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Clue no. 12: Fiery device from a strange country in an extravagant tale.(5,6)
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| Some very unconvincing 'crosswordy' constructions (e.g. 5)and the odd horror like the indirect anagram in 12, but some good stuff among the dross. First prize to 46 — from Mr Tozer of Mr Moorey, I'm guessing. with the neat no 8 not far behind. Consolation prizes to 18,34, and 17 (nice anagram but I wasn't totally sure about the strength of the definition). |
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When I started reading through I found the clues so uninspiring and crossed them off the list immediately, but then by the end there were so many that it was hard to choose between. Having such a choice of different clue words made it as hard to choose outright winners as it did to decide what to write a clue for in the first place. In the end I ended up spreading the marks between lots of the clues.
Some "nearly" good clues: 12 indirect anagram – why not say "strange land"?; 18 needs "convertED" to work; 25 uses straight definition of "candle" in clue; 35 needs "maybe" for "saloon"= "car" and maybe (shame because else my joint favourite clue); 36 "midriff" inadequate indicator for middle letters in my view; 37 what's "for" doing in wordplay? If it had read "…space traveller's to go by" without the "for" it would have been another excellent (joint favourite) clue. |
