CCCWC August competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 23: Hard going for sailor coming in to pick the ship's mess?
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| Several essays again, in both the clues and their explanations. I almost fell asleep reading them. No. 10is so simple, yet so elegant, and gets my top vote, with 52 not far behind. No. 19 appealed to this ex-editor. 4th and 5th positions to 6 and 23 for a good effort. |
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Although not having the cleverest wordplay construction, clue 10 is a short jailbreak story in simple, natural English which made me chuckle (the story, that is). I usually frown at a clue if definition and wordplay are signposted by a break but this clue is an exception: here the separation acts as a pause for effect, transforming the definition that follows into a sardonic: "What on earth was the guard doing?"
Equal second to 15 for a nice surface with Ashes theme and 23 for toying much better then I did with a similar construction. |
