1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#544 - MACHINE
Total Clues: 23 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veera Raghavan | Husband came in, repaired device (7) | 33 | 21 | (H CAME IN)*. Repaired: anagrind. Definition: device |
- Thank goodness for that comma! |
| 2 | Kabir Firaque | Reprogram a Chinese locking device (7) | 31 | 16 | Hidden in plain sight (indicator: locking; definition: device) | --- |
| 3 | Sowmya Ramkumar | China made extremely faulty gadget | 27 | 17 | Def: gadget, {china}{m..e}*, anagram indicator - faulty | --- |
| 4 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Switzerland probing US state apparatus (7) | 24 | 13 | Defn.: Apparatus; CH (the ISO country code for Switzerland) contained in (probing) MAINE (US state). | --- |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Device primarily managing all chores, helping in nearly everything (7) | 21 | 14 | Acrostic of "managing...everything", def = device, whole clue an extended def for machine | --- |
| 6 | manish jhaveri | Gadget I made in China not India sadly (7) | 17 | 10 | (imadeinchina - india)* def = gadget | --- |
| 7 | Ramesh Swaminathan | Male desire to get popular tool (7) | 16 | 9 | M Male + IN popular in ACHE desire. Def: TOOL |
- Ha! Universal isn''t it :) |
| 8 | VENKATESAN P | System - one made in China (not India) - crashed(7) | 14 | 8 | Anno: (I+MADE+IN+CHINA-INDIA)*. One - I. Not - Deletion indicator. Crashed - Anagram indicator. Definition - System. | --- |
| 9 | Ruskin | Android computer starts to have irreversible negative effects | 13 | 9 | Def = android; computer = MAC; starts to H(ave) I(rreversible) N(egative) E(ffects) | --- |
| 10 | Adman_i | Speed of sound neatly estimated initially by device (7) | 13 | 8 | Speed of sound - MACH1, Initially - first letters, Device (Definition) - (MACHI)(Neatly Estimated) |
- Wordplay <by> def is not ok IMO |
| 11 | --- | Maverick, Iceman & Hollywood’s Top Gun? (7) | 11 | 6 | *ICEMAN+H~ = DBE. Machine gun, etc. Hollywood was Iceman’s wingman in the first film. |
- Nice construction, although not sure gun can DBE machine this way |
| 12 | --- | The speed of sound initially neutralized every device (7) | 9 | 7 | Def: device; The speed of sound: MACH I, initially neutralized every: NE | --- |
| 13 | --- | New England state, renowned for lobster traps, leads in crustacean harvesting apparatus (7) | 8 | 5 | MA(CH)INE: MAINE (‘New England state renowned for lobster’) contains (‘traps’) CH (‘leads in Crustacean Harvesting’); def. ‘apparatus’ |
- Very clever, lovely clue |
| 14 | --- | Appliance chopped up nice ham (7) | 7 | 5 | Def + anagram (chopped up) NICEHAM | --- |
| 15 | --- | Piece of equipment originally heard in movie theatre, rotating (7) | 5 | 5 | Def: Piece of equipment; H (originally Heard) in MACINE (CINEMA, rotating/cycling) |
- A bit indirect IMO, since it is not clear how many letters have to be rotated |
| 16 | --- | Engine made by China recklessly invested in US state (7) | 5 | 3 | def: Engine; (China)* recklessly anagrind; US state = ME (Maine); invested in = containment indicator | --- |
| 17 | --- | Ruthless character in Breaking Bad feeling overwhelmed by taste of murder (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: ruthless character // IN breaking ACHE (bad feeling) with M (taste of murder) on top (overwhelmed by, down clue) |
- Nicely deceptive surface grammar! |
| 18 | --- | Mechanic cut using tool (7) | 3 | 3 | MECHANIC -C* |
- Mechanic and machine have same root. Also Wordplay <using> def is not okay IMO - MACHINE and MECHANIC have the same root, and “using” doesn’t work as an anagrind |
| 19 | --- | Outside of Mobile, losing gravity, aching inside for a car, perhaps (7) | 3 | 3 | Def: ‘a car, perhaps’. Insert ACHIN(g) inside M(obil)E |
- Can''t quite make sense of this surface.. |
| 20 | --- | Gadget from shattered china in Maine (7) | 3 | 2 | Gadget = Defn; shattered = anagrind; fodder = china; in = containment indicator; M[CHINA)*]E | --- |
| 21 | --- | Setter around China manufactured PC, say(7) | 2 | 2 | Definition is PC, say; setter is me ; Me goes around China*; hence M(achin)e | --- |
| 22 | --- | Working Instrument Sounds Raging | 1 | 1 | Meaning and Charade of Raging |
- ??? - I didn''t understand this - As in RATM? not quite sure it works as a charade, feels like something missing - Huh? |
| 23 | --- | Repository covering a Chinese organisation (7) | 0 | 0 | Repository is mine/ covering is container indicator/ Chinese is CH/ Organisation is the definition | --- |