1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#555 - FREEBIES
Total Clues: 34 Total Voters: 33
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aashirwad | No charge for these beers if bartender essentially gets drunk (7) | 31 | 11 | Definition = no charge for these; anagram of BEERS+IF+E (bartEnder essentially) |
- Best of the best clue imo - Brilliant clue! |
| 2 | ALP | Queen, possibly when upset, tucks into chips and gravy? (8) | 29 | 11 | FR(BEE<)IES. Gravy as slang for complimentary perks, etc. |
- Gravy is great here - Excellent clue! |
| 3 | Textrous | Those on the house sadly see fire consuming the top of building (8) | 28 | 9 | Def: Those on the house, anagrind: sadly, SEEFIRE* around B(uilding) |
- Good storytelling, evocative - Really really like how \"on the house\" works here - Sadly is a bit weak for such a scary situation imo. A bit picky. Worriedly for example. |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Gifts new Frisbee to entertain teens at centre (8) | 27 | 11 | FRISBEE* around (te)E(ns); new= anag ind, to entertain= cont ind, at centre= middle letter sel ind, def= gifts |
- Splendid clue |
| 5 | Avtaar | Insect turned up in chips ? You don't have to pay for these (8) | 23 | 8 | BEE<< in FRIES (chips). Def: You don't have to pay for these |
- Would’ve read better as “you don’t have to pay for them” - Great clue just done better by someone else |
| 6 | @qpheevr | Insect turned up in chips? They’re on the house (8) | 21 | 10 | FR(EEB)IES: ‘chips’ = FRIES; ‘insect’ = BEE; ‘turned up’ indicates reversal (in a down clue). ‘They’re on the house’ = def. |
- Nice. Most clues were expected to be down clues for this. - The best of the insect clues! - Awesome clue! |
| 7 | Manish Jhaveri | Bottomless beer, fries, nuts, they're on the house [8] | 21 | 9 | #DownClue > Anagram of BEE FRIES * ; anagram indicator is nuts. Definition: they're on the house |
- Could have done better than bottomless - Great clue |
| 8 | Nathan Townshend | Europeans in briefs, running riot - they won't get charged! | 17 | 8 | EE in BRIEFS* def is 'they won't get charged' |
- Great clue, but the definition is not grammatically correct. - Great clue |
| 9 | Mona Sogal | SEBI's giveaways (8) | 15 | 5 | REVERSE ANAGRAM SEBI*/ GIVEAWAYS IS THE DEF |
- Brilliant clue - Where is negative marking option? - Huh? - Sebi isn\'t a believable name to me. That could be a cultural thing though. The best I could see would be: I.e. BS. Haha. |
| 10 | Adman_i | Samples rum, fries and endless beer (8) | 13 | 6 | Samples (Definition) - (FRIES)(BEEr)*, rum - anagrind |
- Great clue |
| 11 | --- | If drinking pints served up on Wednesday, from 5-6 only, they're on the house (8) | 12 | 5 | Down clue: If drinking pints = I(BEER)F, reversed (served up), on wednESday (letters 5-6 only); Def: they're on the house |
- Where is this pub? I want to go there - Great clue |
| 12 | --- | Handouts of books in every school, basically at no cost (7) | 12 | 4 | Charade B-ooks I-n E-very S-chool (basically, acrostic indicator ), FREE (no cost), at (position indicator), def = handouts |
- Kind of a same-root problem—the “free” of “freebies” = “no cost” - Nice surface and idea, but not sure \"basically\" is a valid acrostic indicator – never seen it used in a published grid, and no supporting dictionary sense of \"at top/start/first\" etc - Obvious root issue. |
| 13 | --- | Prime drugs for Spooner’s backstage rider? (8) Spoonerised > Brief Es | 10 | 3 | A backstage rider essentially consists of freebies – Mariah Carey’s 20 white kittens, Iggy Pop’s seven dwarves, etc. |
- The definition is too much of a stretch. A backstage rider is part of a contract for a performance - Brief Es even generously combined becomes feebrees. |
| 14 | --- | Presents electrical engineer in crumpled briefs (8) | 9 | 5 | Presents - Defn; EE inserted in (BRIEFS)* |
- Surface is close but not quite there. Who is presenting them? |
| 15 | --- | Spooner's French cheese costs or is it a no-charge giveaway? | 9 | 3 | Spoonerism of BRIE (French cheese) and FEES (costs) - definition is no-charge giveaway |
- Definition translates to FREEBIE instead of FREEBIES? - “Brie fees” spoonerizes to “fee breeze”, not “freebies” - Produces feebrees |
| 16 | --- | On and off farmer eh? Blimey! So these cost you nothing? | 8 | 2 | Alternate letters [on and off] from F[a]R[m]E[r] E[h] B[l]I[m]E[y] S[o]. Def=these cost you nothing |
- Best unique clue in the lot, I think - Surface is questionable. Cool wordplay idea though. |
| 17 | --- | Pounding back beer, Rex left fries as giveaways (8) | 7 | 3 | Def.: ‘giveaways”. Container indicator: ’pounding’. Fodder construction: F + REEB + (-r)IES … [or] FR + (-r)EEB + IES |
- I like \"pounding\" as a containment indicator very much - Not a fan of pounding. Chugging? Gulping? |
| 18 | --- | Accountant leaves damaged briefcase containing electronic gifts(8) | 7 | 3 | Definition: Gifts. Anno: (BRIEF(-CA)SE*) around (E). Accountant - CA. Electronic - E. Damaged - Anagrind. Leaves - Deletion indicator. Containing - Insertion indicator. |
- Great clue |
| 19 | --- | Offerings of craft beer and fries! Right away! (8) | 6 | 3 | Def. Offerings (beer + fries)*-r, anagram indicator = craft, deletion indicator = away |
- Excellent idea poorly executed - Being picky but craft is imperative should come before fodder. |
| 20 | --- | Insect seen crawling back into chips - thankfully they cost nothing! (8) | 5 | 3 | reversed BEE in FRIES. I once got some chips in the depressing English town of Staines and an earwig crawled out of them, so this is almost a true story, but they actually cost a few quid |
- Great clue, just done better by someone else I felt |
| 21 | --- | Boy heading out sees fire blazing on the house (8) | 5 | 2 | (B (-S) EESFIRE)* ON THE HOUSE- DEF |
- Tricky to make on the house work here in surface, done better elsewhere but very good attempt |
| 22 | --- | Graduate leaves infants without charge before getting handouts (8) | 5 | 2 | (BA)BIESFREE. Before : placement indicator. Definition: Handouts |
- Kind of a same-root problem—the “free” of “freebies” = “without charge” - Great idea just not clearly executed I think. What type of charge do you mean. Mislead is not as effective as it could be I think. |
| 23 | --- | Reconstituted fries and beer endlessly doled out without any charge (8) | 3 | 2 | [FRIES+BEEr]*; anagrind: "reconstituted"; definition: "doled out without any charge” |
- Dodgy anagrind - Best of the fries and beer lot, anagram indicator could be better - Def mismatch I think. Good clue otherwise. - Not sure the def works. As stated, it\'s an adjective, not a plural noun. |
| 24 | --- | Benefiters, oddly, not missing bananas in donations | 2 | 1 | Anagram of BENEFITERS Minus NT (ODDLY NOT); MISSING as Del Ind; Anagrind BANANAS, Def DONATIONS |
- Surface is questionable |
| 25 | --- | Items on the house? Surprisingly, beer is essentially safest (8) | 2 | 1 | Anagram (surprisingly) of BEER IS sa(FE)st (essentially). Def.: Items on the house |
- Quite good just done better elsewhere |
| 26 | --- | Take away fresh beer and fries along with some supermarket samples perhaps (8) | 2 | 1 | R - [Beer + fries]* . Take = R [Chambers]. Away = deletion ind. Fresh = anagrind. Along with = connector [Clue clinic]. Def by example = some supermarket samples perhaps. |
- Along with means \'+\' not \'=\' |
| 27 | --- | Engineer wearing briefs errantly featuring in hand-outs (8) | 2 | 1 | EE (electrical engineer) wearing BRIEFS* (errantly). FR[EE]BIES(*) Def: hand-outs. | --- |
| 28 | --- | Insect turned up in chips given on the house | 1 | 1 | Def - on the house , FR(BEE<-)IES |
- Great clue just done slightly better by someone else |
| 29 | --- | If drinking beer, go bottoms up; easy for regulars, they're on the house (8) | 0 | 0 | I(beer)f<<+e(a)s(y), def- they're on the house, down clue |
- Don\'t like \'for regulars\'. Maybe a bit picky. Bit too complicated. Great surface though. |
| 30 | --- | Frank regulator tottering to get handouts | 0 | 0 | Handouts=freebies, Frank=free, regulator=sebi, tottering(sebi)*=(bies), (free)(bies), tottering=anagrind |
- Indirect anagram - Surface is questionable |
| 31 | --- | Insect back in fries results in no charge for what is ordered, say | 0 | 0 | EEB (insect back) in FRIES; no charge for what is ordered, example of FREEBIES |
- Great clue just done better elsewhere |
| 32 | --- | Kinky topless wee briefs hold giveaways? | 0 | 0 | Kinky (anagram) of topless wee (ee), briefs; definition- giveaways |
- Surface is questionable |
| 33 | --- | Spooner says cheese taxes for handouts | 0 | 0 | Spoonerism for brie (cheese) fees (taxes) |
- One word spoonerism? Chee. - “Brie fees” spoonerizes to “fee breeze”, not “freebies” - Same problem as other spooner. This produces feebrees. |
| 34 | --- | Sent back insect concealed by cooks in complimentary dishes? | 0 | 0 | DBE - complimentary dishes. Container of BEE (insect) reversed (sent back) inside (hidden by) FRIES (cooks) |
- Great clue |