The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 6: Carbon essentially contains life support system

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A clue to BONES.
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Comments on the competition
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Many of the clues were clunky and uninteresting. A number were unsound: e.g.42 where 'essentials' is doing double duty in the D and the SI (as I still prefer to call it), and 5 which is too clever by half, taking the concept of an inverted charade to a ludicrous extreme. In the end the honours went to 39 ( a very neat & lit),48(a nice double context), 6 (simple but effective), 11 (clever reminder of family parties in the 50s!), and 43 (for the juxtaposition of the two types of clothing). No. 2 just missed out.