1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#481 - WEATHER
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | How a tree releases oxygen, changing atmospheric conditions (7) | 40 | 18 | (HOW A TREE - O)*: releases= deletion indicator, oxygen= O, changing= anagram indicator, defn= atmospheric conditions | --- |
| 2 | Samit kallianpur | Conditions were extremely heart-wrenching (7) | 24 | 13 | We + heart*. Were extremely = We. Heart = anagram fodder. Wrenching = anagrind. Def = Conditions [Chambers] | --- |
| 3 | Adman_i | Endure extremes of heatwave, submerged in running water (7) | 23 | 14 | Endure (Definition), Running - anagrind, Water - Fodder, WATE(HeatwavE)R* | --- |
| 4 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Brave man in hot water (7) | 21 | 12 | Def. Brave, HE (man) inserted in WATER* (Anagram Ind. - Hot) |
- Not sure if hot is a valid anagram indicator |
| 5 | Amrita Majumdar | Don accepts the conditions (7) | 19 | 13 | Don ( WEAR ) around THE , Conditions -def | --- |
| 6 | Sparsh Sinha | A three wheeler's starter damaged in rain, perhaps (7) | 18 | 11 | Def - rain, perhaps : damaged - anagrind : A +three + W(wheeler's starter) = weather | --- |
| 7 | Avtaar | Brave man drowned in murky water (7) | 14 | 10 | HE(man) inside Anagram(murky) of WATER*. Def: Brave (v) | --- |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Climate there mostly was balmy (7) | 10 | 7 | (THERE WA)* Balmy: anagrind (Re: Clue clinic) |
- Was mostly would have been better, IMO |
| 9 | Textrous | Threw a wobbly about English conditions (7) | 10 | 6 | Def: conditions; Anagrind: wobbly; THREWA* about E (the clue uses the idiom "Throw a wobbly") | --- |
| 10 | @LowdownCryptic | Part of a news broadcast, if on the radio (7) | 9 | 7 | Def on left, "if" = "whether" and homophone indicator is "on the radio" | --- |
| 11 | --- | Beginning of rain after heat we suffered? It's climate! (7) | 9 | 5 | Definition: Climate. Anno: (HEAT+WE*)(R). Beginning of rain - R. Suffered - Anagrind. "HEAT WE" - Fodder. | --- |
| 12 | --- | The weary endlessly struggle to endure | 8 | 11 | The wear{y} [endlessly] -ana. fodder. [struggle]-ana. sig. to endure-def. |
- Nice clue. But imho, fodder struggles/ struggling works |
| 13 | --- | We hear the first rumbling of rains (7) | 8 | 6 | (WE + HEAR + T)*. T = the first. Anagram indicator - rumbling. Def - rains. |
- Nice attempt...could have avoided ''wordplay of def'' |
| 14 | --- | Withstand elements (7) | 8 | 5 | DOUBLE DEFINITION |
- Root issue? |
| 15 | --- | Ride out where auto periodically breaks down | 7 | 4 | Definition: ride out; WHERE+AuTo*; anagrind: “breaks down" | --- |
| 16 | --- | Brave outlook (7) | 6 | 5 | Double def. Brave (verb) = weather (verb), outlook = weather (noun) |
- Nice one, but both meanings come from the same root. |
| 17 | --- | Conditions outside are unsure I heard. (7) | 6 | 5 | Unsure/choice. Whether. Homophone with Weather. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Hear wet gusts result in rain, perhaps (7) | 5 | 3 | (Hear wet)* anagram indicated by gusts; Definition by example (rain perhaps) | --- |
| 19 | --- | Brave Ram, say? (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: Brave. HP (say is the HP indicator )of wether (ram, male sheep) | --- |
| 20 | --- | Three witches are initially assembled in thunder, lightning or rain? | 1 | 9 | THREE = fodder; witches are initially = W A ; assembled = anagrind; thunder, lightning or rain? = def Ref opening scene of Macbeth | --- |
| 21 | --- | Stand and cough when you're under it? (7) | 1 | 1 | DD with first definition (stand) being straight, and second definition (a reference to "under the weather") being cryptic. | --- |