CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 26: Reputedly, Raffles biscuit tin gave assortment of the best
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A vintage set of clues including several crackers, I thought. This didn't make for easy scoring, but after several changes of mind I plumped for:
First, clue 24. Not the most succinct, but an entirely plausible surface incorporating a neat &lit. 'opening last of the red' is very nice.
Second, clue 21. Again, a bit wordy but with a good and amusing surface. 'Safe opener' is excellent.
Third, clue 3. Very good surface and pleasing image, 'clotted' is a nice anagrind.
Fourth, clue 26. Admirably compact, the use of 'Raffles' in the surface may be a bit stretched but I liked the reference to the character.
Fifth, clue 17. The Coltrane and Bilk refs would have foxed me as a solver, but I can see that it all works well – although 'for which' is an obvious link.
Honourable mentions for clues 8, 11, 12 and 19. |
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Not a great selection this month, but at least two crackers.
1st (5 points) 21 — quite brilliant, it all fits together perfectly
2nd (3 points) 11 — very nice, although I'm not sure about the anagram indicator 'mess' — an imperative, I suppose — and I don't like the needless exclam
3rd = (2 points each) 17 — not sure that Acker Bilk is well-enough known, but otherwise good — and 8 — very nice, but although the surface is neat I'm not sure what it's saying
5th = (1 point each) 19, 24, 26 — all good but the surfaces are less good than those of the ones above. |
