1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#537 - SHOOTER
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 23
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Townshend | Snapper swimming to shore | 28 | 14 | Def, anagrind, fodder | --- |
| 2 | Adman_i | Owls circling a photographer? (7) | 23 | 14 | Owls - HOOTERS, Circling - Moving letters around, A photographer (Defn) - SHOOTER |
- Indirect anagram. Would have worked as a cycling clue IMO |
| 3 | manish jhaveri | He roots animatedly for goal scorer (7) | 23 | 13 | heroots* ; Def = goal scorer | --- |
| 4 | Ashwin Bhandarkar | Surprsingly, he roots for marksman (7) | 19 | 12 | Surprisingly - Anagrind; he roots - Fodder; marksman - Definition | --- |
| 5 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Sniper shot those welcoming old Republican (7) | 16 | 10 | THOSE* around O +R, Def: Sniper |
- "shot" as anagram indicator when the answer is "shooter" - very interesting! |
| 6 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Hot Rose models for photographer (7) | 15 | 9 | (Hot Rose)*, indicated by model; Definition: Photographer (Ref. MW) |
- "models" does not work as an anagrind that same way "model" and "modelled" do |
| 7 | Harish Kamath | Show ends early - solo Secret Service officer finishes would-be assassin (7) | 14 | 9 | Sho(w) (ends early) + (sol)o (Secre)t (Servic)e (Office)r (finishes = last letter indicator) def - would-be assassin |
- "finishes" after the words doesn''t adequately indicate the last letters |
| 8 | Textrous | Cameraman's direction to hero bombed (7) | 11 | 9 | Def: Cameraman; direction: S, TOHERO* (anagrind: bombed) | --- |
| 9 | @LowdownCryptic | When I'm active, it's dangerous to horse around (7) | 9 | 6 | (TO HORSE)* around - Def: When I'm active, it's dangerous (i.e. an "active shooter") | --- |
| 10 | Sampath Srinivasan | Gunman swaps cash for two-wheeler (7) | 9 | 4 | substitution; two-wheeler = SCOOTER; substitute C-as-H; def: Gunman |
- Swaps is tautalogical in this instance - you''ve already instructed us to use C as H - I’m okay with clues that require taking a word apart, but they have to work perfectly; here, “as” just isn’t the right preposition to go with “swaps” - This comes across as a clue for SCOOTER rather than SHOOTER |
| 11 | --- | Gunman starting to scare and alarm (7) | 8 | 5 | S HOOTER (alarm), GUNMAN -DEF | --- |
| 12 | --- | Gunner not fearing basically for those in rebellion (7) | 8 | 5 | (FORTHOSE-F)*. In rebellion: anagrind. Definition: Gunner |
- Don''t get how "basically" indicates the first letter. Also the placement of the deletion indica |
| 13 | --- | School out? Learn oddly specific kind of video game (7) | 8 | 5 | odd letters in ScHoOl OuT lEaRn | --- |
| 14 | --- | Camera starts rolling after she too dances(7) | 8 | 4 | Anno: (SHE+TOO*)(R(-olling)). Dances - Anagrind. Definition: Camera |
- "starts rolling" doesn''t indicate R. |
| 15 | --- | Such horror! Officer outside the emergency room heads search for sniper (7) | 7 | 5 | First letters of initial 7 words. Def. “sniper” |
- Need "heads of" or " ''s heads" to suggest the first letters. "search" is playing no role. - “Search” has no role in the cryptic reading - Role of "search for"? - What''s the role of "search" in the clue? - doesn''t work with "search" (not part of def or wordplay) |
| 16 | --- | Old hero's bum straddles butt of musket he fires (7) | 6 | 5 | O HEROS* around T. Indicators: bum (anagram), straddles (containment), butt of (last letter of musket). Definition: he fires |
- needs "straddling" |
| 17 | --- | Short piece that’s tricky to play? | 3 | 3 | TD – drink, gun, cricket | --- |
| 18 | --- | Photographer cycling to US restaurant | 2 | 2 | HOOTERS with the S cycling to the front |
- This comes across as clue for HOOTERS rather than SHOOTER - The surface leads "cycling" apply to "photographer" rather than to the US restaurant - doesn''t really work with "to" in between the indicator and fodder |
| 19 | --- | Marksman beat it after taking out one - RIP (7) | 2 | 2 | Def = marksman, beat it = SHOO, after taking out one RIP = remove A from TEAR (RIP) = TER | --- |
| 20 | --- | Every second counting as a hook of the arm delivers hard-to-hit ball (7) | 1 | 6 | aS a HoOk Of ThE aRm (every second letter) |
- "counting" doesn''t work as a letter selection indicator |
| 21 | --- | Smart opening for an owl to be a jackal, perhaps? | 0 | 0 | S plus hooter = jackal (shooter, as in day of the jackal) |
- “The Jackal” could be a shooter; “a jackal” is not - I don''t think the definition would work with "the jackal" |