1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#549 - WONDER
Total Clues: 35 Total Voters: 38
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruskin | Came top on leaderboard at last - flipping miracle! | 37 | 13 | Came top = WON; on = RE + leaderboard at last = D (reversed); def = miracle |
- came first preferable to came top? - Haha brilliant! |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Prodigy beginning to work on developing drone (6) | 30 | 17 | W(-ork) + DRONE*; beginning to= 1st letter sel ind, developing= anag ind, def= prodigy | --- |
| 3 | Ganesh Raman | Tragically drowned, but not dead in the end...that's a miracle! | 29 | 15 | Anagram of (DROWNED - D), Anagrind TRAGICALLY, Def on the right |
- Nice clue, though not entirely convinced with \'tragically\' as anagram indicator - Dead itself translates to D |
| 4 | Textrous | Frowned about missing fine spectacle (6) | 23 | 13 | frowned* - f, anagrind: about, deletion: missing, fine: f, def: spectacle | --- |
| 5 | Aaron Riccio (@thatcrypticguy) | Messily drew on The Great Wall, perhaps (6) | 23 | 12 | anagram of "drew on"; def: The Great Wall is a WONDER (one of seven) |
- Nice! Sorry I didn’t have enough votes for this too - Fave of the anagrams |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Marvel Studio's latest: new Dr. Strange (6) | 22 | 8 | *ONEWDR. Def Marvel. Surface refers to the Dr. Strange films by Marvel Studios. |
- Clever idea! I really want this to work, but I don’t think it does, as anagrind would need to be ‘strangely’ |
| 7 | Veera Raghavan | Discontented worker has somehow done a miracle (6) | 21 | 10 | W(ONDE*)R. Definition: Miracle |
- \'do a miracle\' doesn\'t seem quite idiomatic (say compared to perform or work one) |
| 8 | Sampath Srinivasan | Spared no words conveying reciprocal admiration (6) | 18 | 9 | Hidden word with reversal; def = admiration; conveying - hidden word indicator; reciprocal - reversal indicator | --- |
| 9 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Surprise! Some snow on Derby (6) | 18 | 9 | Def.: Surprise. Hidden word indicated by “some”. [It started snowing here on the day #549 was announced!] |
- wouldn\'t \'in\' be more appropriate than \'on\' for surface? - Fave of the hidden words |
| 10 | @qpheevr | Drew no comic for Marvel (6) | 15 | 10 | (DREW NO)*; comic = anagrind; def. ‘marvel’ |
- Not sure ‘comic’ works as an anagram indicator sorry - Fave of the Marvels |
| 11 | --- | Floored! No words to describe climbing the Great Wall of China, say (6) | 14 | 8 | Reverse hidden in floo(RED NO W)ords, "to describe" is hidden word ind, climbing is reversal ind, def = the Great Wall of China, say (DBE) |
- \'describe\' isn\'t a valid containment indicator imo, though used by some |
| 12 | --- | Miracle woman chased by flying drone (6) | 13 | 6 | Definition: Miracle. Anno: (W)(DRONE)*. Wife - W. Drone -;Fodder. Flying - Anagrind. |
- woman isn\'t W. Seems there\'s a mix up between woman and intended wife |
| 13 | --- | Marvel at DC woman? (6) | 11 | 6 | Def = marvel (at). “DC woman” points to (hence the ?) DC Comics character, Wonder Woman. |
- Too same-sided for me sorry |
| 14 | --- | Accomplished newspaper boss rejected Spooner’s last puzzle (6) | 10 | 5 | WON+ED<+~R. Win/accomplish = to achieve. |
- Not sure about ‘rejected’ as a reversal indicator |
| 15 | --- | Puzzle by Wordle making learner start to nod off (6) | 10 | 4 | WORD(L>N~)E* = (to) puzzle |
- Nice clue, yet \'by\' seems intrusive, as a connector \'from\' would be more acceptable imo - Very nice, sorry I didn’t quite have enough votes |
| 16 | --- | Question revolutionary communist immediately! (6) | 8 | 6 | Reversal of RED NOW |
- Double twist, but concise |
| 17 | --- | Marvel show on derring-do entertains (6) | 8 | 5 | Telescopic clue. shoW ON DERring-do. Entertains is the container indicator. Marvel is the definition | --- |
| 18 | --- | Drowned, beheaded...... recovering? It's a miracle! | 7 | 4 | (DROWNED -D)* recovering = anagrind; miracle = def | --- |
| 19 | --- | Think of knocking back wine right away? (6) | 7 | 4 | [Red + now <<] Knocking back = reversal ind. Wine = red [Collins]. Right away = now. Def = Think |
- \'knocked back\' works for reversal, but not the present continuous, since not an intransitive verb |
| 20 | --- | Littered no water bottles on return? Rarity! (6) | 7 | 4 | Rarity - definition. Reverse telescopic. Rev. Tel. indicator - bottles on return. | --- |
| 21 | --- | Wronged girl left shocked in awe | 6 | 3 | (Wronged-g)* with shocked as anagrind |
- \'shocking\' as anag ind should be ok, \'shocked\' not quite so |
| 22 | --- | Think about wine at this time? | 6 | 3 | Def - Think. About- reversal indicator. RED NOW << | --- |
| 23 | --- | Think about stirred sundowner after Kuomintang founder leaves (6) | 5 | 3 | Kuomintang founder = Sun (Yat-sen); leaves = removal indicator; stirred = anagrind; think about = definition; so (sundowner - sun)* | --- |
| 24 | --- | These days embarrassed about spectacle (6) | 5 | 3 | now red< |
- This seems to lead to \'DERWON\' |
| 25 | --- | Marvel comic hero - occasionally drawn without a heart (6) | 5 | 2 | Marvel (Defn) - (hErO)(DRaWN)*, Comic - anagrind, occasionally - alternate letters, Without a heart - middle letter del |
- Not sure ‘comic’ works as an anagram indicator sorry |
| 26 | --- | Marvel regularly tears down careers | 4 | 3 | Anagram (careers) of ER (regularly tEaRs) + DOWN. Def: Marvel, but not the comic/superhero film people | --- |
| 27 | --- | Primarily what Odin's numinous divinity evokes, right? (6) | 4 | 2 | Acrostic &lit | --- |
| 28 | --- | Be surprised to turn red immediately (6) | 4 | 2 | Def. RED NOW< | --- |
| 29 | --- | Marvel comic now red (6) | 3 | 3 | Anagram |
- Not sure ‘comic’ works as an anagram indicator sorry |
| 30 | --- | Bewildered nowadays about upwardly mobile prodigy (6) | 3 | 2 | Reverse Telescopic - Down Clue- about is Telescopic indicator/ upwardly mobile is reversal indicator / embedded word in reverse inside the fodder | --- |
| 31 | --- | A miracle: even friends now go back. | 2 | 2 | Synonym (miracle = wonder). Red (even letters of friends) + now = rednow, read backward = wonder. |
- just \'even\' as letter selection indicator can\'t be justified grammatically |
| 32 | --- | Sadness about brief suggestion of neurodiversity finally, later, becomes amazement | 1 | 1 | WOE around ND (very common internet abbreviation for neurodiversity etc) + (late)R | --- |
| 33 | --- | Think why colour actually returns (6) | 1 | 1 | def: Think; Colour is RED, actually is NOW, returns is reversal indicator, WON DER |
- ‘Why’ is superfluous - NOW is a good synonym for French ‘actuellement’, but I don’t think English ‘actually’ has the same meaning |
| 34 | --- | Marvel woman, perhaps? (6) | 1 | 1 | DD |
- Too ‘same-sided’ for me sorry |
| 35 | --- | In essence, prodigy inspiring with humdinger? | 0 | 0 | &lit; (pro)D(igy) inside W(with) plus ONER(humdinger, remarkable thing); inspire used as insertion indicator | --- |