CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 4: After midnight nocturnal creature holding new year bash exclaimed "Ah, I'm done with '16!"
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A clue to TWELVEMONTH / A thematic word of your choice (Right & Left).
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| Many fine LR clues on offer; this was a most enjoyable competition to vote on. There were a couple of clear top-scorers for me (4 for its excellent definition for HEXADECIMAL and an elegant surface reading & 17 for its very creative surface reading plus a neat and original construction for TWELVEMONTH). Other point-scorers (and there were several, although unfortunately I didn't have that many points to dish out!) all had a well-hidden "join" between the two clues – punctuation or an extra word generally spoiled cluers' chances – as well as some fine wordplay. |
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| Well done, all those who bothered to enter. Not all clues were sound or meaningful, but at least you had a go. 4 won it by a mile. |
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| I'm not sure any of us really managed to achieve all of 1) accurate cluing, 2) a well-disguised run-on between the two parts, and 3) an excellent overall surface. 4 leaps out, but surely the apostrophe in '16 invalidates the definition of HEXADECIMAL. I did try to overlook it (as I expect many will). I enjoyed 19 and 22 for their cluing and excellent surfaces (especially 22), although neither managed to string the two parts together smoothly, and in 22 they are separate sentences. Perhaps the best clue in that respect, while also being sound and plausible, was 20. I found half a dozen other clues good in parts. Happy New Year to organisers and fellow participants. |