1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#523 - GREECE
Total Clues: 22 Total Voters: 25
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARJUN MUKERJEE | A place of some pedigree? Certainly. (6) | 22 | 15 | Def: "A place" - telescopic | --- |
| 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Most welcome climate...on vacation in European country (6) | 22 | 12 | GREET (welcome) with last letter removed C-E, def = European country | --- |
| 3 | Ganesh Raman | European nation's government reissued decree to expel democrat | 22 | 11 | Def on the left; Govt (G); Anagram of DECREE (Anagrind REISSUED) minus D (democrat); Deletion indicator- TO EXPEL | --- |
| 4 | Samit kallianpur | Place of beauty has Europeans flocking in for a bit of adventure (6) | 20 | 12 | [Grace with EE instead of a]. Beauty = grace. Europeans = E E. Flocking in for = substitution ind. A bit of adventure = a. Def = place. | --- |
| 5 | Adman_i | Emergency money occasionally spent touring a Balkan country (6) | 19 | 10 | Money occasionally - MoNeY, spent - del ind, touring - anagrind, a Balkan country (Definition) - (EMERGENCY - MoNeY)* | --- |
| 6 | @qpheevr | Country with thousands of islands finally bracing for earthquake, possible seismic wave (6) | 17 | 11 | Final letters of bracinG foR earthquakE, possiblE seismiC wavE; surface alludes to recent tsunami warning | --- |
| 7 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Allow church to leave a country (5) | 13 | 10 | Allow = AGREE CE church - A def: COUNTRY | --- |
| 8 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Country with no money left re-electing criminal (6) | 13 | 7 | Deletion and Anagram: (REELECTING - L TIN)*: Anagram Indicator - Criminal: Def - Country |
- An indirect subtractive anagram? Not sure about that. |
| 9 | Manish Jhaveri | Crucible of culture enshrined in degree ceremonies (6) | 11 | 8 | Telescopic Clue indicated by 'Enshrined in'. Def = Crucible of Culture. | --- |
| 10 | CrypticBlah | Agree centenarians are concealing they've lost their marbles! (6) | 11 | 7 | Hidden answer. Def they've lost their marbles - ref the Elgin marbles in the British Museum. |
- should be fodder is concealing? - Very witty clue! |
| 11 | --- | Most eco-friendly, basically conservative, essentially great nation (6) | 11 | 7 | GREE(n) C E. Definition: nation | --- |
| 12 | --- | Gardener at odds with chef at regular intervals here? | 10 | 7 | Alternate letters of gardener and chef | --- |
| 13 | --- | Student essentially lacking college degree to work in European nation (6) | 8 | 6 | D(stuDent essentially) leaves anagram of (to work) of c(college) + degree, Definition = European nation | --- |
| 14 | --- | State topper in entrance exam earns college degree ultimately (6) | 8 | 6 | Topper in entrance=E; exam=GRE; E, GRE earns = GR(E)E; college=C; degree ultimately=E; Def=state |
- NHO GRE as an exam where is it from? Also not convinced earns works as an insertion. |
| 15 | --- | Charming doctor - the affable orthopaedic finally reached European country | 8 | 6 | Arcostic - GREEC and E |
- Nice hat-tip to Dr Satyan! |
| 16 | --- | Leaders of genocidal radical entities eliminated civilians exploring a tourist destination (6) | 7 | 5 | Def: a tourist destination; Acrostic | --- |
| 17 | --- | Greenland gave up new territory, vacated Cree nation | 7 | 4 | GREE[-n][-land] (“gave up new territory”) + CE (“vacated CreE”); definition: nation | --- |
| 18 | --- | Grant needs no introduction to extremely carefree country (6) | 6 | 5 | Grant is agree, no introduction is deletion of a/ extremely carefree is CE/ country is def | --- |
| 19 | --- | Breezes regularly pass through Grand Church in Hellas (6) | 5 | 4 | Definition: Hellas. Anno: (G)(bReEzEs)(CE). Regularly - Even letters selection indicator. Pass through - Container indicator | --- |
| 20 | --- | State of most Rhodes graduates partway through degree ceremony? (6) | 5 | 4 | Hidden in (partway through) "deGREE CEremony"; Greece is the state (country) of most grads in or from island of Rhodes | --- |
| 21 | --- | Nation faces grief - ruthless extremists eventually crushed entirely (6) | 4 | 3 | Definition: Nation; Acrostic clue denoted by faces (facing letters) |
- I don’t really get how “faces” works as an acrostic indicator (esp. without “of”) - acrostic ind should be "faces of" IMHO |
| 22 | --- | Alleged film location for The Magus? (6) | 1 | 1 | Hom of GREASE = the location of John Fowles’ famous Greek-set novel > Michael Caine film > upcoming Sam Mendes TV series. | --- |