1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#531 - TITULAR
Total Clues: 17 Total Voters: 20
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | So-called altruist, sadly no saint (7) | 23 | 11 | ALTRUIST* - S; sadly= anag ind, no saint= delete S (abbrev), def= so-called |
- nice spot - standard abbrev for saint is st - A more common abbreviation for saint is ST, which makes this unsatisfying |
| 2 | Textrous | Messy trial involving trade union official (7) | 20 | 12 | TRIAL* around TU; anagrind: messy, containment indicator: involving, def: official (adj) | --- |
| 3 | Adman_i | Ceremonial ritual performed after tea, we hear (7) | 20 | 11 | Ceremonial (Definition) – (T)(RITUAL)*, ritual (fodder), performed (anagrind), tea (we hear, homophone) - T |
- best surface of the ritual + T clues |
| 4 | manish jhaveri | Honorary Trade Union leaders caught in criminal trial (7) | 19 | 12 | TU in TRIAL* | --- |
| 5 | CrypticBlah | So-called ultra freely admits it (7) | 18 | 11 | Insertion of IT in *ULTRA. Def so called. Surface refers to football hooligans. Many of whom appear to glory in it when interviewed. | --- |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | Formal trial ordered implicating Trade Union(7) | 16 | 9 | Definition - Formal. Anno: (TRIAL*) around (TU). Trial - Anagram Fodder. Trade Union - TU. Ordered - Anagram indicator. Implicating - Container indicator | --- |
| 7 | Ramki Krishnan | Articulate ace quits playing just for name (7) | 14 | 8 | Anagram of (ARTICULATE -ACE), playing = anagrind, def = just for name | --- |
| 8 | Veera Raghavan | Honorary President finally taking part in strange ritual (7) | 11 | 8 | T in RITUAL*. Strange: anind. Definition: honorary | --- |
| 9 | @qpheevr | Sea dog having sex with oddly ugly figurehead (7) | 10 | 6 | T(IT+UL)AR: TAR (‘sea dog’) containing (‘having’) IT (‘sex’) and (‘with’) UL (‘oddly UgLy’); def. ‘figurehead’ [attributive, as in ‘a figurehead leader’] | --- |
| 10 | Sitter | Honorary Tory leader in strange ritual | 9 | 7 | I'm guessing this will be one of many with this exact wordplay? T inside RITUAL* | --- |
| 11 | --- | Official of Trump essentially probing faulty Tesla trial (7) | 9 | 5 | T + TRIAL*< tr(U)mp, Def. - Official | --- |
| 12 | --- | Boundlessly articulate, tragically caught out, like the characters of Othello and Macbeth (7) | 8 | 6 | (a)RTI(c)ULAT(e)* - Boundlessly = without first & last; tragically = anagrind; caught out = delete C; def on right | --- |
| 13 | --- | In name only, characterised by ritual elements (7) | 8 | 5 | Letter bank clue; ritual - letter bank, characterised by...elements (letter bank indicator); def = in name only |
- not a good word to clue with a letter bank only a single T is repeated - The convention for letter banks in puzzles is for the expanded form to be at least 3 letters longer than the bank |
| 14 | --- | Formal ritual performed by model (7) | 5 | 5 | Def - Formal, performed - anagrind, ritual -> itular by T(model) = Titular | --- |
| 15 | --- | So called model ritual taken apart (7) | 4 | 2 | Model T + RITUAL* def: SO CALLED | --- |
| 16 | --- | Newfangled ritual involving beverage, I hear, is ceremonial (7) | 3 | 3 | Newfangled=anagrind; beverage, I hear = T; involving = containment indicator; ceremonial = Def; hence (RITUAL)* containing T | --- |
| 17 | --- | Raul, time to introduce it, “Rocky”-like (7) | 3 | 1 | Anagram RAUL + T + IT. “Rocky” is both indicator & part of definition. |
- I think I want something (maybe just an !) to hint that “Rocky” is doing double duty here |