CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 11

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 11: Fiend broke a gent's nose

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A clue to PARTRIDGE in a PEAR TREE (2 defs. + letter mixture).
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There are two basic requirements for a clue like this: 1)the minimum amount of extra verbiage (I attempted a clue with none) and 2) an unforced meaning, A clue such as 19 reads well but falls foul of criterion 1 and a clue such as 6 doesn't satisfy criterion 2. Clue 9 while making some sort of sense comes perilously close to satisfying neither criterion. For my winner I chose 33, though I might have liked 'red' qualified. Next,in order, came 11,20,23 and 10. All of these were economical and graphic. A tough challenge finding a bird compatible with a tree, and I thought the general standard was quite good.

Comments on the competition

There are two basic requirements for a clue like this: 1)the minimum amount of extra verbiage (I attempted a clue with none) and 2) an unforced meaning, A clue such as 19 reads well but falls foul of criterion 1 and a clue such as 6 doesn't satisfy criterion 2. Clue 9 while making some sort of sense comes perilously close to satisfying neither criterion. For my winner I chose 33, though I might have liked 'red' qualified. Next,in order, came 11,20,23 and 10. All of these were economical and graphic. A tough challenge finding a bird compatible with a tree, and I thought the general standard was quite good.

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments Clue no. 11: Fiend broke a gent's nose

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 11: Fiend broke a gent's nose