1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#528 - BEVERAGE
Total Clues: 26 Total Voters: 26
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampath Srinivasan | Bachelor always has time for a drink (8) | 29 | 17 | B (Bachelor) + ever (always) + age (time); def = drink | --- |
| 2 | Amrita Majumdar | Oddly been on edge without a drink (8) | 27 | 16 | B(-e) E (-n) VERGE around A |
- nice |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Be mean without a drink (8) | 23 | 14 | Be + average - a, def drink |
- This is good but there was a very similar clue that I thought had a slightly better surface sorry, that was unlucky! |
| 4 | Textrous | Drink ale around the middle of harvest season (8) | 22 | 14 | Def: Drink, ale=BEER, the middle of harvest=V, season=AGE (v., ref. Chambers)=>BE(V)ER AGE | --- |
| 5 | @qpheevr | Canadian icon spending a season in Manhattan, say (8) | 18 | 11 | BEAVER (Canadian icon) – A (spending a) + AGE (season [verb]) = BEVERAGE (Manhattan, say [cocktail]) |
- Creative! |
| 6 | @LowdownCryptic | Be mean after the first drink (8) | 17 | 12 | BE + (a)VERAGE; mean = average; after the first = delete first letter; drink = def | --- |
| 7 | Satyen Nabar | Gave beer, rum and cola say (8) | 17 | 12 | (GAVE BEER)*; rum= anag ind, def= cola say | --- |
| 8 | Adman_i | Maybe gave beer to get beer? | 13 | 8 | Maybe - anagrind, Beer (Definition) - (GAVE BEER)* |
- I figured there’d be lots of “gave beer” clues. This one seems like the most original of them |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Worker guarding abandoned grave for spirits? | 12 | 7 | Definition: Spirits. Anno: (BE(GRAVE")E). Worker - Bee. Grave - Fodder. Abandoned - Anagrind. Guarding - Containment indicator |
- Not sure "spirits" works as definition for a singular noun - Creative! - Not sure about abandoned as anagrind, it feels like more of a deletion indicator - Points for something creative and different! Very refreshing! |
| 10 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Gave beer, rum or coffee, say (8) | 10 | 9 | Def: Coffee, say, Anagram of Gavebeer, Anagram indicator - Rum | --- |
| 11 | --- | Bootleg a rave beat - taking a retro sample - it should be refreshing? | 8 | 5 | Reverse hidden (taking a retro sample) |
- Reversing “…eg a rave b…” gives ❌BEVARAGE, not ✅BEVERAGE - Nice one! - Oh dear, I can’t spell, how embarrassing! 🙈 That’s what I get for rushing a clue in! |
| 12 | --- | Lingerie worn by First Lady, say, upset Joe in White House? (8) | 7 | 6 | B(EVE)RA + EG< = DBE. Joe (US for coffee, as per Collins, hence the WH indicator). |
- If just "Joe" is slang for coffee, how does "Joe in White House" work as definition? - Clever—but “in White House” seems too narrow to be a good indicator. (“Joe” for ‘coffee’ is North American slang, not specifically DC slang!) |
| 13 | --- | Bishop always nakedly eager for drink (8) | 6 | 6 | B (“Bishop") + EVER (“always”) + AGE (“nakedly eAGEr”); definition: “drink" | --- |
| 14 | --- | Veer wildly into barge, Roger's first to go into drink | 6 | 4 | VEER wildly = anagrind to EVER, "into BARGE" = insertion ind to give BEVERARGE, "Roger's first to go" = deletion of R, "drink" =def |
- '' |
| 15 | --- | Liquor is always kept in bag on middle shelf (8) | 6 | 4 | Liquor: definition. B(EVER)AG E |
- Great device, but I think "middle *of* shelf" would be needed to make this work - Nice and smooth! - Ooh this is almost such a great clue - just think ‘middle shelf’ doesn’t work and needs a tweak - middle of shelf would be better cryptic grammar - middle of shelf = e |
| 16 | --- | Gave beer out for refreshment | 5 | 5 | GAVEBEER* | --- |
| 17 | --- | Drink ale infused with bit of vodka in advancing years (8) | 5 | 4 | Drink is definition/ ale is beer/ infused with is container indicator for bit of vodka V/ in advancing years is age |
- not sure how "in advancing years" equals "age" - it would be "aged" - in advancing years = aged IMO - I think the word ‘in’ causes a problem here |
| 18 | --- | Stay for a mean cocktail perhaps [8] | 5 | 3 | BE (stay) for A in AVERAGE (mean); def = cocktail perhaps |
- Does STAY really define BE? |
| 19 | --- | Boy at nightfall craving for drink (8) | 5 | 3 | Boy B at nightfall EVE carving RAGE. Def: DRINK |
- Which dictionary has B as an abbreviation for boy? Also craving defines raging not rage. |
| 20 | --- | “Drink beer”, a very good English recreation! (8) | 4 | 3 | Anagram (indicated by recreation (re-creation)) of BEER + A + V (very) + G (good) + E (English); Def.: Drink | --- |
| 21 | --- | Brandon's always on time for a drink (8) | 3 | 3 | B ever AGE |
- How does Brandon = B? - Think you need a first letter indicator for Brandon - Is B a standard abbreviation for Brandon? - What gets us from “Brandon” to just the initial B? |
| 22 | --- | Be very eager to go for a drink (8) | 3 | 2 | BE + V + *EAGER. Def a drink. | --- |
| 23 | --- | Drink tea, perhaps? | 3 | 1 | double definition: 1) drink 2) tea, perhaps? (By example) |
- Both definitions are the same - For a good DD, the two definitions should be for different meanings - Sorry, I’d say these are the same definition really |
| 24 | --- | Gave beer, mixed drink (8) | 2 | 2 | Anagram, fodder = ‘gave beer’ | --- |
| 25 | --- | Faceless power pursues a little boy to obtain the elixir of life, perhaps? (8) | 2 | 2 | B+(L)everage (-L): power = leverage, faceless = first-letter deletion indicator (-L), a little boy = B (selection), "the elixir of life, perhaps?" = definition by example | --- |
| 26 | --- | The era of aquatic rodents, not needing a drink | 2 | 2 | Def = drink. Wordplay “the era of aquatic rodents” = Beaver Age; “not needing a ” = deletion of “a” |
- Very strange surface |