CCCWC October competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 22: Fatherless female, nothing like her sheepish mother, but exactly like her udder one, has a look round for lad
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| Looks like a close run thing, with no outstanding entries. 10 is excellent although (minor quibbles) perhaps "in Britain" and "and" are unnecessary, and I don't know if "b" for "billion" is an established convention. I make it joint favourite with 49 despite the latter's rather imprecise definition. Are the nounal definition in 15 and adjectival use of "fad" in 20 acceptable? – I'd like to see confirmation in the explanations. 22 is certainly too long, as is the explanation, although the writer's enthusiasm for his or her subject cannot be denied. In 23 "terms" to indicate last letters is surely not on. 34 has an unfortunate drawback in that "natter" could be interpreted as "nutter" rather than the intended "hatter". The EU lollipop lady in 44 seems very contrived. Unfortunately 46 has no apparent misprint. |
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| Loved the enchanting biology lecture at Clue 22 and could only just resist giving it all my votes and skewing the system – but resisted! |
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| My personal preference for brevity was challenged by 22. It was just pipped in my list by 48 and 29, but it was the clue I would most like to have written. |
