1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#495 - BEACH
Total Clues: 15 Total Voters: 20
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ganesh Raman | Businessman's capital is pursued by every bank | 29 | 14 | B (Businessman's capital)., Each (every), Def: BANK | --- |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | No right to violate land (5) | 26 | 12 | B(r)EACH. Def: Land (verb) | --- |
| 3 | Nathan Townshend | Maybe a child's secret place to paddle? | 24 | 13 | Hidden, with 'secret' as indicator. Place to paddle = def | --- |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Maybe a child has a place to play (5) | 23 | 14 | Telescopic (indicator is "has") | --- |
| 5 | Suyash Roongta | Run away from invasion at Normandy? (5) | 21 | 12 | BREACH (invasion) - R (run). Deletion indicator - away from. Def - Normandy? |
- ''at'' as connector between wordplay and def might not be ideal |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | German composer touring England's seaside (5) | 19 | 11 | Definition: Seaside. Anno: (B(E)ACH). German composer - Bach. England - E. Touring - Container indicator. | --- |
| 7 | Textrous | Some disrobe a chemise here (5) | 14 | 8 | Semi-&Lit with "here" as the definition and "some" as the containment indicator; disroBE A CHemise | --- |
| 8 | Heidi Schroeder | Wash up every piece of bedding, to begin with (5) | 7 | 6 | Charade: b+each | --- |
| 9 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Some disrobe, a choice in Ipanema perhaps (5) | 7 | 5 | Telescopic clue indicated by 'some'. DBE (Ipanema Beach in Rio) |
- ''In'' should''ve been avoided i feel |
| 10 | Abhay Phadnis | Gathered reddish brown wood on sandy expanse | 7 | 4 | Homophone of "beech" (reddish brown wood); HP indicator: "gathered"; definition: "sandy expanse" | --- |
| 11 | --- | Live American crabs hide basically in seashore (5) | 6 | 4 | BE (Live) A (American) C H (first letters of crabs, hide), Def: Seashore | --- |
| 12 | --- | He wrote a concerto describing English tree (5) | 5 | 3 | Def = tree, BACH (He wrote a concerto) around E |
- Tree as def for beach? |
| 13 | --- | Composer fencing last piece of land (5) | 4 | 3 | BACH AROUND E/ FENCING CONTAINER INDICATOR/ LAND IS DEF |
- wordplay of def |
| 14 | --- | Lady checks out of " White Sands" | 4 | 3 | Bleach (white) - L |
- Nice clue, but bleach can be whiten/whitener not just ''white'' |
| 15 | --- | Aquaphobe? A challenging part that is near water | 4 | 3 | Def.: That is near water. WP: telescopic Aquapho(be a ch)allenging. Part = T.ind | --- |