1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#475 - INHERITANCE (11)
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 23
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gayathri Viswanath | What my late mother left for me - entire china set (11) | 42 | 20 | Def - What my late mother left for me, entire china * |
- Anagrind? |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | It gets left because you can't take it with you and sadly neither can I (11) | 32 | 17 | An inheritance gets left because "you can't take it with you" (idiom) - and "sadly" (anagrind) NEITHER CAN I* | --- |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Popular teen, rich perhaps after receiving a legacy (11) | 21 | 14 | IN + (TEEN RICH)* around A; popular= in, perhaps= anag ind, after receiving= cont ind, a= a, defn= legacy | --- |
| 4 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Wealth you cannot spend after you die - sadly, neither can I! (11) | 20 | 11 | Anagram of NEITHER CAN I* |
- the definition? |
| 5 | Madhusudan H | Dressed in ethnic wear , woman expressed birthright (11) | 16 | 10 | Anagrind (Dressed), Fodder (in ethnic wear), delete w (woman expressed), defn (birthright) |
- Made the cut, but clue would have been much better had it started as ''Birthright woman expressed |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | What incumbent's first heir can net after settlement (11) | 14 | 8 | Anagram of I (incumbent's first) + HEIR CAN NET, "after settlement" is the anagram ind, def = what and whole clue is an extended def |
- Root problem - heir and inheritance share common root |
| 7 | Suyash Roongta | The inner CIA organization's legacy (11) | 12 | 8 | (THE INNER CIA)*. Anagrind - organization. Def - legacy |
- Nounal anagrind |
| 8 | Textrous | Reckless heir can end it, lacking an iota of discipline | 12 | 7 | &Lit; anagram of HEIRCANENDIT - D |
- Root problem - heir and inheritance share common root |
| 9 | Abhay Phadnis | Czarina Catherine agitated after leaving Czar a bequest (11) | 10 | 8 | Definition: bequest; Anagrind: agitated; Anagram fodder: czarINa+CATHERINE (“leaving” czar+a) | --- |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | Unfortunately the financier denied funds primarily to get the legacy (11) | 9 | 6 | (THE FINANCIER-F)*. Definition: legacy | --- |
| 11 | --- | Jittery heir goes through ancient amendment in endowment (11) | 8 | 7 | HEIR* in ancient*; def = endowment |
- nounal anagrind - Root problem - heir and inheritance share common root |
| 12 | --- | Will skating near thin ice (11) | 8 | 6 | NEARTHINICE* |
- skate as anagrind doesn''t seem ok - Lovely surface, but I am not sure skating works as anagrind. |
| 13 | --- | Provision in Catherine's version | 6 | 5 | Def - Provision. IN (CATHERINE)*. Anagrind - version |
- nounal anagrind |
| 14 | --- | What we hope for from the rain - nice bananas! | 6 | 5 | What we hope for = def; the rain nice = fodder; bananas = grind | --- |
| 15 | --- | Late benefit! (11) | 5 | 4 | CD | --- |
| 16 | --- | Shedding ego at last, anti-heroine gets a bit of courage, struggles for the legacy (11) | 3 | 2 | Anno: (ANTI-HER(-O)INE+C)*. Ego at last - O; A bit of courage - C; Struggles - Anagrind; Shedding - Deletion indicator. Definition: Legacy | --- |
| 17 | --- | No German heir Act corrupted heritage | 0 | 3 | Nein (no German) heir act [corrupted]-anagram signal. Heritage-definition |
- Including "nein" on the anagram fodder via "No German" makes it an indirect anagram. - Root problem - heir and inheritance share common root - Indirect anagram of No German -> NEIN |
| 18 | --- | A particular example of selecting wrong heir in place of son for gift from will (11) | 0 | 0 | INSTANCE (a particular example) - S (son), 'selecting' is the letter selection indicator to replace S (indicated by 'for') with HERI (HEIR)* anagram indicated by 'wrong'; Definition: Gift from will. |
- of doesn''t work for the cryptic grammar, perhaps when - Root problem - heir and inheritance share common root |