CCCWC August competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 11

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 11: Figure the female holds absolute power right after I get involved with a man-eater?

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A clue to SHAPE / TIGER (Right & Left).
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1.	Original idea, but the split could be slightly better hidden

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Very few clues managed to combine soundness with a convincing and satisfying surface. Many had indicators for initial or final letters that seem unacceptable to me: eg, "starts practising" for P & "big end" for G. Of those remaining on my short-list, 7's brilliant TIGER was rather let down by weaknesses in SHAPE. There wasn't a great deal to choose between the others so the points were fairly evenly spread, with no one scoring highly: 2 points: 7, 27, 30, 33, 34; 1 point: 11, 23, 25; 0.5 point: 2, 4, 9, 17.

Comments on the competition

Very few clues managed to combine soundness with a convincing and satisfying surface. Many had indicators for initial or final letters that seem unacceptable to me: eg, "starts practising" for P & "big end" for G. Of those remaining on my short-list, 7's brilliant TIGER was rather let down by weaknesses in SHAPE. There wasn't a great deal to choose between the others so the points were fairly evenly spread, with no one scoring highly: 2 points: 7, 27, 30, 33, 34; 1 point: 11, 23, 25; 0.5 point: 2, 4, 9, 17.

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments Clue no. 11: Figure the female holds absolute power right after I get involved with a man-eater?

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 11: Figure the female holds absolute power right after I get involved with a man-eater?