1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#455 - NIGHTMARE
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 19
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @qpheevr | Arming the rebels for a worst-case scenario (9) | 22 | 12 | (ARMING THE)*; “rebels” = anagrind; “a worst-case scenario” = NIGHTMARE (in a figurative sense) | --- |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Hearts captured by poor emigrant's ordeal (9) | 22 | 11 | H in EMIGRANT*; hearts= h, captured by= insertion ind, poor= anag ind, defn= ordeal | --- |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Terrible thing to spoil sleep, essentially (9) | 16 | 9 | THING* + MAR + sl(E)ep, whole clue as def | --- |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Right name, wrong trial (9) | 15 | 10 | Anagram of RIGHT NAME; anagrind is "wrong"; def is "trial" (meaning ordeal) | --- |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Scary thing to spoil sleep, essentially! (9) | 15 | 8 | &Lit, THING*+MAR+E (Scary anagram indicator, to spoil = mar, slEep) |
- Not sure if "scary" is a valid anagram ind |
| 6 | Suyash Roongta | Horror! German hit at sea! | 13 | 9 | {GERMANHIT}*. Anagram indicator - at sea. Def - horror. Surface could be a WWII headline referring to German U-boat attack. | --- |
| 7 | Sparsh Sinha | Horrible monsters gnawed hair regularly in a bad dream | 12 | 8 | Def - a bad dream, horrible anagrind, alternate letter selection - regularly | --- |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Agony from torn hamstring knocks out top sportsman in the middle of the field (9) | 10 | 5 | Agony-def, Hamstring* -S + E (Middle of fiEld) |
- I don’t think “*in* the middle of *the* field” quite works for indicating the E or where it goes |
| 9 | N Anantakrishnan | Hitman Rohit's first game ends badly causing agony (9) | 9 | 6 | {Hitman R(ohit) g(am)e}*. def - Agony | --- |
| 10 | Nathan Townshend | A thing involved with rapid eye movement | 9 | 5 | Anagram &lit: A THING REM * involved is the anagrind; Rapid eye movement is associated with dreams. |
- Needs acrostic ind for REM - else it is an indirect anagram |
| 11 | --- | Stormy rain might prove in the end for one to be an ordeal (9) | 9 | 5 | (RAINMIGHT-I +provE)*. Stormy: anagrind. Def: Ordeal |
- I’m dubious about “for” as an omission indicator |
| 12 | --- | Scary thing to spoil middle of sleep | 8 | 6 | (THING)* MAR (to spoil) E (middle of slEep). Scary is anagrind. Whole clue is defn |
- Haven''t seen scary as an anagram indicator in Chambers or Clue Clinic lists |
| 13 | --- | Trial for arming the criminal (9) | 8 | 6 | (arming the)*; Definition: Trial |
- Def "for" wordplay is not kosher IMO |
| 14 | --- | Dark dream about daughter being taken away? | 7 | 5 | &-lit; DARK = NIGHT, Anagram of (DREAM minus D) = MARE |
- Because the NIGHT in NIGHTMARE really means night, cluing it as “dark” isn’t very cryptic |
| 15 | --- | Hallucination in darkness followed by fevered dreams, essentially (9) | 6 | 3 | Darkness - Night, Fevered - anagrind, Dreams essentially - fodder, Hallucination (Definition) - (NIGHT) + d(REAM)*s |
- Because the NIGHT in NIGHTMARE really means night, cluing it as “darkness” isn’t very cryptic |
| 16 | --- | Spooner could not at any time, poetically, be a horror (9) | 5 | 4 | Spooner: spoonerism; could = MIGHT; not at any time, poetically = NE’ER (NARE); hence MIGHT NARE = NIGHTMARE; horror = definition | --- |
| 17 | --- | Disturbing vision of a goblin chasing chess pieces departing Kansas (9) | 3 | 2 | (k)NIGHT(s) + MARE [a goblin] |
- The MARE that means “goblin” is the same root as in NIGHTMARE |
| 18 | --- | Demon's near "E-Mart" building (9) | 1 | 1 | Definition: Demon. Anno: (NIGH)(EMART*). Near=Nigh. Building - Anagrind. E-Mart - fodder | --- |