1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#550 - MEDUSA
Total Clues: 30 Total Voters: 32
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALP | Monster’s mass communication: “Island must become American” (6) | 49 | 14 | MED(I>US)A |
- Topical (alas)! - Nicely topical - Brilliant - Topical and fabulous! |
| 2 | Ganesh Raman | Male falsely sued a female? Monster! | 26 | 9 | M (Male) + EDUS (Anagram of SUED; Anagrind FALSELY) + A, Def FEMALE MONSTER | --- |
| 3 | Matthew Marcus | Stoner is amused when high (6) | 22 | 10 | Medusa turns people to stone = a stoner. (AMUSED*) [high = common anagram indicator] | --- |
| 4 | Polslaw | U.S.-made counterfeit Versace logo (7) | 20 | 9 | Anagram US + MADE. Def: Versace logo. | --- |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Grotesque dame having primarily ugly crown of snakes (6) | 17 | 6 | DAME* around U(gly) + S(nakes); &lit clue, grotesque= anag ind, having= cont ind, primarily & crown of= 1st letter sel inds, whole clue is def. | --- |
| 6 | CrypticBlah | Petrifying woman made us upset (6) | 16 | 7 | *MADEUS. Def petrifying woman. | --- |
| 7 | Textrous | Cursed female mummy had unsettled dues (6) | 16 | 6 | Annotation: Def:Cursed female; mummy:MA, had:containment indicator, unsettled dues: EDUS* => M(EDUS)A |
- Surface does not make much sense to me - needs to be \'has\' - Very nice! |
| 8 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Petrifying woman from final Alexandre Dumas novel (6) | 14 | 6 | Def.: Petrifying woman (whose look would turn one to stone). Anagram (“novel”) of E (“final” [letter of] Alexandre) + DUMAS |
- would need to be \'final of\' - Would have preferred \"finale\", \"ending\" or maybe even \"denouement\" + of Alexandre |
| 9 | Anne de Pimodan | Maniacal US-made monster (6) | 13 | 6 | *USMADE |
- Somehow this clue brought up image of you know who? |
| 10 | Nathan Townshend | She made us stoned! | 11 | 4 | Anagram &lit. (Stone, v.t. "to turn to stone" - Chambers) | --- |
| 11 | --- | One who never had a good hair day made us uneasy (6) | 10 | 5 | Def = one who never had a good hair day. Anno: anagram of [made us], uneasy is anagrind |
- Nice def, nice clue |
| 12 | --- | She made us stoned! (6) | 9 | 5 | Anagram of MADEUS, stoned is anagram indicator, "She" is basic def, whole clue is an extended punny / cryptic def for Medusa | --- |
| 13 | --- | Looking at her essentially transformed us Athenians into stone? | 9 | 4 | &lit HIPS - central portion of (“essentially”) "transfor[MED US A]thenians" | --- |
| 14 | --- | She mythically lost her head and assumed dudes made a mess at a singles mixer? (6) | 9 | 3 | "At a singles mixer" indicates that you need to anagram the non-repeated letter bank ("single") letters of "assumed dudes made a mess"; MEDUSA, in the myths, was beheaded |
- I don\'t think \"lost her head\" suffices as definition - Totally my style! (Lowdown) Two points |
| 15 | --- | Terrifying dame with snake updo to begin with (6) | 9 | 3 | Terrifying - Anagrind, (DAME)(Snake)(Updo)*, Snake updo - Hair style/braid like snakes, &lit | --- |
| 16 | --- | Old Greek stoner welcomed us, although not entirely (6) | 9 | 3 | Hidden in ‘welcoMED US Although’; indic. by ‘not entirely’; def. ‘old Greek stoner’ | --- |
| 17 | --- | Grotesque dame controlling America is a monster (6) | 7 | 3 | DAME* around US | --- |
| 18 | --- | Grotesque dame with head of serpents, arresting any person in the audience | 7 | 3 | &lit; Anagram of DAME+S, containing U (homophone of you) | --- |
| 19 | --- | Mother swallows a couple of edibles in front of us, her face petrified (6) | 7 | 3 | Def: her face petrified (turned people to stone); MA (mother) swallows ED (a couple of EDibles, e.g. cannabis gummies) in front of US | --- |
| 20 | --- | Jellyfish in sea west of America | 6 | 4 | MED (common shorthand for Mediterranean, a sea) + USA (America). West to indicate relative positions. Def: Jellyfish | --- |
| 21 | --- | Jellyfish amused at sea(6) | 6 | 3 | Definition: Jellyfish. Anno: (AMUSED)*. Anagrind: At sea | --- |
| 22 | --- | The Movie informed us about fencing (6) | 6 | 3 | Container clue. Fencing is container indicator. Definition: The Movie |
- How is “The Movie” a definition for Medusa? - Nicely hidden |
| 23 | --- | On her gaze, stoned, amused, bewildered (6) | 6 | 2 | AMUSED* | --- |
| 24 | --- | Mythical entity destroying unprotected spectators automatically at the start (6) | 5 | 2 | def: Mythical entity; Acrostic clue , picking up first letter of Mythical Entity Destroying Unprotected Spectators Automatically | --- |
| 25 | --- | Someday Central America will produce a woman who can get you stoned! | 4 | 2 | Central of Someday = {MED}{USA} - Def | --- |
| 26 | --- | Romeos reduce Apsara, essentially, to a hideous monster woman | 3 | 1 | essentially = middle letters indicator; [roMEos reDUce apSAra]; def = hideous monster woman | --- |
| 27 | --- | Monster initially making every demon undergo serpentine affliction | 2 | 1 | Acrostic | --- |
| 28 | --- | Mythical creature's twin cycling around Diu on vacation (6) | 2 | 1 | Mythical creature is def/ twin is same / cycling around DIU on vacation is DU | --- |
| 29 | --- | Jellyfish made eggs dancing under sea anemone, for starters | 0 | 0 | Initial letters | --- |
| 30 | --- | Alternative amused snake-haired woman (6) | 0 | 0 | (amused)* with 'alternative' as the anagrind; defn = snake-haired woman | --- |