1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#432 - EUPHORIA
Total Clues: 22 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Hear opium's fantastic, leaving many in bliss (8) | 39 | 16 | (HEAR OPIUM)* - M; fantastic= anag ind, leaving= del ind, many= M (abbrev), defn= bliss |
- Is “many” commonly abbreviated to “m”? |
| 2 | Raj Jayaram | Cooking Hour: “A Pie Makes Happiness”! (8) | 31 | 16 | Cooking: anagram indicator; HOUR A PIE: fodder; makes: connector; happiness: definition | --- |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Ecstasy sets out wild house parties (8) | 25 | 12 | (HOUSE PARTIES - SETS)*; wild being the anagram indicator and Ecstasy is the definition. | --- |
| 4 | Ramki Krishnan | Joy and new hope overwhelming you, on hearing uplifting song (8) | 22 | 12 | Def - Joy, HOPE* around U (you, on hearing) + AIR (song)<<, uplifting as rev indicator | --- |
| 5 | Sparsh Sinha | Ecstacy ruined her timeless utopia (8) | 19 | 10 | Def - ecstacy, ruined - anagram indicator, her + uopia(timeless utopia) = euphoria | --- |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | High hope about union with Ria gives great joy(8) | 14 | 9 | Definition: Great joy. Anno: (HOPE*) around (U)(RIA). Hope=Anagram Fodder. High= Anagrind. About=Container indicator. Union=U. | --- |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Hope to fly taking United's revolutionary air transport (8) | 14 | 7 | Def: Transport. HOPE* around U + RIA reversed. To Fly -Anagram Indicator, Revolutionary - Reversal Indicator., U = United (Chambers) |
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| 8 | Suyash Roongta | At English university, setter meets Oprah and goes crazy with excitement (8) | 13 | 8 | EU (English university) + (I + OPRAH)*. Anagram indicator - goes crazy. Def - excitement. | --- |
| 9 | Veena Venkataraman | Heard you played harp, viol essentially for joy(8) | 10 | 6 | Heard: homophone indicator;~you: Eu; played: Anagrind; viol essentially: io; Eu (harp io)*: Euphoria; Definition: joy | --- |
| 10 | Amrita Majumdar | Transport in Peru occasionally used by Oprah around lunchtime (8) | 9 | 7 | pErU, OPRAH* Around I | --- |
| 11 | --- | Rock opera with "One", "United" and opening from Hungarian Rhapsody (8) | 9 | 7 | Anagram ("rock") OPERA with I (one), U (United) and H (opening from Hungarian); Rhapsody is definition | --- |
| 12 | --- | I hear soup's endlessly stirred for pure joy | 9 | 6 | Soups endlessly = OUP; Anagram of "I HEAR OUP"; Anagrind: STIRRED; Def: PURE JOY | --- |
| 13 | --- | Ah! I pour liquid ecstasy at the start for this feeling! (8) | 9 | 5 | &lit! Def: Clue, Fodder: AH I POUR, Anagrind: liquid, + E at the start | --- |
| 14 | --- | Turn in hope excitedly, against breeze's uplift | 7 | 5 | U (turn) in (HOPE)*, AIR reversed. Definition is uplift | --- |
| 15 | --- | Ecstasy had in Europe. Tripped endlessly (8) | 7 | 4 | Fodder (had in Europe), Anagrind (Tripped/intoxicated), Endlessly - Deletion, Ecstasy (Defn) : (had in Europe)* - (end) | --- |
| 16 | --- | Joy starts to open up after having ripe bananas (8) | 6 | 4 | Defn {JOY} ; {O, U, A, H RIPE}* ; Anagrind {BANANAS} | --- |
| 17 | --- | Cheer up, hero! Quixotically, the first adventure begins with this (8) | 6 | 4 | ‘cheer’ = def.; (UP HERO)* [‘quixotically’=anagrind] + I [‘the first’] + A [‘Adventure’ begins with this] | --- |
| 18 | --- | "I hear you four start inciting Armageddon for the rapture." (8) | 5 | 3 | "I hear" indicates homonym "you four". "Start" indicates first letters of Inciting Armageddon EU(you)PHOR(four)IA | --- |
| 19 | --- | Hour I ape meditating for peace of mind | 5 | 2 | (Hour i ape)* anagram, def:peace of mind | --- |
| 20 | --- | Sent away house painter traveling, exhibiting joy (8) | 4 | 3 | Traveling: anagrind. (HOUSE PAINTER - SENT)*. Definition: Joy | --- |
| 21 | --- | Some plants Biodiversity Chief missed in a fit of over-enthuasiasm | 4 | 2 | Some plants = Euphorbia, Biodiversity Chief = B, missed is deletion indicator, Definition a fit of over-enthusiasm |
- “Some plants” seems a little broad here—something more specific like “some poisonous plants” or “poinsettia and other plants” might be fairer |
| 22 | --- | Hai, Europe endlessly entangled in exhilaration! (8) | 3 | 2 | Exhilaration = Definition; Anagram : (HAI EUROP)* ; Europe endlessly = EUROP(E); entangled = anagrind | --- |