CCCWC October competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 17: Dad, loyal old drunk
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A clue to DOOLALLY (Misprints).
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| I must have spent more time composing this clue than any other. I could only see the options DOOL+ALLY and OOL in DALLY apart from the anagrams (not many). And yet surprisingly there were some good clues. Favourite was 13 which, despite the lack of explanation was easy to work out, and 17 was probably the best of the anagrams. The remaining points were shared among the also- rans. |
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The bankers were all nicely topical, but didn't seem to read that well for the most part. Those that were too long I also discounted fairly quickly. E.g. 10 was too complex, with both adding and removing the same letter being too much.
48 5 pts – Neat and excellent surface
17 4 pts – Best of the (fairly obvious) OLD LOYAL/ALLOY anagrams. "Dad" is a nice misprint
43 3 pts – Another neat clue and with good surface. "Can" for "loo" is nicely misleading
49 2 pts – Another good anagram and surface
5 1 pt – I had to give one of the "bankers" clue a point and this seemed the best of the bunch |
