1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#490 - PAGER
Total Clues: 19 Total Voters: 22
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaustav Datta | Gadget carried around by teenager - e.g, a phone (5) | 33 | 16 | Rev Tel, indicated by "carried around". Def: Gadget | --- |
| 2 | Samit kallianpur | Time to stop marketing this gizmo? (5) | 33 | 16 | P(age)R. Time = age. To stop = insertion ind. Marketing = PR. Def = this gizmo |
- Great surface and extended definition! |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Secretly wiretap a German electronic device (5) | 15 | 10 | Hidden word (wiretaP A GERman) indicated by 'secretly'. Definition: electronic device | --- |
| 4 | Ganesh Raman | Stop a German hiding an electronic device | 14 | 9 | Telescopic; Def on the right | --- |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Soft rag used to smuggle little explosive - one that beeps | 13 | 7 | P RAG* around E | --- |
| 6 | Abhay Phadnis | Some manufacturer (e.g. Apple) brought back one-way communication device | 11 | 7 | Part of ("some") "manufacture[R E.G. AP]ple" <-- "brought back"; definition: one-way communication device | --- |
| 7 | Adman_i | Beeper begins to ping alarmingly getting everyone roused (5) | 11 | 7 | Beeper (Definition), Acrostic clue | --- |
| 8 | VENKATESAN P | Germanium found in standard communication device that exploded(5) | 10 | 6 | Definition: communication device that exploded. Anno: (PA(GE)R). Germanium = GE. Standard=PAR. (Incidentally, Germanium hydride and germanium tetrahydride are flammable) | --- |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Beeper basically prone to deteriorate and shatter finally (5) | 8 | 7 | P(rone) AGE (shatte)R. Age=deteriorate per Collin’s. Definition: Beeper | --- |
| 10 | Thejaswi Udupa | Grapeshot is what caused a lot of damage to Hezbollah recently (5) | 7 | 9 | (GRAPE)* with shot as anagrind. Grapeshot is a kind of ammunition. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Satish Kaushik in the movie Deewana Mastana, basically played a fearless gangster (5) | 7 | 5 | DEF: Satish Kaushik in the movie Deewana Mastana . (Basically played) P + A + GER ( Fearless Gangster -Gangster - Angst) |
- Made me smile ☺️ |
| 12 | --- | Look - exchange i-phone finally for a good device (5) | 7 | 5 | Look = PEER. A G for E Def - device | --- |
| 13 | --- | Device with person always getting emergency requests, basically (5) | 7 | 5 | Def = device, acrostic of "person...requests", whole clue is an extended def | --- |
| 14 | --- | Leaders of Palestinian adversary gloated, exploding remote device (5) | 7 | 4 | Acrostic; Def: device | --- |
| 15 | --- | Israel's secret weapon? Political leader is above outrage (5) | 5 | 4 | Down clue: P is above out(RAGE*), topical def on left | --- |
| 16 | --- | Electronic device causes rage after initial paranoia(5) | 5 | 3 | Definition is electronic device, anagram of rage, p from paranoia, P + rage* |
- Wondering whether ''causes'' is a valid anagram indicator. .. device ''stirs'' rage.., perhaps? |
| 17 | --- | Should it warn of grapeshot? | 4 | 4 | Should it warn = def; GRAPE* shot is the anagram indicator. Posed as a question because the pagers used in Lebanon did NOT warn. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Means to summon by disturbing a vine produce | 0 | 4 | a vine produce = GRAPE; disturbing = anagram indicator; Def: means to summon |
- Indirect anagram - This is an indirect anagram clue. Not preferred. |
| 19 | --- | Beeper exploded gaper | 0 | 2 | Anagram of gaper = Pager (beeper) | --- |