1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#546 - TIE THE KNOT (3,3,4)
Total Clues: 23 Total Voters: 25
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruskin | Marry thee on Tik Tok? Not OK! Dreadful! | 24 | 13 | Def = marry; anag of THEE ON TIK T(OK) | --- |
| 2 | Veera Raghavan | Doctor, keen at heart, thinks: ‘Almost time to get married’ (3,3,4) | 22 | 12 | (EE THINK T TO)*. Doctor: anagrind. Def: Get married | --- |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Ok, tenth break-up after match? Get married! (3,3,4) | 20 | 11 | THE KNOT [Anagram (indicated by break-up) of “Ok tenth”] after TIE (“match”); Definition: Get married | --- |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Think twice! Extremely unwise ultimately to recklessly get married (3,3,4) | 20 | 10 | [THINK T(wic)E (unwis)E TO]*; recklessly= anag ind, extremely= ends sel ind, ultimately= tail sel ind, def= get married | --- |
| 5 | Ashwin Bhandarkar | Principally, Tamilians in Ettayapuram trust horoscopes - especially kundali, nakshatras, omens - to marry (3,3,4) | 18 | 9 | Acrostic; indicator = Principally, marry = definition. No idea if kundali,, nakshatras, and the tautology, are allowed. And omens are not horoscopes.... | --- |
| 6 | Sitter | Make granny take the plunge? | 18 | 9 | DD, one straight, one colloquialism | --- |
| 7 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Couple close to the kid Spooner picked up | 15 | 8 | Spoonerism of NIGH (Close to) THE TOT (kid), Def: Couple | --- |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Take the plunge and desperately hike to tent (3,3,4) | 14 | 9 | Take the plunge- DEF, HIKE TO TENT* | --- |
| 9 | Adman_i | Keith Urban, guitarist and Nicole finally to breakup? It’s the opposite (3,3,4) | 12 | 6 | {(KEITH)(urbaN)(guirarisT)(nicolE)(TO)}, finally - last letters, breakup - anagrind, Topical news of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman divorcing, It's the opposite (defn) - Opposite of divorce is marry | --- |
| 10 | @LowdownCryptic | Engagement's ending, that is true... OK then, set out best way to end an engagement! (3,3,4) | 11 | 6 | T + I.E. + T + (OK THEN)* - anagrind: set out; def: best way to end an engagement! | --- |
| 11 | --- | Unite lost kitten with mother after shelling (3,3,4) | 11 | 6 | Anagram(lost) of (KITTENmOTHEr)*. After shelling to remove "shell" . Def: Unite | --- |
| 12 | --- | Tax cut by Spain stems from the kerfuffle on Black Wed (3,3,4) | 10 | 4 | TI(E)THE, TKON* = wed TITHE (levy, Chambers, i.e. tax) cut by/containing E, + T~K~ (as in stem to stern/front to back) + ON*. Black = obscure, dismal, horrible, etc (Chambers) |
- The fact that “black” can be a synonym for words that are acceptable anagrinds isn’t enough to make “black” a good anagrind itself |
| 13 | --- | Get married to a Windsor perhaps after tithe nicks last bit of estate (3,3,4) | 9 | 6 | Def: get married. TITHE includes (nicks) E (last bit of estate) and KNOT (a Windsor perhaps) appears afterward. | --- |
| 14 | --- | One kith repeatedly manipulated to take the plunge? (3,3,4) | 8 | 4 | Letter bank clue/ repeatedly manipulated is the letter bank indicator? Take the plunge is the def | --- |
| 15 | --- | Find a partner there frequently to think creatively (3,3,4) | 6 | 5 | Def = find a partner, anagram of (T-E-E TO THINK), creatively = anagrind, frequently = alternate letter picker |
- I’m not so sure about “frequently” as an indicator here (“regularly” would be a more standard way to signal “every other letter”) |
| 16 | --- | Granny, for one, pursues relationship with the couple (3,3,4) | 6 | 4 | KNOT ("Granny for one", reference to 'granny knot') follows (“pursues") TIE (“relationship”) “with” THE; definition: “couple” (as a verb) |
- In the sense of relationship, it is TIES. |
| 17 | --- | Hike to tent set up for ally (3, 3, 4) | 5 | 4 | (HIKETOTENT)*; ‘set up’ = anagrind; ‘ally’ (verb) = definition | --- |
| 18 | --- | Flying kite, hot teen lost energy to say "I Do" (3,3,4) | 5 | 3 | Anno: (KITE+HOT+TEEN-E)*. Flying - Anagrind. Energy - E. Lost - Deletion indicator. Definition - Say I do | --- |
| 19 | --- | Mate shut up after clocking kitten heels on Swedish blonde (3,3,4) | 5 | 2 | TO< (as in door, to/shut) after (clock = to hit, strike) *KITTEN+~H~E (heel = the hinder part of anything) => (to) mate (as per Chambers) |
- Is “clocking” supposed to be an anagrind here? |
| 20 | --- | Meet (sans opener) to think about what match-fixing pushes you to do (3, 3, 4) | 4 | 4 | (eet to think)*; about is the anagrind. definition is: what match-fixing pushes you to do | --- |
| 21 | --- | Make a granny happy! | 3 | 3 | Def 1: Make a granny (knot) Def 2: Make a granny happy! (What grandmother doesn't love their child's wedding?) |
- Need a DBE indicator |
| 22 | --- | Kelvin or Prince Albert going around Bethell, essentially to get married | 3 | 2 | Kelvin or Prince Albert (TIE KNOT) - Def by example, Bethell essentially = The, Def on the right |
- Need DBE indicators - Good one! |
| 23 | --- | To become one, match the piper's score? (3, 3, 4) | 1 | 1 | Definition is "to become one" (as in, in holy matrimony). If you match someone's score in a game you "tie" them, and a "knot" is another word for a (sand) piper bird. | --- |