CCCWC January competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 26: Leave undercover?
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A clue to DUVET DAY.
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| 1. | Looks more like a crytpic def to me | | 2. | There isn't enough information for the solver here |
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An interesting challenge; not the easiet phrase to find a good definition for. Those who chose "downtime" (3, 17, 38, 39) selected one not quite right in my opinion – nor in that of Chambers, seemingly. Very much liked 33's reference to D-Day, but "overlord" felt like it didn't make sense in the reading. A merit for it, nonetheless.
Points to:
5: 6 – I'm not the biggest fan of compound anagrams, but the surface is excellent here.
4: 26 – I'd say more of a cryptic def. than an &lit – but the clue is still perfectly serviceable.
3: 11 – Another excellent cryptic def. 8 was very similar, but didn't read quite as smoothly.
1.5 each: 24 and 32 – Nice use of the anagram. |
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| 26 was my top clue – it had an interesting story in two words allowing the solver's imagination to go to work. Other than that my pick was the set of clues around "down time". 2's "feeling down" – I felt it was an imaginative use of the term, nicely done. Other than these ideas, the only ones I liked were the ones that were the composite anagram clues with "evade duty"..A couple had good surfaces. Did not rate the clues with proper nouns in the clue just because I did not think it would be allowed in say, the Times (eg., Dave). All in all, a worthy effort from the submitters – I did not think there were many ideas to work with but the entrants have shown great imagination. |
