1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#529 - PERPETUITY
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 20
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhay Phadnis | Shame about ill repute - it never ends | 24 | 12 | PITY (“shame”) “about” (REPUTE*) = P(ERPETU)ITY; anagrind: “ill”; definition: “it never ends” | --- |
| 2 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Pity, repute ruined forever (10) | 21 | 12 | (Pity repute)* indicated by ruined. Def. Forever |
- Pos issue |
| 3 | Amrita Majumdar | Shame over bad repute is everlasting (10) | 20 | 11 | PITY ( shame) around REPUTE* |
- Pos issue |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | It's never-ending shame as the house of ill repute (10) | 19 | 10 | Def: It's never-ending; PITY (shame) as the "house" (container) of ill (anagrind) REPUTE* | --- |
| 5 | @qpheevr | Criminal case ends in “not guilty” for once and all (10) | 19 | 10 | criminal = PERP; case = ETUI; ends in noT guiltY = TY; ‘once and all’ = PERPETUITY | --- |
| 6 | Textrous | Everlasting regret about damaged repute (10) | 18 | 11 | Def: Everlasting (n., ref. Chambers & M-W), regret: PITY, anagrind: damaged, repute*: ERPETU => P(ERPETU)ITY |
- Pos issue |
| 7 | Ruskin | A small gathering - you and I in conversation - leads to long-lasting bond | 16 | 9 | A = PER; small = PETTY; you and I in conversation = UI hence PER+PET(UI)TY; def = long-lasting bond | --- |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Tibetan leader radiates pure piety for eternity (10) | 13 | 6 | T purepiety* Def = eternity |
- "radiates" doesn''t suggest rearrangement |
| 9 | Sitter | Always regret hiding ill-repute | 11 | 6 | Def (always) PITY containing REPUTE* |
- "Always" is an adverb. "Perpetuity" is a noun. - Def is adv., answer noun |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Sadness about shattered repute is everlasting(10) | 7 | 6 | Definition: Everlasting. Anno: (P(REPUTE*)ITY). Sadness = Pity. Repute - Anagram fodder. Shattered - Anagram indicator. About - Container indicator. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Always tip rupee twenty on vacation at sea (10) | 7 | 4 | Def -always, at sea - anagrind, tip + rupee + ty(twenty on vacation) - perpetuity |
- "Always" is an adverb. "Perpetuity" is a noun. - Nice but pos issue, def is adv. answer noun |
| 12 | --- | Displaying piety and pure thinking to start with, to achieve a state of eternity | 6 | 3 | Anagram of PIETY PURE T: Displaying as anagrind: Def on the right | --- |
| 13 | --- | Lasting for good, retype one input afresh (10) | 4 | 4 | Def: Lasting for good; One = I ; One input =PU-I-T ; In = insertion indicator ; Anagram: (RETYPE + PUIT)* ; Afresh = anagrind |
- It’s clever, but the disguised insertion indicator ends up being irrelevant: if we’re anagramming them anyway, it doesn’t matter whether we put the I inside the PUT before doing so - "one input" is not the same as "one in put". Also, indirect anagram. |
| 14 | --- | Yup, Peter's wasted after drinking Italian vermouth for endless time (10) | 4 | 3 | (YUP PETER)* around IT; wasted= anag ind, after drinking= cont ind, Italian vermouth= It (abbrev), def= endless time | --- |
| 15 | --- | Ruth, once charged with ill repute, must show endless endurance | 4 | 2 | PITY (Ruth, once = archaic def) charged with/contains *REPUTE = endless endurance. Endurance = continuance (Chambers) |
- What does “must” contribute? - "must show"? |
| 16 | --- | Lasting an eternity, technicality vacated (concluded) criminal case (10) | 3 | 2 | Def. = (lasting an) eternity. Charade: “technicality vacated” = TY; “concluded” = placed after; “criminal” = PERP; “case” = ETUI |
- "Lasting an eternity" suggests Perpetual, not Perpetuity |
| 17 | --- | Permanence of cleanliness right away overwhelms Doctor Peter (10) | 3 | 2 | (PURITY-R) about PETER*. Definition: Permanence |
- For the cryptic reading to make sense, the clue needs "doctored Peter" - IA |
| 18 | --- | Agelessness of pretty guinea pig concocted in this gag (10) | 1 | 1 | Composite anagram, def. Agelessness, (pretty guinea pig - in gag)*=perpetuity | --- |