1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#560 - INDETERMINATE
Total Clues: 27 Total Voters: 29
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aashirwad | Belligerent leaders of Israel making detente with Iran doubtful (13) | 38 | 13 | Anagram of IM+DETENTE+IRAN, with belligerent as the anagram indicator. Doubtful is the definition (ref: Chambers Dictionary). “Detente” means ceasing of hostilities. |
- Excellent! - Liked this but I\'m not 100% sure about \"belligerent\" as anagrind! |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Unpredictable Republican emitted inane rubbish (13) | 32 | 11 | (R EMITTED INANE)*; Republican= R, rubbish= adjectival anag ind. def= unpredictable |
- While the surface reading is fine, the cryptic reading has a problem. “Rubbish” being a verb anagram indicator should come before the fodder, which would of course make your surface suffer. |
| 3 | Pundit JEE | Vague form of internet media? (13) | 24 | 10 | Anagram of internet media = indeterminate | --- |
| 4 | Nitish Asthana | I'm entertained, drunk and unsettled. | 23 | 7 | Anagram suggested by drunk; def- unsettled |
- Nice clue. Simple and sound. |
| 5 | Karol S | Crumble at dinnertime: ecstasy beyond measure | 22 | 9 | (AT DINNERTIME + E)* [anag.: crumble]. Indeterminate = “unable to be predicted, calculated or deduced” (Collins) ...and if you’ve never had crumble, you haven’t lived! |
- Great use of crumble - which indeed delicious! :) |
| 6 | VENKATESAN P | Misbehaving teen trained? I'm not sure. | 20 | 9 | Definition: Not sure. Anno: (TEEN+TRAINED+IM)*. Anagrind: Misbehaving | --- |
| 7 | Nilesh Parmar | Uncertain dinnertime. Eat out | 15 | 7 | Definition - uncertain, (dinnertime+eat)*, out as anagram indicator | --- |
| 8 | @LowdownCryptic | "Undefined" error after Internet ad? I'm upset (13) | 14 | 5 | E (error) after (INTERNET AD I'M)*; anagrind: upset; def: undefined |
- I don’t think error = E is a standard abbreviation. - As a backend developer this is the story of my life |
| 9 | Nathan Townshend | 'Dinner' and 'teatime' are different? It's unclear! | 13 | 7 | TEATIME + DINNER* are different = grind | --- |
| 10 | Textrous | Unknown drug taken after bananas at dinner-time (13) | 13 | 5 | Def: Unknown; drug: E, anagrind: bananas => ATDINNERTIME*+E | --- |
| 11 | --- | General brewed tea after dinnertime perhaps (13) | 12 | 6 | Def: General; dinnertime* followed by tea* |
- Dodgy definition! |
| 12 | --- | Unpredictable in decisions, eccentric Trump's egotistical rantings make Iran, NATO leaders worried (13) | 8 | 3 | Def = unpredictable, IN + acrostic of "decisions..NATO" (D E T E R M I N) + ATE (worried) |
- Maybe the intent was to suggest that trump is unpredictable in decisions, but the grammar of the surface reading seems to say that his rankings are the ones that are unpredictable in decisions |
| 13 | --- | Vague confusion of ‘teatime’ with ‘dinner’ (13) | 7 | 3 | Anagram of (TEATIME+DINNER), indic. by ‘confusion of’; def. ‘vague’ | --- |
| 14 | --- | One German Tinder mate, queer and unpredictable | 6 | 2 | Anagram of Ein (German one) Tinder mate, definition = Unpredictable |
- I liked it but the indirect deployment of EIN seems problematic - indirect anag - Anagram fodder must be explicitly specified in the clue. Indirect anagrams are generally considered not kosher. - (Partly) indirect anagram - Indirection worries me - Indirect element in anagram |
| 15 | --- | Worried after dinner time is changed and unspecified (13) | 6 | 2 | ATEDINNERTIME*. Definition: Unspecified | --- |
| 16 | --- | Abstract art in tee & denim pants | 5 | 3 | Def ABSTRACT; Anagram of ART IN TEE DENIM; Anagrind PANTS | --- |
| 17 | --- | 'Dinner' and 'teatime' are confused and unclear | 5 | 2 | Anag of DINNER + TEATIME; def = unclear | --- |
| 18 | --- | Vague, reckless, headless President drops bombs finally. Begins attacking Tehran in Middle East (13) | 4 | 2 | Vague (Defn) - ((pRESIDENT)-bombS)(A..g)(T...n)(IN)(ME)*, Reckless - anagrind |
- “Begins XYZ” is not grammatically correct as a letter selection indicator in the cryptic reading. “Beginnings of XYZ” would be grammatically correct, necessitating a rewrite of the surface or the whole clue perhaps. - A bit laboured. (“Starts to attack Tehran” would work better for the initial letter selection part) - Would that he WERE headless - Too bitty |
| 19 | --- | Unknown Irish Teen explodes dynamite, youth leader killed | 3 | 2 | Definition: Unknown Anagrind: explodes . Irish = IR ; TEEN ; dynamite , (y)outh leader killed = DNAMITE. Anagram of IRTEENDNAMITE is INDETERMINATE |
- I don\'t think the anagrind in the middle of the anagram fodder works - I think it’s a good surface, but for the cryptic reading to be grammatically correct a structure like “leader of youth” should be used as a letter selection indicator. - Probably a bit politically close to the bone! |
| 20 | --- | Dine out on time spent in a gutted triplane up in the air | 3 | 1 | (DINE*) on TERM [time spent] IN A T{riplan}E - def "up in the air" | --- |
| 21 | --- | Ed Martin, repeated cross-examination, can yield no definite answer (13) | 2 | 1 | Letter Bank ED MARTIN. LB indicator is repeated cross examination. Def: can yield no definite answer |
- I want a preposition before “repeated cross-examination” (maybe “upon”?) - Nice find for a topical letter bank, but maybe not well-known enough |
| 22 | --- | Sadly inert, dementia difficult to pinpoint (13) | 2 | 1 | (INERT DEMENTIA)* {Sadly: anagrind}. Def: Difficult to pinpoint. | --- |
| 23 | --- | Uncertain end follows indeed after editor’s departure (13) | 2 | 1 | Def: uncertain. INDE - ED (editor) + TERMINATE (end). | --- |
| 24 | --- | Mystery writer confused on end is uncertain | 1 | 1 | Uncertain=indeterminate(def.) mystery writer=Enid(Blyton) confused=anagrind (enid)* end=terminate (Enid)*(terminate) |
- Indirect anagram - Anagram fodder must be explicitly specified in the clue. Indirect anagrams are generally considered not kosher. - Indirect anagram. (And getting from “mystery writer” to the first name ENID would be a big stretch in any case) - \"Enid\" being a mystery writer is both indirect and, admittedly, mysterious! |
| 25 | --- | Undefined Internet media combination (13) | 0 | 0 | Defn - Undefined; Anagram Indicator - combination; Fodder - Internet media |
- A technically sound clue but the surface is lacking. |
| 26 | --- | Open prison resident checks into housing block (13) | 0 | 0 | IN(IN)MATE, housing block/DETER => IN((DETER))M(IN)ATE. “Open” as in open (open-ended) question, etc. In = into (Chambers) |
- The surface is good except for the “open” at the beginning, which is unfortunately the definition and can’t be avoided. |
| 27 | --- | Put off by setter’s flipping boring Nina savaged on X curtly as "ill-defined" | 0 | 0 | DETER+I’M< in/boring NINA* + TE[n] |
- Really nice wordplay, but I found the surface too contrived. |