1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#541 - OPULENCE
Total Clues: 20 Total Voters: 23
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | New couple breaking up after losing wife's wealth (8) | 36 | 17 | NEWCOUPLE* - W; Def: wealth, Anagrind: breaking up, Deletion indicator: after losing, wife: W | --- |
| 2 | Sowmya Ramkumar | One loveless couple fighting plenty (8) | 31 | 15 | Def: plenty, ONE C(-o)UPLE* | --- |
| 3 | Satyen Nabar | Hope uncle leaves husband remarkable wealth (8) | 24 | 13 | (HOPE UNCLE - H)*; leaves husband= delete h, remarkable= anag ind, def is wealth |
- This week''s clear winner for me! |
| 4 | Ramki Krishnan | Wealth of extravagant couple half gone (8) | 17 | 10 | Def = wealth, anagram of (COUPLE + (-go)NE), extravagant is anagram indicator | --- |
| 5 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Wealth of one couple, wasted when love is gone (8) | 15 | 10 | Definition: Wealth; (ONE COUPLE – O)* indicated by “wasted”, “when love’s gone” = deletion of O (love = O, gone = removed) | --- |
| 6 | @LowdownCryptic | Luxury jeans, oddly discounted, grabbed by frantic couple (8) | 14 | 8 | Def: Luxury; (j)E(a)N(s) with odd letters discounted (ignored) inside COUPLE* | --- |
| 7 | Polslaw | Essential ingredients of Monopoly stimulated Glenn’s access to great wealth (8) | 13 | 9 | Central letters yield OP + UL + EN + CE. definition = great wealth |
- Nice idea, I think with a few tweaks the surface could make more sense and then it would be great |
| 8 | Sitter | Means to rewrite clue with old pen (8) | 11 | 9 | Nounal def (means) + anagram (to rewrite) of CLUE + O(ld) PEN |
- I really like this idea but opulence is more than just ‘means’ |
| 9 | Samit Kallianpur | Plenty of beef but oddly, corn isn't available (8) | 11 | 7 | [Corpulence (but no) c r]. Beef = corpulence (Collins). Oddly corn = c r. Isn't available = deletion ind. Def = Plenty | --- |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | Couple basically needs enough working capital (8) | 10 | 7 | (COUPLE N E)*. Working: anind. Definition: Capital (Collins) | --- |
| 11 | --- | Cryptic clue open for great deal of choice(8) | 8 | 4 | Anno: (CLUE+OPEN)*. Anagrind: Cryptic. Definition: Great deal of choice. |
- This was so nearly an excellent clue but ‘great deal of choice’ does not define ‘opulence’ - The definition seems a bit tenuous |
| 12 | --- | Wind when leaving home for work? Tons of bread! (8) | 7 | 5 | (FLAT>OP)ULENCE |
- I''m not able to understand what the surface means |
| 13 | --- | Uprising, the French participated in years ago, for wealth [8] | 7 | 5 | Up rising = PU followed by LE (The French) in ONCE (= years ago); O pu le NCE; definition = wealth |
- What if this were an across clue? Rising would not work then. |
| 14 | --- | Pounce angrily on extremely louche display of wealth (8) | 7 | 4 | Anagram of [POUNCE] (anagrind: "angrily") around (“on”) "extremely LouchE” = OPU[LE]NCE; definition: “display of wealth" |
- "on" doesn''t seem like a containment indicator |
| 15 | --- | Illicit lucre prone to lose rights to wealth (8) | 5 | 4 | Anagram with deletion; Illicit - anagram indicator; (lucre prone)* anagram fodder; to lose rights - deletion of R's; def - wealth |
- Surface meaning? |
| 16 | --- | Lavishness of private university library evidently nonplussed certain educational leaders (8) | 5 | 4 | Acrostic (O[f] … E[ducational]), indic. by “leaders”; def. “lavishness” | --- |
| 17 | --- | Disturbed couple finds space for comfort | 3 | 2 | Space= en, *couple contains en, finds is container indicator, Definition: comfort |
- I think opulence is more than just comfort - "finds" doesn''t seem like a containment indicator - Finds is not a containment indicator. Has would have worked. - I like the clue but "comfort" seems too mild a term for "opulence" |
| 18 | --- | No money to take on university - essentially nobility’s luxury | 3 | 2 | Def: Luxury Wordplay:O (zero/no) + PENCE around U + (nobi)L(ity’s) | --- |
| 19 | --- | Plenty of open blunders with clue | 2 | 1 | Def = plenty; anag of OPEN + CLUE |
- Not sure this works to indicate anagramming both words |
| 20 | --- | Luxury, marked primarily by ostentatious, plush upholstery, looking excessively nouveau-chic entirely (8) | 1 | 1 | Acrostic clue. Luxury = Defn; primarily = Acrostic indicator; Fodder = 'ostentatious, plush upholstery, looking excessively nouveau-chic entirely' |
- nice attempt..but 1st letter of nouveau-chic = n? |