1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#552 - WHIPLASH
Total Clues: 29 Total Voters: 30
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Shawl designed to protect joint injury in the neck (8) | 30 | 14 | Def: injury in the neck; SHAWL* ("designed" being the anagrind) around ("to protect" being the containment indicator) HIP (joint) | --- |
| 2 | Manish Jhaveri | Somewhat new, hip, LA show – one produced by a jerk [8] | 29 | 10 | telescopic clue, somewhat is the telescopic indicator, definition: one produced by a jerk | --- |
| 3 | Abhay Phadnis | Neck injury resulting from wide fashionable tie? (8) | 25 | 9 | Definition: "neck injury" ("resulting from") charade of [W+HIP+LASH] |
- indirect anag |
| 4 | David Ward | Cricket tournament in mess after wicket leads to injury | 23 | 10 | Container: IPL (Indian Premier League, global T20 brand) inside HASH (Mess), all after W (Wicket). Def: Injury, esp of the neck |
- Interesting take on the wordplay. And unique |
| 5 | @LowdownCryptic | Jerk with joint left residue after smoking (8) | 22 | 9 | W (with) + HIP (joint) + L (left) + ASH (residue after smoking); Jerk is def | --- |
| 6 | Satyen Nabar | Start to help after wife slipped - has lip and neck injury (8) | 22 | 8 | H(elp) after W + (HAS LIP)*; start to= 1st letter sel ind, after= placement ind, wife= w, slipped= anag ind, def= neck injury | --- |
| 7 | Ganesh Raman | Fashionable lady's starting to get dressed in clean thong | 18 | 8 | (Fashionable (HIP), Lady's starting (L)) to get dressed in (containment indicator), clean (WASH) ; Def THONG |
- Very nice clue, in the style of a certain doctor - I don\'t get the definition - I didn\'t know a thong could mean a whiplash, but it\'s correct so nice clue! |
| 8 | Adman_i | Stylish shawl twisted and wrapped around, resulting in a neck injury (8) | 17 | 6 | A neck injury (Definition) - S(HIP)HAWL*, Stylish - hip, Shawl - fodder, Twisted - anagrind | --- |
| 9 | Aashirwad | Buffet with hot roast (8) | 14 | 5 | Buffet = definition; with = W; hot = HIP; roast = LASH | --- |
| 10 | Ruskin | When you demolish an estate, you might develop it later | 14 | 5 | Cryptic def | --- |
| 11 | --- | Whale almost crashes ship causing neck injury (8) | 12 | 4 | Anagram of WHAL(e) almost and SHIP; crashes - anagrind; def - neck injury |
- I don’t think it quite works to have the anagrind between the two parts of the fodder |
| 12 | --- | Cool Lord’s opener’s cracking sweep stroke (8) | 10 | 3 | HIP+L~ inside WASH (to sweep, Chambers) | --- |
| 13 | --- | Two cats can be a pain in the neck (8) | 10 | 3 | WHIP+LASH. Chambers: cat = to lash (AKA whip) |
- Some would say there’s a big root issue in the clue - I love the surface sense, but this sense of \"cat\" (assuming cat o\'nine tails?) is tough! |
| 14 | --- | Hot wife moves in front to blow resulting in neck injury! | 9 | 4 | Hot = HIP ; Wife = W ; Blow = LASH ; {W} moves ahead of {HIP} {LASH} Definition - Neck Injury | --- |
| 15 | --- | Trendy student in flood gets neck injury | 8 | 3 | Trendy=hip, student=l, in(containment indicator) flood=wash | --- |
| 16 | --- | Flail, thrash to iconic Metallica song (8) | 5 | 3 | Synonyms for WHIP + LASH. Def = iconic Metallica song |
- Definition is nucgr but a lovely clue overall - It’s a nice clue, playing off the definition |
| 17 | --- | Injury within shall fester endlessly (8) | 5 | 2 | INJURY-DEF, WITH - W, IN - HIP, SHALL-L* | --- |
| 18 | --- | Jerk who ties Nell to the tracks? (8) | 5 | 2 | Double definition: the jolting motion, and the cartoon villain Snidely Whiplash |
- Good DD but the second definition is rather niche - Never heard of the cartoon |
| 19 | --- | Neck injury resulting from endlessly cool girl coming between married couple | 4 | 2 | HIP LAS(s) [endlessly, "cool girl"] between W(ife) and H(usband) |
- endlessly should qualify girl only, and must exclude cool - Married couple for WH is quite indirect. |
| 20 | --- | Hot lady in clean surroundings gets neck sprain! (8) | 3 | 2 | W(HIP L)ASH. Definition: Neck sprain | --- |
| 21 | --- | Put lotion around popular lady's injury (8) | 3 | 2 | W(HIP+L)ASH; def. injury; [lotion] = WASH, [put around] containing, [popular lady] = HIP + L | --- |
| 22 | --- | Why beginner in hotel after almost latest injury? | 3 | 1 | Why Beginner(W) in(HIP) almost latest(LAST-T) hotel(H) | --- |
| 23 | --- | Firstly , when highly intense pulses load a spine's hinge, this injury occurs (8) | 3 | 1 | Entire clue is the definition, Indicator : Firstly, Wordplay: first letters of all following words |
- Nice acrostic! - Somewhat stilted surface |
| 24 | --- | Film student having joint gets stuck in bath | 2 | 2 | HIP (“joint”) + L (“student”) in WASH (bath) = W(HIPL)ASH. (Def. refers to the 2014 film) |
- The definition is a bit obscure. An otherwise very nice clue. - \'Film\' feels a little unfair as a def (though I\'ve seen it) - Nice surface but don\'t see how \"student having joint\" can mean student on/after joint |
| 25 | --- | Was Henry concealing a hot, extremely lewd injury? (8) | 2 | 1 | {W{HIP = hot}{L = extremely lewd}AS+ H}, concealing = containment indicator |
- What happens to the “a” before hot? - “Extremely lewd” suggests LD to me (both extremes) |
| 26 | --- | Whaleship, holed amidships, developing a crack? | 2 | 1 | Whaleship holed amidships = WHAL(e)SHIP; developing = anagrind; crack = def | --- |
| 27 | --- | Clean by around joint and start of leg causing injury | 0 | 0 | W [(HIP) (L) ]ASH. Wash (clean) around (container indicator) L (and start of Leg) causing (leading to) injury (WHIPLASH) - definition |
- \"by\" is redundant - “By” appears to be redundant - Both the surface and the cryptic readings would work much better without “by” - [By] seems superfluous |
| 28 | --- | Blow whistle going around lap dancing(8) | 0 | 0 | Definition: Blow. Anno: (WHI(LAP*)SH). Whistle - WHISH. Anagram Fodder - LAP. Anagrind - Dancing. Going around - Containment indicator | --- |
| 29 | --- | Neck injury from logger’s head trapped in between belt remains (8) | 0 | 0 | L (logger’s head) in between WHIP (belt as verb) ASH (remains). Def.: Neck injury | --- |