodder; resulted in - anagram indicator; criticism- definition | --- |
| 14 | --- | Harry, and a time of scandal (10) | 9 | 6 | Def: Scandal, anagram of "AND A TIME OF", Anagram indicator: harry (verb form). Surface refers to prince Harry and could be the title of a biography | --- |
| 15 | --- | Furious Modi fan ate mud | 7 | 5 | * modifanate, furious = anagrind, Definition: Mud | --- |
| 16 | --- | Break up mafia to end hatchet job | 7 | 5 | (mafia to end)*, definition - hatchet job | --- |
| 17 | --- | Often amid a fabrication, there's smear (6) | 7 | 5 | (Often amid a)* fabrication being the anagram indicator; Definition: Smear | --- |
| 18 | --- | Met Adani briefly for bananas, resulting in scandal (10) | 6 | 5 | [MET ADANI FO(r)]*. Bananas:anagrind. Def: Scandal |
- good try..another anagrind would''ve worked better for surface. |
| 19 | --- | Smear campaign about one fat maid(10) | 5 | 4 | Def - Smear campaign, about - anagrind, anagram of one fat maid - defamation |
- About doesn’t work before the fodder |
| 20 | --- | E. Jean Carroll's suit perhaps is fashioned of diamanté? (10) | 2 | 7 | (OF DIAMANTE)*. Anagrind: "fashioned". Cryptic def refers to the defamation suit being brought against Trump by the former writer for Elle magazine. |
- Topical! |
| 21 | --- | Mafia not affected following a couple of demands for libel | 2 | 2 | De + mafianot* (affected = anagrind) | --- |
| 22 | --- | Crazy mafia don swallowing drugs terribly leading to slander(10) | 2 | 2 | Definition is slander, Drugs is e; t from terribly; e t in anag of mafia don* | --- |
| 23 | --- | Its a shame a spy boss took out state's head after the agent rejected. | 1 | 1 | Def:its a shame. Spy boss: M A.M (-n)ATION after FED in reverse. DEF(<=) A M (-n)ATION | --- |
| 24 | --- | Fed up by a man with basically impudent, obnoxious thick-headedness casting aspersion(10) | 1 | 1 | Fed up: Def; basically: pick first letters; with: containment indicator; casting: Anagrind; Def + a + (ma{I,o,t}*n): Defamation; Definition: Aspersion | --- |
| 25 | --- | Endlessly deft in AM hours, NATO took one partner and fudged a libel (10) | 1 | 1 | (Def (-t) + AM + ( NATO + I )* = DEFAMATION) Anagrind = fudged | --- |
| 26 | --- | Dissipated Fate Domain denotes denigration. | 1 | 1 | Denigration = Definition ; Anagram : (FATE DOMAIN)* dissipated = anagrind Fate Domain = Fodder (The Fate domain was a deity domain that granted divine spellcasters like clerics with spells and powers inspired by fate.) | --- |
| 27 | --- | Aspersion by noted mafia perhaps (10) | 0 | 6 | Def: Aspersion; Perhaps: Anagram indicator; (Noted Mafia)* is anagram fodder | --- |