CCCWC November competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 15: Black type's primarily a spade or club
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| Some very good anagrams and misleading definitions this month, with 1,22,25 and 33 coming out on top of the anagrams and 30 the best of the charades. I also like 50's surface, but other clues showed a comp. anag. wasn't really necessary. The main problems were poor anagram indicators such as 2's 'dangerous', 15's 'club' and 27's '(FAIL)' |
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A number of poor clues, too convoluted, trying too hard to be something they are not. A general observation, this week and also others – yes, maybe a lot of AZED comps are won by &lit clues. I suspect that an awful lot more are lost by people trying to create the same &lits and failing – and when they do fail, these clues can look awful.
clue 5 … don't anagrams normally contain all of the letters to be anagrammed?
7 poor anagram – what do we do with the 'S? And is performance a good anagrind?
9 makes little sense despite the long justification
12 hmmm!
15 I don't get – why is it &lit?
23 needs to be fifth of hearts, fourth of clubs etc which wrecks the clue
27 fail? – fails
28 what on earth is a semi &lit .. an attempted &lit which doesn't even get halfway there? |
