CCCWC September competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 14: I'm going to Poly for Christmas
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A clue to STEAR (Printer’s Devilry).
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| Lots of sound and interesting ideas, but mostly turned out a little bland to gain my votes. Of the "post early" clues, the simple 14 made best use of the idea. I liked the simple 7 too, but the best clues give a clearer hint of the undevilled version, such as 11, 3 and 31. Best of all, in my view, though, was 13 with its very clever wording and re-punctuation providing a highly believable devilled version designed to mislead. I'd thought of "fast earner" but had not made the extra few brilliant steps involved in coming up with this clue. A cracker! |
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As a newcomer to the Centre and a relative novice in clue-writing, I can't claim deep technical expertise in judging merits of clues. I do understand that a key condition for a satisfactory PD clue is that the undevilled version makes good sense. Given that a clue meets that condition, I have simply looked for enjoyment in the submitted clues, and neatness, wit and, to some extent, brevity. I have indeed enjoyed most of this month's clues — thanks to all entrants! Near misses, to my mind, were 3, 5, 8, 13, 24 and 38. I award points to 14, the neatest of the "post early" group, 29 31, 33, 34 and 36.
Limiting total points so as not to give my inexpert view the same weight as those who have more experience, I'll give 1.5 points to 14, 29 and 34, and 1 point to 31, 33 and 36. |
