1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#521 - CONCAVE (7)
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 26
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samit Kallianpur | Misusing cocaine, one becomes very depressed (7) | 38 | 17 | [I becomes v in Cocaine*]. Misusing = anagrind. One = i. Becomes = substitution ind. Very = v. Def = depressed (Chambers) |
- Best of the week for me! - "misusing" doesn''t work as an anagrind since it''s not an intransitive verb |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Hollow can floating in bay (7) | 33 | 19 | CAN* in COVE; floating= anag ind, in= insertion ind, bay= cove, defn= hollow |
- Lovely |
| 3 | VENKATESAN P | Cup-shaped ice-cream holder contains cocoa, almond and vanilla primarily (7) | 25 | 13 | Definition: Cup-shaped. Anno: (CON(C)(A)(V)E). Ice-cream holder - CONE. C, A & V - first letters of Cocoa, Almond & Vanilla |
- Very nice! |
| 4 | Ramki Krishnan | Depressed student leaves meeting (7) | 22 | 14 | CONCLAVE (meeting) -L, def = depressed | --- |
| 5 | Textrous | Quivering voice can leave one depressed (7) | 18 | 10 | Def: depressed, Anagrind: Quivering, VOICECAN*-I | --- |
| 6 | Adman_i | Depressed when left out of a meeting (7) | 16 | 11 | Depressed (Definition) - CONC(L)AVE, Meeting - Conclave, Left - L | --- |
| 7 | @LowdownCryptic | Chrome tip on buckle curved inwards (7) | 14 | 8 | Chrome tip = C; on = ON; buckle = CAVE (verb); curved inwards (adjective) is definition |
- Great! |
| 8 | ALP | President’s left No.2 Vance horribly depressed | 12 | 8 | C[E]O + VANCE* | --- |
| 9 | Abhay Phadnis | Humpbacked Cardinal finally ejected from papal selection process | 12 | 6 | Definition: “humpbacked”; L (“cardinaL finally”) “ejected from” CONC[L]AVE (“papal selection process”) |
- Wrong def? (A humped back is convex) |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | Lady excluded from meeting is depressed (7) | 11 | 8 | CONCLAVE-L. Definition: Depressed | --- |
| 11 | --- | Loss of liberal leader made assembly of cardinals depressed [7] | 8 | 6 | After removal of L, conclave (assembly of cardinals) becomes CONCAVE. Def = depressed. Surface cues the sorrow that followed the Pope's demise |
- Liberal itself = L, what is the role of "made"? |
| 12 | --- | Depressed and starting to cry, about to collapse (7) | 8 | 5 | starting to cry = C; about=ON; to collapse = CAVE (verb); def = depressed |
- collapse = "cave in" isn''t it? |
| 13 | --- | Two Conservatives losing face, get depressed | 8 | 5 | Def: "depressed" / CON + C + (h)AVE | --- |
| 14 | --- | Basically carved or naturally curved, any valley essentially! (7) | 7 | 5 | Acrostic &Lit |
- Excellent! |
| 15 | --- | Omitted from private meeting, Labour leader’s depressed | 6 | 4 | CONC[l]AVE | --- |
| 16 | --- | Curving in tight arc, coven newcomer finally flying | 6 | 3 | Def: Curving in. Tight (anagram) A(r)C COVEN newcomeR finally (final letter) flying (deletion) = CONCAVE | --- |
| 17 | --- | Depressed libertarian leader is expelled from Congress (7) | 5 | 5 | Depressed is definition/ libertarian leader is L/ Congress is conclave/ L is deleted from conclave/ expelled from is the deletion indicator | --- |
| 18 | --- | Depressed convict with weak heart loses it, goes crazy(7) | 4 | 3 | Def - depressed, convict + ea(weak heart) - it , goes crazy - anagrind = concave | --- |
| 19 | --- | Scam by Alibaba’s store. Depressed! (7) | 4 | 2 | CON (Scam) by (or next to) CAVE (Alibaba’s store, as in ‘Alibaba and the Forty Thieves’). Def. Depressed. Surface akin to Instagram or LinkedIn post headlines. | --- |
| 20 | --- | Tory on 100th Avenue showing symptoms of depression? (7) | 2 | 2 | C (abbr. for Conservative) ON C (100th) AVE (avenue); the rest is a punning definition | --- |
| 21 | --- | Fifty left conference, depressed (7) | 1 | 1 | Conc(-l)ave, depressed -def | --- |