1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#557 - COVERT
Total Clues: 31 Total Voters: 31
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textrous | Corrupt voter going after a bit of cash under the table (6) | 29 | 11 | Def: under the table, Anagrind: Corrupt, a bit of Cash: C => OVERT* after C |
- The surface would be improved by using a better anagrind, say “turning” - Good clue |
| 2 | Anne de Pimodan | Labour voter to support Conservative in secret (6) | 28 | 9 | *VOTER to support/beneath C = secret |
- Very nice - Really like \"Labour\" for the anagrind - Like this - but is Labour a valid anagrind? |
| 3 | Abhay Phadnis | Panic over tattletale revealing secret (6) | 28 | 9 | pani[C OVER T]attletale - HIPS with “revealing” as the indicator; definition: “secret" | --- |
| 4 | Satyen Nabar | Secret desire to have a little romp (6) | 23 | 9 | COVET around R(omp); desire= covet, to have= container ind, a little= 1st letter selection ind, def= secret | --- |
| 5 | @qpheevr | Secret desire consuming Romeo (6) | 19 | 9 | COVE(R)T: ‘desire’ = COVET; ‘Romeo’ = R (NATO alphabet); ‘consuming’ = containment indic.; ‘secret’ = def. |
- Good clue. |
| 6 | Nathan Townshend | Hidden report about Trump kicking ass! | 18 | 8 | Hidden = def; report about = cover; Trump kicking ass = T (delete rump) |
- So funny. - Good wordplay. - \"kicking ass\" would just remove the last letter |
| 7 | VENKATESAN P | Cryptic lovers stripped in court (6) | 17 | 8 | Definition: Cryptic. Anno: [C{(-L)OVER(-S)}T] Stripped - Indicator to delete first' and last letters. Court - CT. |
- Liked cryptic as definition. |
| 8 | Matthew Kaner | Cryptic compiler’s tip on the essence of setting? | 17 | 7 | C(“compiler’s tip”) + OVER(“on”) + T(“the essence of setTing”). Cryptic = covert |
- Lovely clue. Not sure why the question mark is added. - Me likey. |
| 9 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Secret hidden in relic over tomb (6) | 14 | 6 | Hidden word indicated by 'hidden in'. Definition: Secret. reliC OVER Tomb = COVERT | --- |
| 10 | Aashirwad | Secret sweetheart taking top off, straddled by consort on vacation (6) | 13 | 5 | Secret = definition; sweetheart taking top off = (-l)OVER; straddled by = insertion indicator; consort on vacation = CT |
- “straddled by = insertion indicator” indeed! 😏 |
| 11 | --- | Private Ryan’s vanguard gets saved in creek close to Camerbert (6) | 12 | 4 | COVE(R~)~T = private. Ryan and his squad are found in a riverside village in Normandy, i.e. down the road from Camembert. |
- Highly original clue, wonderful storytelling, builds of element of popular culture. |
| 12 | --- | Private deliveries confiscated by court (6) | 10 | 4 | Private -DEF , deliveries -OVER inside CT (court) |
- Nice use of deliveries for OVER |
| 13 | --- | Desire to hug Romeo in secret! (6) | 9 | 4 | COVE(R)T. Definition: Secret |
- Best of the Romeo clues, spoiled by the unnecessary exclamation |
| 14 | --- | Undercover at first, crude oil vessel encounters rough tides (6) | 8 | 4 | Defn - Undercover, Acrostic clue. | --- |
| 15 | --- | Secret desire - 'To get rich early' (6) | 8 | 2 | Secret (Definition) - COVE(Rich)T, desire - covet |
- Not convinced by “early” as a letter selection indicator |
| 16 | --- | Behind-the-scenes change excludes head of NATO (6) | 7 | 3 | Deletion: CONVERT (change) excludes N (head of NATO); def on left | --- |
| 17 | --- | Undercover conflict over vital energy routes tightens initially | 6 | 2 | Acrostic | --- |
| 18 | --- | Secret lair (6) | 5 | 3 | Double definition (adj. & n.) |
- The meanings aren’t different enough for this to be a really satisfying DD |
| 19 | --- | Hidden visuals exhibited initially in my secret terminal | 5 | 2 | Visuals exhibited initially = ve, my= cor, secret terminal = t, co(ve)r t, Definition: Hidden | --- |
| 20 | --- | Private bay resort cleared out (6) | 4 | 3 | Def = private, COVE (bay) + R(esor)T | --- |
| 21 | --- | Romeo overcome by desire under the table | 4 | 2 | Romeo = R; desire = COVET; def = under the table |
- Under the table = below the belt? Saucy |
| 22 | --- | Cloak-and-dagger capture of Venezuelan executive removed trafficker, originally | 4 | 1 | Acrostic (indicated by originally), definition = cloak-and-dagger | --- |
| 23 | --- | Concealed hardcover tome (6) | 3 | 1 | Telescopic clue, with 'concealed' doing double duty as the definition and the telescopic clue indicator. Is this kosher? |
- Double duty as definition and telescopic indicator is not kosher - not unless it\'s &lit - I don’t think this is as good as the more straightforward alternative with “in” after “concealed” |
| 24 | --- | Transfer out money essentially under the table (6) | 3 | 1 | Under the table is definition/ transfer is convert/ out is deletion indicator for money essentially N |
- Nice idea but out is in the wrong place |
| 25 | --- | The cover model is veiled | 3 | 1 | Definition: veiled=covert, (cover)+model(t)=(covert) |
- Same root (and even if it weren’t, “cover” is already most of “covert”!) |
| 26 | --- | Steganographic fraction of cosec over tan (6) | 3 | 1 | def steganographic - fraction = just part of {cose}C OVER T{an} |
- Best of the telescopic clues. |
| 27 | --- | Conceal model's secret (6) | 1 | 1 | Conceal = cover + T model def: secret |
- Simple and effective - Same root |
| 28 | --- | Magic, over time, provides space for a hunter's game (6) | 0 | 0 | Hidden word indicated by 'provides', magi(COVERT)ime, def - space for a hunter's game (as in animal shelter) | --- |
| 29 | --- | Panic over Trump's secret (6) | 0 | 0 | Telescopic clue. 's is the indicator. Secret is the definition. | --- |
| 30 | --- | Undercover Circus operatives vetted early at entry and right thereafter (6) | 0 | 0 | Charade with acrostic and abbreviation; def = undercover; at entry = first letter indicator for "Circus operatives vetted early"; and = link word; rt = abbreviation for right | --- |
| 31 | --- | Mainly clear and open secret | 0 | 0 | Mainly clear C, open overt, secret definition | --- |