Cryptic
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1ACCWC #564 – MUSICAL – OPEN FOR CLUES
This weeks contest is hosted by Karol S For 1ACCWC 564, the chosen word is MUSICAL Here are the rules Limit of 1 clue per setter. Please Annotate your clues clearly. Please login to participate. You can use your wordpress/gmail account for login but please use one account consistently so that your performance can be tracked
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1ACCWC #563 – STRAIT – Results
Winning by several nautical miles, Karol S crosses the strait breezily with a staggering 40 points for the &lit clue It’s a shortcut, essentially, at sea Veera Raghavan and Textrous tie in 2nd place with 20 points. Basically surviving Trump’s repeated attacks, Iran triumphs in Hormuz, for one Byzantine art is at the heart of
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1ACCWC #562 – DESPOT – Results
Ramki took the 3rd spot, Anne, the 2nd, and Satyen’s editorial take finished on top. Over to you, Doc Top 10 # Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments 1 Satyen Nabar Editor withdraws post about tyrant (6) 28 10 ED rev + POST*; editor= ed, withdraws= rev ind, about= anag ind, def= tyrant – Very
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1ACCWC #561 – POLICE – Results
This week’s clue contest on 1ACCWC received good participation with 30 entries, and 33 voters having their say well ahead of the deadline. Many setters played on variations of the simple anagram of COP+LIE = POLICE. Other popular entries referenced current affairs and geopolitics surrounding OIL, an anagram of which is contained in POLICE. While
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1ACCWC #560 – INDETERMINATE – Results
Of the 27 clues for INDETERMINATE, 22 clues (including the entire top ten!) contained anagrams. Interestingly, though there were a few understandable repeats, the anagrams showed quite a variety, demonstrated beautifully by the top 5 clues having unique sets of anagram fodder. • Karol S asks us to enjoy “crumble” “AT DINNERTIME” with “E(cstasy)” •