CCCWC November competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 5: Ad: a poster devised on this?
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A clue to PASTEBOARD.
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Six clues seemed to me to have that extra lift –
33 – 5 pts – real emotion there.
50 – 4 pts – it tells a believable story. That 'Tesco' formed a hidden word was especially nice.
5, 10, 23 and 30 – 1.5 points each |
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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? |
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Some good clues, as was to be expected when the letters in the word were so kind. Eventually I decided:
1st (2pts) 33
2nd= (1 pt each) 5 (almost the best but I wasn't sure about 'devised'), 10, 13, 22, 25, 26, 37, 47, 49, 50 (but it isn't a comp. anag.)
12th= (0.5 pts each) 18, 29 (not absolutely sure about made up = artificial = sham), 31, 36, 42, 45 |