1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#434 - LITIGATION
Total Clues: 25 Total Voters: 29
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramki Krishnan | Relief after spending money to get topmost lawyer for case (10) | 29 | 14 | MITIGATION (relief) after removing M (money) to get L (topmost Lawyer - down clue) gives LITIGATION (case). "For" is connector as in wordplay <for> def | --- |
| 2 | Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Got initial break in case (10) | 28 | 18 | Def- case, break- anagram indicator for got initial |
- Nice clue. But break as anagrind should come before fodder imo |
| 3 | Thejaswi Udupa | Oil giant worried about important case proceeding | 20 | 11 | (OIL GIANT)* about IT (ImportanT case) |
- nice clue. i feel ''IT'' should be case of important or important''s case |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | Suit is new - I gloat in it | 20 | 11 | Anagram of I GLOAT IN IT; Anagrind NEW; Def SUIT | --- |
| 5 | Samit kallianpur | Suit's tight? Alter it In Goa! (10) | 18 | 10 | [Lit+ igation*]. Tight = lit (drunk). Alter = anagrind. Anagram fodder = it in Goa. Def = Suit. | --- |
| 6 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Oil giant upset about Italian legal action (10) | 16 | 10 | (OIL GIANT)* around (IT = Italian); Definition: Legal action | --- |
| 7 | Adman_i | Sex in bondage leads to class action (10) | 16 | 9 | Sex - it, Bondage - Ligation, Class action (Defn) - L(it)igation | --- |
| 8 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Drunk officer, essentially got in a criminal suit (10) | 15 | 10 | LIT +(off) I (cer)+ GOT IN A*, Criminal - Anagram Indicator, Suit - Def. | --- |
| 9 | Sparsh Sinha | Got initial fitting for suit (10) | 14 | 11 | Def - suit, fitting - anagram indicator, got+initial=litigation | --- |
| 10 | Arjun Mukerjee | Got initial fitting for suit (10) | 14 | 10 | (gotinitial)* - anagrind "fitting" (clueclinic anagram list) - def: "suit" (merriam webster) | --- |
| 11 | --- | Note included in binding legal action (10) | 12 | 8 | Note = TI; included in: containment indicator; binding = LIGATION; legal action = definition for LI(TI)GATION | --- |
| 12 | --- | Case of corrupt oil giant concealing extremes of impact (10) | 12 | 8 | (OIL GIANT)* around I(-mpac)T; corrupt: anag ind, concealing: cont ind, extremes of impact: IT (1st and last letters), defn: case | --- |
| 13 | --- | Lawsuit against oil giant covering the first signs of illegal trading (10) | 11 | 7 | Lawsuit- def , oil giant * around I T |
- "against" is a not a valid connector between wp and def IMO. Good clue though - Very nice... Is ''against'' part of def? |
| 14 | --- | Action - Decrease opening from 1000 to 50 (10) | 11 | 7 | Def - Action. M to L in Mitigation (decrease) | --- |
| 15 | --- | Money in relief turned inconsequential finally after lawsuit (10) | 10 | 5 | Definition - lawsuit MITIGATION -M +L , relief - MItigation, M-Money | --- |
| 16 | --- | Action in bar ? (10) | 9 | 5 | Cryptic definition . Bar refers to court and action to legal proceedings | --- |
| 17 | --- | Lawsuit for surgery having triggered infection initially (10) | 9 | 5 | Definition: Lawsuit; surgery: ligation; having: containment indicator: triggered infection initially: t,i: li(ti)gation | --- |
| 18 | --- | TOI tailing criminal leads to legal action (10) | 8 | 5 | Anagram clue. Fodder - TOI tailing. Indicator - criminal. Def - legal action. TOI - Times of India. | --- |
| 19 | --- | Proceeding another way, I log in at IT | 6 | 4 | Defn: proceeding; anagram fodder: i log in at IT; anagrind: another way | --- |
| 20 | --- | I got in a basically long-winding (appeal included) lawsuit! (10) | 5 | 4 | (I GOT IN A L)* over IT. Winding: anagrind. Def: Lawsuit | --- |
| 21 | --- | Raging big nation starts off legal action | 4 | 3 | Raging:lit big-b nation-n def:legal action | --- |
| 22 | --- | Trial of harm reduction with initial 95% reduction? (10) | 2 | 2 | Trial is definition; harm reduction is MITIGATION; with initial 95% reduction indicates changing initial letter from M (1000) to L (50) | --- |
| 23 | --- | Abandoned initial goal to eliminate mobster, lose nothing heading to trial | 1 | 1 | Charade, Anagrind: abandoned, fodder: INITIAL GOAL TO, - AL (eliminate mobster) - O (lose nothing), definition: trial | --- |
| 24 | --- | Top police officer probes into T. Ali criminal case(10) | 1 | 1 | Definition: Case. Anno: (IG) in (INTO+T ALI)*. Top police officer=IG. Probes=Insertion indicator. Criminal=Anagrind. | --- |
| 25 | --- | Agile lion gait it had, was the cause of dispute (10) | 0 | 1 | dispute = Definition ; Anagram : (LION GAIT IT)*' agile = anagrind | --- |