CCCWC October competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 5: Bankers cheat former friend – Darling’s first to go
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A clue to DOOLALLY (Misprints).
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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 |
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Is this the best ever set of clues for one of these competitions? Many of them would in a normal month have been my top choice. It seems unkind to give some of them so few points.
Perhaps this isn't quite demanding enough: an actual setter will have to compose a misprints clue with a particular letter missing (or the correct one), not any old letter.
My choices: 1st: 32 (2.5 points); 2nd=: 3, 18, 34, 39, 49 (1.5 points each); 7th=: 10, 14 (1 point each); 9th=: 5, 6, 13, 23, 27, 29 (0.5 points each). |
