CCCWC August competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 51: Uncontrolled tobacco use cut out in crew's accommodation
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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. |
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I write as someone who has never attempted advanced puzzles and still does a lap of honour around the living room if I manage to complete a standard cryptic. Therefore, I'm not really in a position to be critical of clues, but I do prefer those that don't use definitions that I would consider too obscure.
I like seeing a misleading context and therefore gave points to 10, 15, 28, and 48, which I think did this best, diverting the attention away from trains et al.
That said, I also liked the more simple 27 and 38, and the imagery conjured up by 51.
I look forward to participating in more of these. |
