CCCWC August competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 29

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 29: Kitchen cabinet split by call of contempt

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A good variety of ideas. Clue number 10 was the clear winner for me – very nicely worded. 9 used the same idea but would be much harder to solve. I liked the printing galley idea with boo(k) in case, which 20 exploited best. 29 takes me back to the 70s (or was it the 60s?) and Harold Wilson. I also liked 11, 49 and 51 for their original approaches. 2 and 27 are both good cryptic defs, but I think some subsidiary indication of the letters is required in this competition. 52 just misses out on points because in my view the word 'ace' crumbles, the letters don't individually crumble.

Comments on the competition

A good variety of ideas. Clue number 10 was the clear winner for me – very nicely worded. 9 used the same idea but would be much harder to solve. I liked the printing galley idea with boo(k) in case, which 20 exploited best. 29 takes me back to the 70s (or was it the 60s?) and Harold Wilson. I also liked 11, 49 and 51 for their original approaches. 2 and 27 are both good cryptic defs, but I think some subsidiary indication of the letters is required in this competition. 52 just misses out on points because in my view the word 'ace' crumbles, the letters don't individually crumble.

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments Clue no. 29: Kitchen cabinet split by call of contempt

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 29: Kitchen cabinet split by call of contempt