1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#542 - BROADCAST
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 25
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhay Phadnis | Programme heads of BBC rule out any discussion concerning Andrew's sexual transgressions (9) | 37 | 14 | Definition: "programme"; Acrostic indicator: "heads of"; first letters of all the following words |
- Just lovely! - Cleverly crafted acrostic, topical too ! - Cleverly crafted acrostic, topical too ! - Very natural-sounding and topical surface! - Lovely acrostic! |
| 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Acrobats beginning to do somersaults in show (9) | 30 | 16 | Anagram of (ACROBATS + D), somersaults is anagram ind, show = def |
- Superfluous ''in'' - Should be somersaulted or somersaulting for it to work cryptically |
| 3 | Polslaw | Program features “Breaking Bad” actors (9) | 25 | 14 | Def = ‘program’. Anagram (breaking) ‘bad actors’. |
- Best surface of all the "bad actors" anagrams IMO - Easily the cleverest of the many BAD ACTORS anagrams! |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Entertained by tumbling acrobats, daughter beamed (9) | 25 | 12 | Inside ACROBATS*, D (daughter); def: beamed |
- Nice surface |
| 5 | Sitter | Acrobats in trouble clutching top of dodgy beam (9) | 22 | 14 | Anagram (in trouble) of ACROBATS surrounding (clutching) D(odgy) + def. (beam) |
- Nice surface |
| 6 | Sowmya Ramkumar | British actors terribly bored by commercial show (9) | 20 | 13 | Def: Show, B (British), ACTORS* << AD, AD - Commercial, Bored by - Insertion indicator, Terribly - Anagram Indicator |
- What is a commercial show? |
| 7 | Adman_i | Bad actors ! Bad show !! (9) | 13 | 9 | Show (definition) - (BAD ACTORS)*, Bad - anagrind | --- |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Bad co-star disrupted programme (9) | 11 | 10 | (bad co-star)*; disrupted is anagrind. Definition is programme | --- |
| 9 | Amrita Majumdar | Bad actors ruined show (9) | 8 | 6 | BADACTORS* |
- Two identical clues! |
| 10 | belaircon.bsky.social | Show in which acrobats tumbled over Dumbo’s head (9) | 8 | 5 | ACROBATS* over/containing D | --- |
| 11 | --- | Bad actors messed up show | 6 | 6 | Definitely - show , bad actors* | --- |
| 12 | --- | Bad actors ruined show (9) | 6 | 5 | (BAD ACTORS)*; ruined= anag ind, def= show |
- Two identical clues! |
| 13 | --- | Bad actors spoiled show (9) | 6 | 5 | Bad actors* (anagrind - spoiled) def - show (Collins) |
- And another! |
| 14 | --- | Woman given part in show | 6 | 3 | Woman = BROAD; given part = CAST; def = show |
- Superfluous ''in'' - Woman does not translate to Broad IMO - Cluing for broad and cast in broadcast is lazy - Broad for a woman is a derogatory term! |
| 15 | --- | Bored by lead couple in Carla Lane’s short-lived TV show (9) | 6 | 2 | B ROAD(CA~)S+T[V] |
- I can’t figure out how this gets the letters in the right places. How do we reduce BORED to B? And how does ROAD (=lane) get to be before CA (=lead couple in CArla)? - Creative |
| 16 | --- | Acrobats tumbling after disciplined start in air (9) | 5 | 4 | Definition: Air (Verb); Anagram indicated by ‘Tumbling” of (ACROBATS + D), D being the first letter of Disciplined “start” |
- Superfluous ''in'' - ''after'' is a misplaced positional indicator; ''around'' or ''about'' would be a better choice - The wordplay indicates ACROBATS* after D, which will not give BROADCAST. - ''after'' is a misplaced positional indicator; ''around'' or ''about'' would be a better choice - This suggests D+(ACROBATS)* to me—with the tumbling ACROBATS *after* the start of Disciplined - Wordplay leads to d + acrobats* |
| 17 | --- | Amazing acts follow big show(9) | 4 | 4 | Anno: (BROAD)(ACTS*). Big - Broad. Acts - Anagram Fodder. Amazing - Anagrind. Definition: Show | --- |
| 18 | --- | Air opening bravura reenactment of Aida, delighting connoisseurs and seasoned theatregoers (9) | 4 | 3 | Acrostic clue with 'air' as the definition and 'opening' as the acrostic indicator. Not sure whether 'opening' needs a 'the'. |
- Indicator should be "openings of" - To be a truly fair acrostic indicator, it would need to be “openings of” - Should be openings of |
| 19 | --- | Reviewing essentially gory, bad acts in the show (9) | 4 | 3 | Reviewing: anagrind. (OR BAD ACTS)*. Definition: Show | --- |
| 20 | --- | Bad actors bungle programme (9) | 2 | 2 | Anagram; (bad actors)*; bungle - anagrind; def: programme |
- Should be bungled since anagrind comes after the fodder |
| 21 | --- | Anagrammed homophone? (9) | 2 | 1 | Double ‘definition’, alluding to the fact that “broadcast” can be used to indicate either of these two types of wordplay in cryptic clues |
- Lazy |