1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#532 - ENTHUSIASM
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 18
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | US anthem is played with gusto (10) | 20 | 12 | (US ANTHEM IS)* indicated by "played with" (the fodder, played with, gives the answer) | --- |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | The sun aims to spread warmth (10) | 19 | 11 | thesunaims* DEF = warmth | --- |
| 3 | @qpheevr | Whimsical hints amuse, generating keen interest (10) | 14 | 11 | (HINTS AMUSE)*; def. “keen interest” | --- |
| 4 | CrypticBlah | Cook sautés both sides of monkfish in relish | 14 | 10 | Anagram (cook) SAUTES M(onkfis)H IN. Def relish. | --- |
| 5 | Veera Raghavan | The man is traveling around America with zeal (11) | 14 | 9 | THEMANIS* about US. Definition: Zeal |
- Wordplay <with> definition is not okay IMO |
| 6 | Amrita Majumdar | Unconventional human ties broken by society's rage (10) | 12 | 10 | HUMAN TIES* around S(society), RAGE-def | --- |
| 7 | Mohanraj Thiyagarajan | Perhaps it's humans' eagerness, basically?! | 12 | 9 | Anagram Indicator = Perhaps, Fodder = {its humans + e}* (E from eagerness basically), Def = &lit, as in enthusiasm = eagerness of human beings. | --- |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | English humanists lost zeal (10) | 11 | 9 | (E + humanists)* indicated by lost. Def.: Zeal | --- |
| 9 | Sampath Srinivasan | Driven thus, I, as most men do, carry a feeling of passion! (10) | 11 | 7 | Telescopic clue; indicator: carry; fodder: "drivEN, THUS, I AS Most men do"; def: feeling of passion |
- Men do is filler. - “men do” is extraneous to the wordplay and def; it’s only there to make the surface work - "men do" isn''t contributing to the clue |
| 10 | Ramki Krishnan | In the USA, screaming "MAGA!" basically generates excitement (10) | 10 | 8 | Anagram of (IN THE USA S M), generates = anagrind, def = excitement |
- not entirely convinced generates is a good anagrind |
| 11 | --- | Zeal of initially ethical humanists blighted | 9 | 5 | Definition: “zeal”; E ("Initially ethical) + anagram of HUMANISTS; anagram indicator: “blighted" | --- |
| 12 | --- | I use maths crazily taking new interest(10) | 6 | 5 | Definition: Interest. Anno: (I+USE+MATHS*) around (N). Fodder: "I USE MATHS". New=N. Crazily - Anagrind. Taking - Insertion indicator. | --- |
| 13 | --- | Fire Math genius wrongly using speed instead of acceleration due to gravity (10) | 6 | 4 | Def: Fire, Anagrind: wrongly, Mathgenius* with s (speed) replacing g (acceleration due to gravity) |
- s for speed isn''t in Chambers - Is s for speed a standard abbreviation? |
| 14 | --- | Messiah on mount, spent time rambling with zeal (10) | 6 | 4 | Zeal (Definition) - (MESSIAH + moUNT)*, Spent - delind, Time - MO, Rambling - anagrind |
- “time” seems too vague to identify MO as delendum; either “month” or “sec” would be fairer to the solver - " |
| 15 | --- | Dancing men's hiatus creates impatience (10) | 4 | 3 | Anagram (mens hiatus)* = enthusiasm; impatience = definition |
- Impatience? |
| 16 | --- | Dash so … nomadic Sami show gusto (10) | 1 | 1 | EN + THUS + IASM (anagram of ‘Sami’) = ‘gusto’ (def.) | --- |
| 17 | --- | Fire crackers in some houses in this way (10) | 1 | 1 | Def: Fire, Anagram Indicator - Crackers, Containment Indicator - Houses, IN SOME*<<THUS (in this way) |
- surface read lets this clue down - Anno is cut off, but I think this gives ENTHUSIOSM [(IN SOME)* housing THUS (‘in this way’)], not ENTHUSIASM - Fodder seems to be wrong - has O instead of A |
| 18 | --- | Eagerness means this gets wasted outside university (10) | 0 | 8 | Anagram (gets wasted) of MEANSTHIS outside U(niversity) | --- |