1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#472 - PARTICLE
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 26
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| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Anantakrishnan | Beginning to panic? Maybe a bit. (8) | 31 | 16 | P(anic) Article (maybe a - DBE). Def - bit | --- |
| 2 | Madhusudan H | Wild rice plant yielded new grain (8) | 28 | 14 | AnagrInd [WILD], Fodder [RICE PLANT]* yielded (DELIND) [n] = PARTICLE , Defn = grain | --- |
| 3 | Nathan Townshend | Peter's foremost item - the Higgs boson? | 27 | 14 | Peter's foremost = P; item = ARTICLE; the Higgs boson? = def; REF: Peter Higgs died this week | --- |
| 4 | VENKATESAN P | Small piece of titanium found in suspicious parcel(8) | 23 | 13 | Anno: (TI) in (PARCEL*). Titanium=Ti. Parcel=Fodder. Suspicious=Anagrind. Definition: Small piece | --- |
| 5 | Abhay Phadnis | Spot lake in semi-frozen state? | 19 | 11 | Definition - Spot; PART-IC(L)E | --- |
| 6 | Satyen Nabar | Trace leakage of uranium - clear it up frantically (8) | 14 | 10 | [CLEAR IT UP - U]*; defn= trace, leakage of uranium= deletion of U, frantically= anag ind. |
- Not clear that U is to be removed from Clearitup. |
| 7 | Avtaar | Grain in rice plate, almost fully cooked (8) | 13 | 9 | Anagram (cooked) of RICEPLAT(-e)}*. Def: Grain | --- |
| 8 | @LowdownCryptic | Jot story on right side of page (8) | 13 | 9 | Def: Jot (tiny bit) - ARTICLE (story) on right side of P (page abbr.) | --- |
| 9 | Ganesh Raman | What proton is, to say, an atom | 13 | 7 | What proton is = P: Say An = ARTICLE (Def by example), Def: ATOM | --- |
| 10 | Gayathri | Maybe, alter pic a little bit | 12 | 8 | A little bit - def, alter pic* | --- |
| 11 | --- | Spot the French, chasing mean jerk (8) | 8 | 6 | Def - spot, par - mean, tic - jerk, le - the in French , chasing is the placement indicator for 'le' | --- |
| 12 | --- | Quietly feature piece | 7 | 5 | P (quietly) ARTICLE (feature). Defn - piece |
- I liked this clue simply because it''s short and crisp |
| 13 | --- | Proton, say - a little positive thing (8) | 7 | 5 | Def = proton, say - P (a little Positive) + ARTICLE (thing) |
- P for positive is listed in BRB. Doesn''t need an indicator though there is nothing wrong in having one |
| 14 | --- | Piece of pan? (8) | 6 | 4 | P= soft/ article =an |
- Lovely |
| 15 | --- | Scrap, say, the piano first (8) | 6 | 4 | Scrap (Definition) - (P)(ARTICLE), The - Article, Piano - P | --- |
| 16 | --- | Needing energy to replicate free atom (8) | 6 | 4 | REPLICATE* - E, ATOM -DEF |
- To doesn''t work in the cryptic reading |
| 17 | --- | Bit of peril - act in an orderly manner. (8) | 4 | 3 | (PERIL ACT)*. Anagrind - in an orderly manner. Def - bit. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Dr. Spooner prescribes salt and hot water for a bit (8) | 3 | 8 | Spoonerism of Tar Pickle (salt = TAR, as in sailor; hot water = PICKLE) | --- |
| 19 | --- | Physicist’s first treatise points to God! (8) | 3 | 2 | P(hyscist) article (treatise). Def: God -refers to Higgs Boson, the God particle. | --- |
| 20 | --- | Spot talent in IPL playing with cricket’s top set, essentially (8) | 2 | 1 | Def. - Spot, Talent - ART inserted in IPL C* + E | --- |
| 21 | --- | Mote remains in buildup? Art I clean. | 1 | 2 | Mote-def.(particle of dust) [remains in]-hidden signal. {buildu}P ART I CLE{an} | --- |