1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#554 - BRAIN ROT
Total Clues: 28 Total Voters: 30
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramki Krishnan | Mental decline from baseless rumours and idiotic nonsense read on Twitter, primarily? (5,3) | 41 | 16 | Def = mental decline, acrostic of "baseless..twitter" | --- |
| 2 | ssavtaar | Spooner's fall caused cognitive decline (5,3) | 30 | 11 | Spoonerism of RAIN(fall) BROUGHT (caused as is brought misery) . Definition: Cognitive decline |
- I think this is the neatest of the Spoonerism clues - Two almost identical clues! |
| 3 | Anne de Pimodan | Minx exposed pants following underwear malfunction (5,3) | 23 | 8 | [M]IN[X] + ROT (pants = nonsense) following BRA = malfunction |
- Not sure malfunction is 100% for the definition but liked the surface |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Awful result of incessantly browsing nonsensical rubbish and trivia primarily? (5,3) | 22 | 9 | &lit anag of acrostic; anag of 1st letters from Result Of... And Trivia (R O I B N R A T)*, awful= anag ind, primarily= acrostic ind, whole clue is def. | --- |
| 5 | Abhay Phadnis | Spoilt kid consumes kinky ‘noir’, leading to mental deterioration (5,3) | 21 | 8 | BRAT ("spoilt kid") “consumes” NOIR* = BRA[IN RO]T; anagrind: “kinky”; definition: “mental deterioration” | --- |
| 6 | Veera Raghavan | Pilot, finally airborne, surprisingly forgetting drug for mental fatigue (5,3) | 19 | 8 | (T AIRBORNE-e)*. Forgetting : deletion indicator. Definition: Mental fatigue | --- |
| 7 | Adman_i | Stray content and endless boring reels lead to intellectual deterioration (5.3) | 18 | 6 | Intellectual deterioration (Defn)- s(TRA)y + (BORINg)*, Content - inside letters, Reels - anagrind, &lit |
- Very nice clue, 1 pt was almost deducted for leads instead of leading, but generosity prevailed over cynicism - “Stray’s content” or “content of stray” would be better from the POV of cryptic grammar. But then your surface would need to be reworked also. - Leading instead of Leading would have been better, nevertheless full points |
| 8 | Manish Jhaveri | Rev Spooner’s fall led to decline in cognitive function (5, 3) | 15 | 6 | Rain (fall) Brought (led to) is the Spoonerism of Brain Rot. Definition: decline in cognitive function |
- Best of the Spoonerisms - A bit wordy compared to the other clue having the same wordplay - Best of the Spooner lot of clues - Two almost identical clues! |
| 9 | @qpheevr | Psychological harm caused by resetting a torn rib (5, 3) | 14 | 8 | (A TORN RIB)*; def. ‘psychological harm’ |
- 1 point granted for conjuring a Biblical image unwittingly - Points only for evocative Biblical imagery |
| 10 | Textrous | One wearing lingerie torn badly - a side-effect of social media? (5,3) | 14 | 6 | One=I, lingerie=BRA, torn badly=NROT, wearing=containment indicator, def=a side-effect of social media? | --- |
| 11 | --- | Aberration when head’s blown with no end of inane scrolling (5,3) | 13 | 4 | [A]B[E]RRATION* aberration = mental lapse; blow = to depart; scroll = to curl, move (all Chambers) | --- |
| 12 | --- | Basically binge-watching reels affects intellect, needs reclaiming offline time | 12 | 5 | Acrostic, &lit | --- |
| 13 | --- | Mental exhaustion from hiding candelabra in Rotterdam (5, 3) | 10 | 5 | Telescopic clue: candelaBRA IN ROTterdam. |
- Telescopic indicator placement could be better - Nice HIPS find but the surface doesn’t quite work - “[container] hiding [content]” would work; “[content] from hiding [container]” not so much - hiding as hidden word ind should come after the fodder i.e. Fodder answer |
| 14 | --- | One born with art suffered cognitive setback (5,3) | 10 | 4 | Anagram (suffered) of I (one), born, art = brain rot (cognitive setback) |
- Suffering would be better |
| 15 | --- | Regulars in bar getting drunk on it are impaired - it’s lousy slop (5,3) | 9 | 4 | Regulars in bar = BR; drunk = anagrind; ON IT AR(-e) = anagram fodder with “impaired” as deletion indicator for shortening ARE. |
- Not sure \"impaired\" for shortening indicator but I liked the surface |
| 16 | --- | Mental decline when boy ran riot randomly doomscrolling (5,3) | 7 | 3 | Charade + Anagram; B (boy) + (RAN RIOT)*; randomly - anagrind; def - Mental decline .. doomscolling | --- |
| 17 | --- | Bungled up intro bar for Tralala Tralero, for example | 6 | 2 | Anagram suggested by 'bungled up' | --- |
| 18 | --- | This is the result of R&R interrupted by AI in device | 3 | 2 | Def = whole clue; wordplay = R'N'R (rest and recreation) containing AI in BOT (device) |
- Hypernesting is risky in a standalone format, but credit where it is due |
| 19 | --- | Hill climbing, after misbehaving in bar, brings cognitive decline | 3 | 2 | Hill = TOR; hill climbing = ROT (down clue); misbehaving in bar = BRAIN; cognitive decline = def |
- 1 point for good definition |
| 20 | --- | Mental fatigue as a tense independent leaves arbitration tumultously (5,3) | 3 | 1 | Def: MENTAL FATIGUE. ARBITRATION - A T tense I independent * | --- |
| 21 | --- | Hot and edging to radio during charli xcx album: sign of being too online (5,3) | 3 | 1 | IN (hot) + RO (edges of RadiO) inside (during) BRAT (charli xcx album) | --- |
| 22 | --- | Mind-numbing TikTok videos, e.g. "Little rascal hides curling iron" (5,3) | 3 | 1 | BRAT (little rascal) hides IRON* (anagrind: curling); Def by example: Mind-numbing TikTok videos, e.g. (brain rot can mean the online content or its effect) | --- |
| 23 | --- | Annoying kid keeps a portable storage device for Japanese trash memes (5, 3) | 2 | 1 | Definition "trash memes" (as in Italian brainrot); BRAT [annoying kid] "keeps" INRO [portable storage device for Japanese, the container worn suspended from an obi sash in the pre-pocket days of history] | --- |
| 24 | --- | As per Spooner thunderstorm ushered in diminished thinking skills (5,3) | 0 | 0 | Spoonerism/ thunderstorm is rain/ ushered in is brought/ diminished thinking skills is def/ rain brought is spoonerism of brain rot | --- |
| 25 | --- | Boy runs near moving train carrying ball leading to mental fatigue(5,3) | 0 | 0 | Definition: Mental fatigue. Anno: (B)(R)(TRAIN*) with (O) inside. Boy - B. Runs - R. Anagram Fodder: Train. Anagram Indicator: Moving. Ball - O. Carrying - Containment Indicator. | --- |
| 26 | --- | Kid bites groin, cutting tip, dire consequence of too much screen-time? | 0 | 0 | BRAT(“kid”) containing(“bites”) anagram(“dire”) of (g)ROIN, minus its first letter(“cutting tip”) – BRA(INRO)T (=consequence of too much screen-time) |
- Where is option for negative marking? - What a painful clue! 😬 |
| 27 | --- | Spooner\'s shower delivered frivolous viral content | 0 | 0 | Spoonerism of RAIN (shower) BROUGHT (delivered); Def on the right | --- |
| 28 | --- | Effect of watching 6, 7 vid loops? It’s messed up! Train, bro! (5,3) | 0 | 0 | Def on the left. On the right, anagram (messed up) TRAIN+BRO. | --- |