1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#443 - TREASON
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 28
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suyash Roongta | Heartache, essentially, about a child's betrayal (7) | 25 | 16 | T (HearTache, essentially) + RE (about) + A + SON (child). Def - betrayal. | --- |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Argument after first sign of teenage rebellion (7) | 23 | 11 | REASON after T(-eenage); argument= reason, after= placement, first sign of teenage= T (1st letter sel), defn= rebellion | --- |
| 3 | Michael Harms | True cause for betrayal | 22 | 15 | {T}{REASON} |
- Elegant and concise |
| 4 | N Anantakrishnan | Court finally to debate sedition (7) | 18 | 13 | (cour) T (to - connector) Reason (debate). Def - sedition. Surface reference to ongoing Supreme Court discussion on the sedition law. | --- |
| 5 | Raj Jayaram | Sore at nationalist leader’s manoeuvring and betrayal (7) | 18 | 11 | Sore at = fodder; nationalist leader = N; manoeuvring = anagram indicator; (SORE AT N)*; and = connector; betrayal = definition of TREASON | --- |
| 6 | Maya Sharma | Time to consider rebellion(7) | 18 | 11 | Defn is rebellion, time is t, to consider= reason | --- |
| 7 | Sree Sree | Centre as one curbing seditious act | 17 | 9 | Hidden cwn(TRE AS ON) curbing containment indicator. | --- |
| 8 | Sowmya Ramkumar | He left the grounds in mutiny (7) | 17 | 9 | Def: Mutiny, T(-he)+ REASON(grounds) | --- |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Senator involved in deceit (7) | 16 | 10 | Senator*. Involved is anagrind | --- |
| 10 | Adman_i | Traitor, to begin with, had motive for betrayal (7) | 14 | 10 | T(raitor) + reason (motive), Betrayal (Definition) |
- "had" as connector in a charade does not work well IMHO |
| 11 | --- | Ultimately upset about an offspring's disloyalty (7) | 13 | 9 | T (ultimately upseT) + RE (about) + A SON (an offspring), def = disloyalty | --- |
| 12 | --- | Corrupt notaries concealed one's crime (7) | 13 | 7 | Def: crime, NOTARIES* - I |
- ‘Concealed’ suggests containment to me, rather than deletion. Nice surface, though |
| 13 | --- | Rebellious senator's crime | 10 | 6 | (senator)* | --- |
| 14 | --- | Betrayal by Senator in a riot(7) | 7 | 6 | Definition: Betrayal. Anno: (SENATOR)". Anagrind: In a riot | --- |
| 15 | --- | No tears dispensed for sedition (7) | 7 | 5 | Sedition = TREASON ; Sedition = Definition; Anagram : (NO TEARS)* dispensed = anagrind | --- |
| 16 | --- | Three maps point to search in every other place for mutiny (7) | 7 | 5 | T (h) R (e) E (m) A (p) S (p) O (i) N (t), letter picking direction being 'search in every other place' (of letter placement). Definition: mutiny | --- |
| 17 | --- | No going back! Chase and arrest criminal right away for treachery (7) | 7 | 5 | NO<< after ARREST*-r; def: treachery | --- |
| 18 | --- | Revolt erupted on arrest without resistance (7) | 6 | 5 | Def - revolt, erupted - anagram indicator, on+arrest-r(without resistance)=treason | --- |
| 19 | --- | Double-cross symbols not repeated in Rosetta Stone translation (7) | 5 | 3 | Def: Double-cross; symbols (letters) are not repeated in ROSETTA STONE translation (anagrind), which gives TREASON (letter bank) |
- Interesting clue, but i didn''t quite get the anno... |
| 20 | --- | Infidelity is a strange problem when girl wants to find love (7) | 4 | 3 | Strange* - G + O | --- |
| 21 | --- | A drink with rightful first male heir leads to betrayal | 2 | 2 | Tea + r +son | --- |