1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#485 - SPEARHEAD
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 20
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Hare sped off to take a leading position | 30 | 13 | HARESPED* around A; def: leading position | --- |
| 2 | N Rengaswamy | He spared a wounded leader | 29 | 14 | def: Leader. (He spared a )* anagram fodder. wounder -> anagram indicator | --- |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Leader spread hate, desperately wanting votes at Centre (9) | 18 | 13 | (SPREAD HATE)* - (vo)T(es): defn= leader, desperately= anagram ind, wanting= deletion ind, votes at Centre= T (middle letter of votes) | --- |
| 4 | Gayathri Viswanath | Leader reshaped a criminal (9) | 16 | 10 | Def- Leader Reshaped a* | --- |
| 5 | VENKATESAN P | That guy infiltrated parades deviously to be in the vanguard (9) | 15 | 9 | Definition: To be in the vanguard. Anno: (HE) in. (PARADES)*. That guy - He. Parades - Fodder. Deviously - Anagrind. Infiltrated - Insertion indicator. | --- |
| 6 | N Anantakrishnan | Lead with Spade/ Heart perhaps - no trump basically (9) | 15 | 8 | Def - Lead (verb). ( Spade heart - t)* | --- |
| 7 | Adman_i | He parsed a cryptic clue meaning ‘lead or command’ (9) | 13 | 7 | (HE + PARSED + A)*, Cryptic - anagrind, Clue meaning 'lead or command' (Definition) | --- |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | After ministry’s initial rejection, ‘Padmashree’ cleared for Pioneer (9) | 11 | 7 | (Padmashree-m)*. Cleared: anagrind. Def: Pioneer | --- |
| 9 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Press ahead unexpectedly knocking out Sunak, initially in lead (9) | 10 | 7 | Def: Lead, Anagram of PRESSAHEAD - S (Sunak, initially), Anagram Indicator - unexpectedly, Deletion Indicator - Knocking out | --- |
| 10 | Abhay Phadnis | Dynamic Sherpa gets rewards regularly as front-runner | 10 | 6 | Charade of SHERPA*+rEwArDs; anagrind = "dynamic"; alternate letter indicator = "regularly"; definition = "front-runner" | --- |
| 11 | --- | Leader of parade, he's not exactly in line! (9) | 7 | 5 | (parade he's)*. Anagrind - not exactly in line. Defn - Leader. | --- |
| 12 | --- | Spooner's in this place, rushed to lead | 6 | 5 | Spoonerism of HERE (in this place) SPED (rushed); Def LEAD | --- |
| 13 | --- | Eccentric prince on vacation has a red van (9) | 6 | 5 | Def - van : eccentric - anagrind, prince on vacation = pe: pe + has + a + red = spearhead | --- |
| 14 | --- | On parting, Shakespeare had the leading voice | 6 | 4 | On parting = separate SHAKE (anagrind) from SPEARE HAD (fodder) the leading voice = def. Ref "Parting is such sweet sorrow..." | --- |
| 15 | --- | Reverend, at this point, accelerated the van (9) | 6 | 4 | Spoonerism of HERE SPED (at this point, accelerated). Indicator - Reverend. Def - van (or forefront). | --- |
| 16 | --- | After first sitting, fruit takes head start (9) | 1 | 1 | Def=start. "First Sitting" = S , "Fruit" = PEAR , "head" = HEAD => {S+PEAR+HEAD} | --- |
| 17 | --- | Spooner says "Now, run to lead!" (9) | 1 | 1 | Def = to lead, spoonerism is HERE (now), SPED ("run" in past participle form) | --- |
| 18 | --- | Lead turns pear-shaped, dodge facing press (9) | 0 | 0 | (Pear-shaped)* anagram indicated by 'turns' - P (deletion indicated by 'dodge' facing letter of press), Definition: Lead (v) | --- |