1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#547 - BOUDICA
Total Clues: 20 Total Voters: 24
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Warrior queen organised a coup bid after losing power (7) | 40 | 19 | anag of (A COUP BID) after deleting P (power), organised= anag ind, def= warrior queen | --- |
| 2 | @qpheevr | Ancient queen’s banquets of unpalatable starters followed by acid reflux (7) | 24 | 13 | B(anquets) O(f) U(npalatable) followed by ACID←; def. ‘ancient queen’ | --- |
| 3 | Ramki Krishnan | Queen band's first audio broadcast enthrals clubs (7) | 23 | 12 | Def = Queen B (band's first) + anagram of AUDIO around C (clubs), broadcast is anagram ind | --- |
| 4 | Sowmya Ramkumar | British audio broadcast about leader of Celts - a warrior queen (7) | 21 | 11 | B AUDIO*<<C, Def: A warrior queen | --- |
| 5 | ALP | Revolting Queen of Hearts in mad children’s fable about Alice’s fun travels (7) | 20 | 10 | A+D+B+O+IC+U* = the queen (of the Iceni) who famously revolted. | --- |
| 6 | Textrous | A queen's cab crashed when taking one couple around (7) | 12 | 8 | Def: A queen; CAB* taking (I DUO <-); anagrind: crashed; containment indicator: taking; reversal indicator: around | --- |
| 7 | Amrita Majumdar | Queen with the leaders of Britain overpowered uprising developing in Central Asia (7) | 12 | 7 | Acrostic, Queen- def | --- |
| 8 | @LowdownCryptic | Revolting queen's timeless spell turned sour (7) | 11 | 6 | Def: Revolting queen; connector: 's (is); timeless spell = BOU(t), turned sour = ACID <-- | --- |
| 9 | Veera Raghavan | Audio could be initially bad in the movie on tribal queen (7) | 10 | 7 | (AUDIO C B)*. Bad: anagrind. Def: The movie on tribal queen | --- |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | British conservative interrupted audio played for warrior queen(7) | 10 | 6 | Definition: Warrior queen. Anno: (B)(AUDIO*) around (C). British - B. Conservative - C. Played - Anagrind. Interrupted - Insertion indicator | --- |
| 11 | --- | Working mom's unending struggle with counter drug (7) | 9 | 5 | "working mom" / BOUT - T (unending struggle) + ACID< (drug, counter) | --- |
| 12 | --- | Stinging reversal after leaders of Britain oust unlucky warrior queen (7) | 8 | 5 | DICA (“stinging”=ACID “reversal”) after {B}{O}{U} (“leaders of” “Britain Oust Unlucky”); definition: “warrior queen” | --- |
| 13 | --- | Oui! ABCD is mixed up for British warrior queen | 8 | 3 | Anagram (suggested by mixed up) of Ouiabcd | --- |
| 14 | --- | Warrior queen at bivouac devastated to see victory slipping away for defeat (7) | 7 | 5 | Anagram with letter exchange; def : warrior queen; devastated : anagram indicator; (bivouac)* (-) v(ictory) (+) d(efeat) | --- |
| 15 | --- | Then and now, bedevilled with debt to Amazon? | 7 | 3 | Then and now = BC + AD; bedevilled = anagrind; debt = IOU; Amazon? = def |
- Indirect abagram! - Indirect anagram (and “then and now” is very indirect indeed for BC and AD) - Indirect Anagram - Three pieces of indirect anagram fodder! |
| 16 | --- | Cooking caribou along with daughter without resistance from Celtic queen (7) | 6 | 5 | Cooking-Anagrind; daughter = d; resistance = r; (CARIBOU+D-R)*.; Celtic queen = Defn |
- Def from sub. ind. works, but not the other way round |
| 17 | --- | Iceni queen avenged clan's insult, decimating urban oppressors, braving fronts all round! (7) | 6 | 5 | Reverse Acrostic: Acrostic (indicated by "fronts" = initial letters) followed by Reversal (indicated by "all round"); Definition: Iceni Queen. The whole clue provides an extended historical definition. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Forsaking Minnesota for California, I’m bound somehow to become a notoriously rebellious woman (7) | 3 | 2 | Anagram “I’m bound” after replacing MN with CA. Def: “a notoriously rebellious woman” | --- |
| 19 | --- | Doubt CIA hit eliminated model Queen (7) | 2 | 2 | (doubt cia)* with hit as anagrind - T (elimated model); def is Queen | --- |
| 20 | --- | Ancient Briton vociferously heckled the Institute of Chartered Accountants | 1 | 1 | Homophone (vociferously) of BOOED + ICA | --- |