1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#494 - WHISKY
Total Clues: 24 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Wife is extremely kinky after drinking hard liquor (6) | 41 | 21 | {W + IS + K(-ink)Y} around H; wife= w, is= is, extremely kinky= ky (extreme letters), after drinking= cont ind, hard= h, defn= liquor | --- |
| 2 | Abhay Phadnis | Why taking boundless risks shows a strong spirit | 33 | 15 | WHY "taking" boundless rISKs = WH(ISK)Y; definition: a strong spirit | --- |
| 3 | Textrous | Ask why I got tipsy without a drink (6) | 25 | 15 | def: drink, anagrind: got tipsy, ASKWHYI* - A | --- |
| 4 | Kaustav Datta | Alcohol being illegal is why kids want fake IDs (6) | 21 | 12 | [is why kids]* - [IDs]* , want=del indicator, illegal and fake are anagrinds | --- |
| 5 | Mona Sogal | This is why king's intoxicated! (6) | 20 | 11 | This is def/ is why k*/ intoxicated is anagram indicator |
- The king is drunk from drinking whisky not because of whisky. |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Say, Scotch is basically wonderful - however, it silently kills you (6) | 18 | 10 | Def = Say, Scotch (DBE) - acrostic clue | --- |
| 7 | Tulika Das | Drink some wine with heroin? Outright dangerous! (6) | 14 | 8 | Drink - def ; W + H + (-r)ISKY | --- |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Woman greeting son with extremely kindly spirit (6) | 12 | 9 | W HI S K…Y. Definition: spirit | --- |
| 9 | Ganesh Raman | Stir a bit of yogurt to get another fermented beverage | 12 | 9 | Stir = WHISK, a bit of yogurt = Y, Def by example on the right | --- |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Man's extremely kinky after a little wine or alcohol (6) | 11 | 7 | Def: Alcohol, W (a little wine) + HIS (Man’s) + K..Y (Extremely kinky) | --- |
| 11 | --- | Why ski when sloshed with alcohol? (6) | 10 | 7 | (WHY SKI)*. Anagrind - when sloshed. Def - alcohol. | --- |
| 12 | --- | Mixer with unknown drink (6) | 9 | 7 | Mixer - Whisk, Unknown - Y, Drink (Definition) | --- |
| 13 | --- | Why is Potassium inside drink (6) | 8 | 8 | Def - drink, WH (IS K(potassium)) Y: isk inside why | --- |
| 14 | --- | For starters wild holidaymakers incessantly shout, keep yelling for drink (6) | 8 | 5 | Acrostic (indicated by 'For starters'). Definition: Drink |
- comma missing after starters |
| 15 | --- | Why is Kelvin excited to get drink? (6) | 6 | 6 | (WHY IS K)* with Kelvin = K as in temperature unit, excited as anagrind, drink = definition | --- |
| 16 | --- | Spirit lacks energy in Canada but has it in the U.S.? | 6 | 5 | Def: spirit. Clue plays on the regional spellings of (U.S.)whiskey/(Canada)whisky | --- |
| 17 | --- | Why is king brewing grain alcohol? (6) | 6 | 4 | Definition: Grain alcohol. Annotation: (WHY+IS+K) *. Brewing - Anagrind. King - K. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Why he is sloppily kissing you? For starters, check his bar tab for the answer (6) | 4 | 2 | Acrostic; def is last six words | --- |
| 19 | --- | Liquor with ham in spicy Kashmiri yakhni, for starters (6) | 2 | 2 | Ans- Whisky, Def - Liquor, Clue type - Acrostic, Indicator - for starters | --- |
| 20 | --- | WOW!! His kyboshing when consuming alcohol (6) | 1 | 1 | Telescopic (woWHISKYboshing) (indicator = when consuming) | --- |
| 21 | --- | Why Kelvin is drunk | 1 | 1 | WHY K IS * drunk = anagram indicator; &lit |
- Kelvin is drunk from drinking whisky but not simply because whisky. |
| 22 | --- | Beat stranger for a drink (6) | 1 | 1 | Beat - whisk, stranger -y , Def - a drink | --- |
| 23 | --- | Walz initially accompanies Harris (not arranged) to Kentucky for a strong drink (6) | 1 | 1 | W(alz) + H(arr.)IS + KY = a strong drink (arr. for arranged is standard abbr.) | --- |
| 24 | --- | Spirit strangely shy? Primarily why it's known. | 0 | 0 | Spirit-def. [strangely]-ana. signal. SHY + [primarily] W{hy} I{t's} K{nown} = whisky | --- |