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1ACCWC#425 - PASTRIES

Total Clues: 28 Total Voters: 32

✓ Contest Closed - Final Results

# Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments
1 Textrous Baked stuff that is taken from patisserie, perhaps (8) 39 18 Sem-&Lit; Def: Baked stuff, Anagrind: perhaps; Anagram of (PATISSERIE - I.E.) - Patisserie and Pastry have the same root
- Excellent!
- Same root issue—“pastries” and “patisserie” are cognates
2 Raj Jayaram Tarts traipse around before starting to strip (8) 27 13 Tarts: definition, traipse around: anagram of TRAIPSE, before: positional indicator, starting to S(trip): S - DBE requires DBEI.
- Smooth
3 Arjun Mukerjee Naked fat priests running wild with tarts (7) 19 11 (APRIESTS)* : Fodder is (-f)a(-t)priests, Letter Picker is "naked", Anagrind is "running wild", Definition is "tarts". - DBE requires DBEI.
4 Suyash Roongta Father's attempts at confectionary (8) 18 11 Def - Confectionary. PAS (Father's) + TRIES (attempts). - (confectionEry)
5 Satyen Nabar Model avoiding tarts, pies, crackers and baked goods (8) 17 10 (TARTS PIES)* - T; model=T, avoiding= del ind, crackers= anag ind, defn= baked goods ---
6 amrita majumdar Spent time baking tarts, pies and cakes (8) 16 11 TARTS+ PIES *-T, cakes -def - "Spent time" suggests removal of every T
- DBE requires DBEI.
7 Samit kallianpur Wild parties on Saturday....We all love 'em! [8] 16 11 [Pastrie* S]. Wild = anagrind. Saturday = S. Def = We all love 'em - We all love ‘em is too vague as def
- “We all love ’em!” seems too vague to me as a hint at the meaning
8 Veera Raghavan Parties arranged with sweets finally for desserts (8) 12 11 PARTIES* (sweet)S. Def: desserts ---
9 @inwitinwit Assorted pies, with half a strudel perhaps? (8) 12 8 (PIES + A STR)*. "half A STRudel" = A STR. Anagrind: "Assorted". Def: the whole clue. Semi-&lit. ---
10 Sowmya Ramkumar What one’s eaten producing spare tires on the sides? (8) 12 5 &Lit with the whole clue as Def. Anagram of SPARE T..S around I (one). Eaten - Container Ind., Producing - Anagram Indicator - "producing" doesn''t work as an anagrind in this construct. It generally works in a construct of this type - <anagram fodder> producing <anagram>
11 --- Father ordering sister for tarts (8) 11 7 Def- tarts, father-pa, ordering - anagram indicator for sister- stries - “…to make tarts” would have been better
12 --- Sumptuous repast is complete with desserts (8) 11 7 Desserts = Definition Anagram= (REPAST IS)* Anagrind = complete Anagram Fodder = Repast is - "Sumptuous" seems to play no role in the clue, "complete" does not work as an anagrind, "with" doesn''t work as a connector between subsidiary indication and definition
- Nice clue, but how is ''complete'' an anagrind?
- Role of Sumptuous? Also not convinced of “complete” as anagrind
- Role of "Sumptuous"?
- Not sure about “complete” as an anagrind. (“Prepared”, “concocted”, or “ordered” would fit nicely here)
- what is the role of sumptuous?
13 --- Macron's not one to be taken by very French things like croissants (8) 11 7 PAS + TR(I)ES: PAS = Macron's "not" (French 'pas'); I = "one" to be taken by TRES = "very" French ('très'); def is "things like croissants" - Nice!
14 --- Society in Pennsylvania judges cakes (8) 10 6 S in PA+TRIES - DBE requires DBEI.
15 --- Fool returns, attempts to make confectionaries (8) 9 7 Charade: Def - confectionaries, Fool (SAP) returns = PAS + TRIES (attempts) - (confectionEry)
16 --- Spooner's lost portion of cakes (8) 9 6 Lost: Stray; portion: piece; Spoonerism of Stray piece: Pastries; Definition: cakes - Piece ends with a soft c sound, whereas pastries ends with a z sound
- Stray peas might have worked better for pronunciation?
- DBE requires DBEI.
17 --- Tarts are fancy small pies with art(8) 8 6 Def - Tarts, fancy - anagrind, s(small)+pies+art = pastries - DBE requires DBEI.
18 --- Cooks star in 'Baked Sweets & Treats' [8] 8 5 star* (with cooks as anagrind) in pies (baked sweets) Def = TREATS - The anagrind needs to be "Cook" (as an instruction to the solver) or "Cooked" (as an adjective)
19 --- Rum's the essential ingredient of tarts, pies and cakes (8) 6 5 Rum - anag ind. Fodder - S + ART (the essential ingredient of Tarts) + PIES . Def - cakes - "the essential ingredient of Tarts" is R
- DBE requires DBEI.
20 --- Hungry pirates gulped strawberries first with pies (8) 6 5 Defn is pies, hungry is anagrind, pirates* containing S(trawberries) - "with" doesn''t work as a connector between subsidiary indication and definition
- How is Hungry an anagrind?
- “Hungry” as an anagrind seems like a bit of a stretch. (And there are so many other things pirates could be that would work nicely in the surface—“frenzied”, “riotous”, etc.)
- DBE requires DBEI.
21 --- Father and sister baked samosas 6 4 Pa sister* def:samosas - Needs definition by example, since Samosa is a type of pastry
- Samosas needs a def by example indicator
- DBE requires DBEI.
- Could use a DBEI (and “fried” would be a better anagrind for the surface, as that’s how samosas are normally made)
22 --- Former king is eating energy cakes (8) 6 4 PAST (former) + R (king) + IS around E(energy), def = cakes - DBE requires DBEI.
23 --- Sweet secretary makes an effort to grab endorsement essentially 5 4 Def: Sweet, secretary = pa, makes an effort = tries, endorsement essentially = s, grab is container indicator - number mismatch: pastries = plural, sweet = singular.
24 --- Exotic patisserie, that is you leave with these 3 2 (patisserie - I.e.(that is))* - Patisserie and Pastry have the same root
- Same root issue—“pastries” and “patisserie” are cognates
25 --- Breads or buns - prepare as per ISO, leaving nothing for a bit of taste(8) 2 2 Definition: Breads or buns. Anno: (AS+PER+IS(-O)+T)*. Anagrind: Prepare. Deletion indicator: Leaving. Nothing=O. A bit of taste=T. ---
26 --- Repast is ordered: Croissants, tarts, spanakopita, strudel and other treats from the bakery (8 ) 0 6 anagram fodder: Repast is; indicator: ordered; Definition: Croissants, tarts, spanakopita, strudel and other treats from the bakery ---
27 --- A clown is back with attempts to get baked foods (8) 0 3 Pas= clown is back. Tries= attempts. (PAS TRIES) ---
28 --- Tarts perhaps strip - short easy play! (8) 0 0 (STRIP + EAS (easy -y, short))*, play is the anagram indicator; Definition by example ---