1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#553 - URBAN LEGEND
Total Clues: 26 Total Voters: 29
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Drunk nun bared leg? That’s a dubious story (5,6) | 44 | 16 | (nun bared leg)* indicated by “drunk”. Def. on the right. |
- Godsent funny |
| 2 | ALP | Many believe that Trump’s focus on “developing” Greenland will net billions (5,6) | 39 | 14 | ~U~, *GREENLAND, netting B[illions] = many believe that. It’s all about the minerals, obvs. | --- |
| 3 | Manish Jhaveri | Leaders of USA bought Greenland? Rubbish! This is unbelievable! (5, 6) | 22 | 8 | (UB Greenland)*; rubbish is the anagrind. Definition: This is unbelievable | --- |
| 4 | @LowdownCryptic | Trump's central position on transforming Greenland takes a bit of bravado – it's not based in fact (5,6) | 16 | 8 | Trump's central position = U; transforming (GREENLAND)* takes (containment) a bit of bravado = B; it's not based in fact = def | --- |
| 5 | Nathan Townshend | Angel with burned wings..... a likely story! | 16 | 7 | ANGEL + BURNED* wings = grind; a likely story! = sarcastic def; Also &lit? |
- Not &lit at all, not even semi&lit -- I would know. |
| 6 | Ganesh Raman | False name and age blunder resulting in a kind of fake narrative | 16 | 7 | Anagrind FALSE; Fodder: N (Name) + AGE BLUNDER; Def : A Kind of fake narrative | --- |
| 7 | Abhay Phadnis | Singers Keith and John appearing together? Oft-repeated story - but it’s not true! | 16 | 6 | Charade of “singers” “Keith” URBAN and “John” LEGEND “appearing together”; definition: “Oft-repeated story - but it’s not true!“ |
- Very nice |
| 8 | Satyen Nabar | Romped nude right outside bar with member? It's just not true (5,6) | 14 | 5 | (NUDE+R)* around BAN + LEG; romped= anag ind, right= r (abbrev); outside= cont ind, bar= ban, member= leg; def= it's just not true |
- “Romping” would work better as an anagrind |
| 9 | Nilesh Parmar | Endless blue and green creating a myth | 14 | 5 | (Blu+and+green)* |
- Very nice, a winner |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Fighting Ugandan rebel ignores a gossip (5,6) | 13 | 6 | Definition: Gossip. Anno: (UGANDAN+REBEL-A)*. Ignores - Deletion Indicator. Fighting - Anagram indicator. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Say, statement made by Trump frequently about Greenland - outrageous! (5,6) | 12 | 4 | Def = say, statement made by Trump (DBE), anagram of (B-U + GREENLAND), outrageous is anagram indicator |
- Statements made by Trump are frequently false, but seldom urban legends—normally they’re just lies |
| 12 | --- | Dubious story of ban on torn under-clothing (5,6) | 9 | 5 | UR(BAN LEG)END*. On = Leg (in cricket). Torn: anagrind. Clothing: container indicator Definition: Dubious Story |
- “Clothing” would work better as a containment indicator if the order were “[container] clothing [contents]” |
| 13 | --- | Is it hard to believe the Pope once kept piggies here? (5,6) | 9 | 4 | def “is it hard to believe?” A former pope is URBAN, piggies are toes so the papal piggies might be found at URBAN LEG END | --- |
| 14 | --- | Film in which half-cut stud picks up flirty Glenn Close in dive bar (5,6) | 9 | 3 | [ST]UD picking up/containing *GLENN+~E+BAR = film (starring Jared Leto, 1998, i.e not Fatal Attraction). Flirty as per Chambers = moving briskly about, jerking, etc. | --- |
| 15 | --- | Eight popes support objective falsehood circulated as truth (5, 6) | 8 | 3 | URBAN has been the name of eight popes; support (n.) = LEG; objective (n.) = END; def. ‘falsehood circulated as truth’ |
- \'One of 8 popes\'is more accurate, still, nice clue |
| 16 | --- | Crazily buy Greenland without last of mercy - it's a myth! | 6 | 2 | Anagram (crazily) of 'buy greenland' MINUS y (last of mercy) | --- |
| 17 | --- | Country star covering R&B idol’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” perhaps (5,6) | 5 | 3 | (Keith) URBAN + (John) LEGEND. ‘Covering’ - indicates juxtaposition & adds surface sense. Def. - (something about which one might say) I heard it through the grapevine, perhaps (or read it online …) | --- |
| 18 | --- | Fanciful story of headless headgear on foot? (5,6) | 4 | 2 | Fanciful story -def, TURBAN - T, LEG END = FOOT | --- |
| 19 | --- | Reform rule “banned gravity” – story of our times? | 4 | 2 | Anagram(“reform”) of (RULE+BANNED+G) |
- G is acceleration due to gravity not gravity. |
| 20 | --- | Delhi’s monkey-man, perhaps, with timeless headgear on foot? (5,6) | 3 | 1 | Timeless headgear = (-t)URBAN; foot = LEG END; definition by example | --- |
| 21 | --- | Old wives' tale from Atlantis? (5,6) | 3 | 1 | Double/Cryptic Def referring to a legendary city hence an urban legend. Straight def old wives' tale. |
- The two meanings seem too similar for this to be a really satisfying DD |
| 22 | --- | Said by friend of a friend, endlessly debonair on conclusion | 2 | 1 | Said by friend of a friend - definition. Endlessly debonair -> URBAN[E] on -> LEG (side in cricket) conclusion -> END | --- |
| 23 | --- | "Leaders of USA, Rothschild, Bill and noted luminaries exploited girls" : Epstein's newest divulgings, for one (5,6) | 2 | 1 | Def: Epstein's newest divulgings, for one , Indicator: leaders, Wordplay: first letters of all following words with usage of the def in wordplay fodder as well |
- Very pooor taste. - How are Epstein’s divulgings an urban legend? |
| 24 | --- | Underscoring occasionally, East Bengal to meet Bagan finally? Maybe it’s a rumour (5,6) | 2 | 1 | Rumour (Definition) - (UnDeR)(E)(BENGAL)(bagaN)*, scoring occasionally – del alternate letters, finally - last letter, Maybe - anagrind | --- |
| 25 | --- | Bombing Greenland, but mostly making up implausible fiction | 2 | 1 | Def: Implausible fiction. Anagram (bombing) of GREENLAND + BU (but mostly). "Making up" as a link phrase. Hopefully the Trumpy surface isn't prophetic. |
- Urban legends are generally plausible, aren’t they? |
| 26 | --- | Occasionally greenhorn brings a new Red Blue cocktail like Bloody Mary (5,6) | 0 | 0 | Occasionally greenhorn G, N, N + A + N (new) + RED + BLUE* . Def by example like Bloody Mary |
- too indirect letter selection to then use as anagram fodder |