CCCWC April competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 28: Incomplete puzzle causing concern
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A clue to GRAVE.
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| A very good set of clues, I thought, with a nice diversity of approach. 5 points for clue 28, one of the simpler efforts here but all the better for that and with a faultless surface. Clue 57, to which I gave 4 points, is at the other end of the scale in complexity – very ingenious. I gave 3 points to clue 36 for a neat topical reference. 2 points for clue 40, a very neat substitution of G for C with, again, a faultless surface. I didn't find any of the Viagra clues completely convincing but thought clue 52 was the best of these and awarded it 1 point. |
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| A very good entry with nearly twenty clues vying for points. The best idea was the 'Viagra vendor' etc. hidden word, and 55 combined it with a brilliant definition – the runaway winner for me. 36 is neatly worded and especially topical in the light of the election result. 12 is also topical after Steve Davis's recent short-lived comeback. I liked 13's simple double def. idea that no one else spotted, and 40's original approach and natural surface. Many others would have been contenders but for the strong competition, including 9, 17, 26, 28 and 49. A couple that didn't measure up were 24 (poor grammar and little surface sense) and 30 (I can't accept Oldbury = old bury). |
