1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#545 - COMPLY
Total Clues: 19 Total Voters: 23
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Respect is missing from Special Olympics (6) | 28 | 16 | Def: Respect (v); IS missing from OLYMPICS*, "special" being the anagrind | --- |
| 2 | belaircon.bsky.social | Turn up, cut, fold and bend (6) | 26 | 13 | COM[E] (turn up, cut) + PLY (fold) = bend (to yield/give way) | --- |
| 3 | VENKATESAN P | Do what I say! Reconfigure my old pc after removing a bit of data(6) | 21 | 11 | Anno: (MY+OL(-D)+PC)*. Reconfigure - Anagrind. Removing - Deletion indicator. A bit of data - D. Definition: Do what I say | --- |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Observe beautiful European falling for Prince (6) | 20 | 11 | Substitution clue, COMELY - E + P, beautiful= comely, European falling for Prince= substitute E with P, def= observe | --- |
| 5 | Ruskin | Defer wholly spending the summer in Paris | 15 | 8 | Def = defer; wholly = COMP(LETE)LY; spending (deletion) 'the summer' in Paris = L'ETE |
- Clever! |
| 6 | Sitter | Agree entirely to let sweetheart leave | 14 | 7 | Def (agree) - entirely (COMPLETELY) minus LET swEet heart |
- The "to" spoils the cryptic grammar IMO - What role is "to" playing in the cryptic grammar? - I like this but ''to'' feels superfluous? - "to" plays no role in the cryptic reading |
| 7 | Ramki Krishnan | Firm's mean, reducing interest yield (6) | 14 | 7 | CO (firm) + IMPLY (mean) -I (interest), def = yield |
- Wouldn''t "Firm''s mean" be "COSIMPLY"? - The -’s gets in the way of the wordplay |
| 8 | Abhay Phadnis | Capital finally invested in corporate entity lacking almost any yield (6) | 11 | 7 | capita[L] “finally” “invested in” COMPanY “lacking almost ANy”; definition: “yield” | --- |
| 9 | Manish Jhaveri | Heads of criminal organisations manipulate poor luckless youngsters to obey (6) | 10 | 8 | Acrostic clue. Def = obey | --- |
| 10 | @LowdownCryptic | Play the game, taking leave from complexity (6) | 10 | 7 | Deletion: taking EXIT (leave) from COMPL(EXIT)Y |
- Surface meaning not clear |
| 11 | --- | Funny business must take place for editor to be cooperative! (6) | 10 | 6 | COMEDY [funny business] has to take PL [place, in street names] instead of ED [editor]. Definition "to be cooperative". | --- |
| 12 | --- | Consent from BBC CEO Tim, ultimately to go (6) | 10 | 5 | Def: Consent, Last letters of bbC ceO tiM + PLY (go) | --- |
| 13 | --- | Come on, make people like you, firstly to conform! (6) | 9 | 7 | Acrostic; firstly = acrostic indicator; def = to conform | --- |
| 14 | --- | Obey leaders of cult organising massive public langar yearly (6) | 8 | 6 | Acrostic clue (leaders of); Defn - Obey | --- |
| 15 | --- | Follow diplomacy without aid misuse (6) | 8 | 5 | Anagram of (DIPLOMACY - AID), “without” indicating AID deletion, followed by anagramming the result, as indicated by “misuse”. Definition: Follow |
- In deletions where the letters to be deleted don''t appear in the same order in the deletion fodder, separate anagrinds are required for the letters being deleted and the deletion fodder |
| 16 | --- | Military Police company deployed by last half of July would acquiesce (6) | 5 | 3 | MP + CO rearranged (‘deployed’) becomes COMP + LY. Def: ‘acquiesce’ | --- |
| 17 | --- | Respect Italy spending millions in foreign policy (6) | 4 | 3 | RESPECT-DEF, POLICY* - I + M |
- Italy spending millions does not lead to I getting replaced by M right? - can''t see how I is getting deleted - “Italy spending” seems to be in the wrong place, and in the wrong order, to work as a deletion indicator |
| 18 | --- | Playfully withholding information, getting politician and labour leader to toe the line (6) | 4 | 3 | CO(MP)(L)Y: COY (playfully withholding information) containing (getting) MP (politician) and L (labour leader); def. ‘to toe the line’ | --- |
| 19 | --- | Observe full telecast out (6) | 3 | 3 | Full= completely, cast is anagrind for tele, out is deletion indicator, So, Comp(-lete)ly, Definition: observe |
- Need an anagram indicator for tele as it does not occur in exact sequence in Completely |