1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#536 - EXCLUSIVE
Total Clues: 23 Total Voters: 30
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Old cryptic clue is very elegant (9) | 37 | 17 | EX + (CLUE IS V)*; old= ex, cryptic= anag ind, very= v (abbreviation), def= elegant |
- Good word play; iffy definition - Not sure if elegant is a proper synonym. |
| 2 | VMA Nair | Old cryptic clue is very unique (9) | 28 | 16 | Ex plus anagram (cryptic) of clue is v. Definition = unique |
- Loved this for its simplicity |
| 3 | Kabir Firaque | About 10 cryptic clues I have published in only one newspaper (9) | 22 | 15 | CLUES* around X (10) + IVE (I have). Indicators: about (containment); cryptic (anagram). Definition: published in only one newspaper. |
- I like the clue but feel a bit uncertain about "I have" becoming "I''ve" directly, without any indication of it being abbreviated |
| 4 | Heidi Schroeder | Clues Iʻve set (with a kiss just for you, perhaps!) (9) | 22 | 13 | (clues+ive)* containing x; def is “just for you, perhaps” | --- |
| 5 | Manish Jhaveri | Ritzy, old club initially charged us to enter (9) | 19 | 10 | Ex C L us IVE: Ex = old; C = club initially; LIVE = charged; with us entering; Def = Ritzy | --- |
| 6 | Amita | Former leaders from Cameroon, Libya, Uganda, and Senegal meet? I have the scoop (9) | 18 | 10 | EX + C,L,U,S + I'VE; Def = Scoop | --- |
| 7 | Adman_i | Old Elvis chart-topper you heard – “All Shook Up” – is swank (9) | 18 | 9 | Swank (defn) - (EX)(ELVIS + Chart + U)*, Old - Ex, Elvis - fodder, topper - first letter, heard - homophone, 'All Shook Up' - Anagrind and also the name of an Elvis hit | --- |
| 8 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Vote a bit carelessly in baffling choice | 15 | 9 | Def: Choice, X (Vote) C (a bit carelessly) in Elusive (baffling) | --- |
| 9 | Ramki Krishnan | Scoop: "Unknown criminal basically baffling guards" (9) | 14 | 10 | Def = scoop, X (unknown) + C(riminal) inside ELUSIVE (baffling), "guards" is containment indicator. A B guards -> B outside A | --- |
| 10 | ALP | Times leader on China breaks hard-to-get scoop (9) | 14 | 7 | X+C~ breaks ELUSIVE => E(XC)LUSIVE = scoop | --- |
| 11 | --- | Special report: Deluxe Vacations hacked, no data stolen (9) | 14 | 7 | Def: Special report (i.e. a newspaper's exclusive). Anagrind: hacked. Deletion ind: stolen. (DELUXEVACATIONS)* - NODATA |
- Doesn''t it need an anagram indicator for NODATA also? Is "stolen" the anagrind? |
| 12 | --- | After abandoning 10 clues, I’ve got something that’s mine, all mine (9) | 13 | 8 | After anagramming X (10) CLUES, add IVE. Def. ‘something that’s mine, all mine’ |
- Abandoned is an adjective indicator. Can it be used in a verb form like this? |
| 13 | --- | Only fifty covered by pardon (four included subsequently) | 10 | 7 | Definition: “only"; “pardon" = EXCUSE; EXC[L]US[IV]E | --- |
| 14 | --- | Finishing touches of some complex diplomatic deal you dismiss before I’ve closed (9) | 9 | 6 | Final letters (“finishing touches”) of “somE compleX diplomatiC deaL yoU dismisS” + IVE; def. “closed” | --- |
| 15 | --- | Classy, old General is not at home (9) | 8 | 7 | Classy is the def/ old is ex/ General is inclusive/ not at home is deletion indicator for in |
- What is the role of "is" in the clue? It would work well without that. - Same root in inclusive and exclusive makes this less satisfying |
| 16 | --- | Hard to get around ninety-one! (9) | 8 | 5 | Definition: One. Anno: (E(XC)LUSIVE). Hard to get - ELUSIVE. Ninety - XC. Around - Containment indicator. Exclamation mark is to hint that ninety-one should not be taken at face value as a part of it is definition. | --- |
| 17 | --- | Cryptic clues owned by this compiler's not found elsewhere | 8 | 4 | Anagram (cryptic) of CLUES containg (owned) X (by) plus I'VE (contraction of this compiler (ha)'s) |
- Lovely device but, sadly, the surface grammar suffers: "clues owned by this compiler" will need to be followed by "are" rather than "is" - Surface grammar is off? Should be "are not found elsewhere" for surface - This is so nearly the best clue for me but the grammar doesn’t work - clues are plural, so the ‘s should be ‘are’ for the surface. I think it would be perfect with a bit of tweaking! - Owned by suggests insertion. For containment, the indicator is owns, but "owns by" wouldn''t work. - Not sure about the surface grammar |
| 18 | --- | Elegant old cryptic clues included intriguing vocabulary at the outset (9) | 6 | 5 | Def: Elegant, old: EX, cryptic clues: CLUSE*, Intriguing Vocabulary at the outset: IV => EX CLUS(IV)E | --- |
| 19 | --- | Going back, I have made ten clues only (9) | 5 | 4 | IVE after X(ten) CLUES*, only -DEF |
- wouldn''t "exclusively" be the correct synonym for "only"? |
| 20 | --- | Privileged four retained in former clues edited | 5 | 4 | Definition: privileged, four= iv, retained in is container indicator, former=ex, edited is anagrind for clues, So, ex clus (iv)e | --- |
| 21 | --- | Only 14 clues (anagram style) at the end of game | 3 | 3 | Definition:Only - (XIV CLUES)* + (deadlin)E |
- wouldn''t "exclusively" be the correct synonym for "only"? - Indirect anagram |
| 22 | --- | Special arrangements ninety-four Roman and the Spanish use. | 2 | 1 | Special - definition; ninety-four Roman - XCIV + the Spanish - LE + USE; arrangements - anagrind |
- Surface wants “94 Romans”, but that wouldn’t work for the wordplay |
| 23 | --- | Confusing clue is restricting unknown against English elite ( 9 ) | 2 | 1 | CLUEIS* (*confusing) containing (restricting) X (= unknown) followed by V (= versus or against, Ref. Chambers, Collins) and E (= English). Definition: Elite (Ref.: Chambers, Collins) | --- |