CCCWC September competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 36

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 36: Private premiere cancelled for most insipid film around

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A clue to CLANDESTINE.
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Comments on the clue

1.	A good idea that no one else spotted.
2.	Very clever construction and surface reading tells an interesting story

Comments on the competition
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Quite a large number of perfectly acceptable clues this month, but few with real sparkle. The ones that scored well from me were those with convincing and imaginative surfaces well integrated with the definition and s.i. – 4, 24, 36, 49 and, especially, 5. 6, an otherwise good clue, defines “clandestine” as “canny”, presumably on the ground that Chambers gives “sly” as a meaning for both. But the meanings of words don’t obey mathematical rules, and it does not follow from the facts that A = B and B = C that A = C. In this case, I don’t think that “canny” and “clandestine” are equivalent.

Comments on the competition

Quite a large number of perfectly acceptable clues this month, but few with real sparkle. The ones that scored well from me were those with convincing and imaginative surfaces well integrated with the definition and s.i. – 4, 24, 36, 49 and, especially, 5.

6, an otherwise good clue, defines “clandestine” as “canny”, presumably on the ground that Chambers gives “sly” as a meaning for both. But the meanings of words don’t obey mathematical rules, and it does not follow from the facts that A = B and B = C that A = C. In this case, I don’t think that “canny” and “clandestine” are equivalent.

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments Clue no. 36: Private premiere cancelled for most insipid film around

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 36: Private premiere cancelled for most insipid film around