1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#540 - EXPLICIT
Total Clues: 25 Total Voters: 26
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrita Majumdar | Parking inside no longer allowed- clear? (8) | 27 | 14 | P INSIDE EX(no longer) LICIT(allowed) |
- Top 3 probably - like the use of ''no longer'' for ex. - Great idea, nice to see something different! |
| 2 | @LowdownCryptic | Raunchy, old photo captures Sly naked before sex (8) | 24 | 13 | Def: Raunchy - EX (old), PIC (photo) captures (S)L(y), before IT (sex) |
- No comma required between Raunchy and old...''having sex'' would have been better, imho. But the best surface so far. - Excellent |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Obscene clip shot in retreat (8) | 23 | 13 | Def: Obscene, Anagram of CLIP* in EXIT (retreat) |
- Nice anagrind. Gives it an edege over other similar clues for me - Nice but I think there were similar clues with better surfaces |
| 4 | CrypticBlah | Clearly stated without some convoluted complexities (8) | 18 | 11 | Subtractive anagram (convoluted) *COMPLEXITIES minus SOME. Def clearly stated. Yeah it's a little Yoda I agree. |
- Unfortunately I think you need an anagram indicator for ‘some’ as well, as the letters are not taken out in that order. |
| 5 | ALP | Graphic old film featuring a bit of LGBTQ+ sex (8) | 15 | 9 | EX+P(L)IC+IT |
- Good clue but for me the surface would''ve been better with lesbian instead of LGBTQ+ which reads a little clunky - Why is sex separate from Lgbtq? - I think ‘introduction to’ or something like that might work better. ‘A bit of’ combined with an initialism I think is too vague for me. |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Former President sanctioned patent (8) | 14 | 11 | Def = patent (adj), EX P LICIT (sanctioned as adj) |
- Most crisp. Nice - How can they sanction something if they are the former president? |
| 7 | Textrous | Candid clip played during farewell (8) | 12 | 10 | CLIP* in EXIT; Def: Candid (Chambers); Anagrind: played; farewell: EXIT |
- (“Playing” would be a better anagrind, but “played“ makes a smoother surface) |
| 8 | Samit Kallianpur | Frank is taking a little policy with LIC in retirement (8) | 12 | 8 | [Ex(P+ LIC)it]. (Taking P + LIC in exit). A little policy = P. Retirement = exit. In = container ind. [LIC is an insurance company]. Def = Frank |
- Did two people write identical clues and annotate them so similarly, or did one person accidentally enter twice? - Good clue. ''A little'' to describe policy somehow doesn''t read perfectly well for me - What exactly is "a little policy"? |
| 9 | Satyen Nabar | Naughty clip in retreat, leaving little to the imagination (8) | 11 | 9 | CLIP* in EXIT; naughty= anag ind, in= insertion ind, retreat= exit, def= leaving little to the imagination |
- Nicest def |
| 10 | Sitter | Unreserved parking previously allowed outside | 10 | 8 | Def (unreserved) - EX (previously) LICIT (allowed) outside P(arking) | --- |
| 11 | --- | Racy clip circulated in farewell (8) | 10 | 7 | Definition: Racy; Anagram of CLIP (indicated by circulated) in EXIT (farewell) |
- What does the surface mean? |
| 12 | --- | Adult lovemaking scenes, initially cut, allowed under pressure (8) | 10 | 6 | Sex (lovemaking) - s(cenes) initially (listed as head indicator in Chambers) = (S)ex + licit (allowed - synonym listed in Collins ) under p(pressure) def - adult (synonym in Chambers) |
- Is this meant to be a down clue? What is the role of ''under''? - Nice |
| 13 | --- | Open old mine checked by insurance company (8) | 9 | 7 | Definition: Open. Anno: (EX)(P(LIC)IT). Old - EX. Mine - PIT. Insurance company - LIC. Checked by - Insertion indicator |
- Afraid LIC doesn’t travel outside of India well. |
| 14 | --- | Clear topless sex clip circulated adds appeal (8) | 8 | 6 | Def: CLEAR. (-S)EX CLIP* + IT appeal |
- Perhaps adding would''ve been better - Role of adds? |
| 15 | --- | Allowed to follow old practice initially uninhibited | 8 | 6 | Allowed = licit, old =ex, practice initially =p, follow is location indicator, Definition: uninhibited |
- I feel like the surface would''ve made more sense if it was ''inhibited'' rather than ''uninhibited'' |
| 16 | --- | Obvious way out propped open by bent clip (8) | 8 | 6 | CLIP* in EX_IT; def. ‘obvious’ |
- If the way out has to be propped open, how is it ''obvious''? - Nice idea, sorry not enough points, there were more convincing surfaces but this is nice |
| 17 | --- | This might describe issue about dodgy clip? | 8 | 4 | Def = whole clue (semi &lit); issue = EXIT; about anag of CLIP |
- I’m not sure exit and issue have quite the same meaning |
| 18 | --- | Leave out viral clip that’s graphic [8] | 6 | 3 | Leave out = EXIT around PLIC (viral clip* with viral as anagrind). Def = graphic |
- Not clear how "leave out" = "EXIT" going around something - I don’t think “out” works as a containment indicator - Exit and leave out don''t work as synonyms for me - I don’t think ‘exit’ is ‘leave out’ - it’s one or the other - Not sure if viral works as an anagram ind |
| 19 | --- | Direct treatment for injured pixie - primarily tender, loving care (8) | 5 | 4 | Direct = Defn; primarily tender, loving care => TLC; injured pixie => (PIXIE)* ; treatment for => ((PIXIE)*+TLC)* | --- |
| 20 | --- | Comprehensive policy introduced by an Indian insurance company has death cover (8) | 3 | 3 | Comprehensive (definition) - {EX(Policy)(LIC)IT}, Introduced - first letter, Indian co - LIC, death - exit, cover - container ind |
- introduced as a first letter selection indicator doesn''t work. It should be ''introduction of''. Could have been a great clue. Awarding you a point anyway. - Sorry, got lost in the anno - too complex for me - seems like lots of unnecessary words but I couldn’t work it out - policy''s introduction works better for P than "policy introduced" // Should be "covering" for cryptic grammar |
| 21 | --- | Certain complexities resolved, some dropped after reformulation | 3 | 2 | Definition: “certain”; Anagram of “ComPLEXITIes” (anagrind: “resolved”) dropping the letters from SOME (anagrind: “after reformulation”) | --- |
| 22 | --- | Plain old Prince sample clipped and restitched essentially (8) | 2 | 2 | Definition: Plain; Wordplay: Old = EX; Prince = P; Sample clipped = LICK with last letter deleted; Restitched essentially = Middle letters of Restitched = IT | --- |
| 23 | --- | Overt yet blurred pixel spotted by I/3 of citizenry (7) | 2 | 1 | Def. = ‘overt’. EXPLI (anag. ‘pixel’) + CIT (first third of ‘citizenry’) |
- “Yet” and “spotted” contribute nothing to the cryptic reading. (And in the surface reading, how do you blur a single pixel?) - Overt yet blurred? - What is the role of ''yet''? - Role of "spotted"? |
| 24 | --- | It's clear: Clippy is too long, twisted, and goes in the out door. | 1 | 1 | Synonym: clear. Shorten and twist "clippy" into PLIC, and put it inside EXIT (the out door). |
- “Is too long” isn’t a good indicator for “delete the last two letters” - What/who is Clippy? - Clippy, the MS Word assistant in the form of a sentient paperclip, is despised around the world, right? - I wanted to love this one but I’m sorry it needed something to indicate taking the last two letters from Clippy, not just the last one |
| 25 | --- | Stated clearly by a private limited company in exit arrangement | 0 | 3 | Stated clearly - defn; a private limited company in exit - fodder I_PLC+EXIT |
- In indirect anagram territory for me. Typically 1 letter substitutions only are allowed. Also A does not mean I, could''ve used one - Not sure a = 1 works for me here - arrangement as anagram ind cannot come after the fodder IMO. Should be "arrangement of <fodder>" or <fodder> arranged |