CCCWC February competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 5

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 5: Breaking news – leader with Sun, "Red Ken's Newts' Affliction?" (11)

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1.	A pity about the unsoundness of "news- leader" = N. Otherwise, very good.

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In this set of clues, we find “news – leader” = N 5, “Kent heading” = K 7 and “final location” = L 16. In my book, none of these is acceptable. “News – leader” is not the same as “leader of news” or even as “news’ leader” (with an apostrophe); nor “Kent heading” as “Kent’s heading”; nor “final location” as, say, “last of location” – though, of course, to substitute the sound versions would destroy the surface meaning. This shortcoming is particularly unfortunate in the case of 5, which otherwise has the makings of an excellent clue with a well-married original definition and surface.

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In this set of clues, we find “news – leader” = N 5, “Kent heading” = K 7 and “final location” = L 16. In my book, none of these is acceptable. “News – leader” is not the same as “leader of news” or even as “news’ leader” (with an apostrophe); nor “Kent heading” as “Kent’s heading”; nor “final location” as, say, “last of location” – though, of course, to substitute the sound versions would destroy the surface meaning. This shortcoming is particularly unfortunate in the case of 5, which otherwise has the makings of an excellent clue with a well-married original definition and surface.

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments Clue no. 5: Breaking news – leader with Sun, "Red Ken's Newts' Affliction?" (11)

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 5: Breaking news – leader with Sun, "Red Ken's Newts' Affliction?" (11)