CCCWC January competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 16

CCCWC January competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 16: Fish supper – chips essential

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A clue to PERCH.
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Comments on the clue

1.	There were many hidden-word clues; I considered this the best of them.
2.	I'm not convinced that "essential" is sufficient to indicate "hidden", but otherwise a very nice, concise clue and a good surface.

Comments on the competition
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I'm going cross-eyed here I'll get the voting out of the way as quick as I can by just giving the merits without saying why. They are: 10,16,17,18,19,26,29,35,36 and 38 It was difficult awarding the lower points as there wasn't much between them, so I awarded 0.5 to the following: 6,20 and 21 1.0 point goes to 3,11,23 and 28 as these were, I thought, better/different/more fun. Personally I would have left out 'is' but for the clever way it introduces us to an unlikely combination, and the image it evokes, I award 1.5 to clue 28 Like my own here I much prefer clues that read like a normal sentence or statement rather than an obvious (often too convoluted) cryptic clue. In the competition I also like the clues that are different to the rest, even if not particularly difficult to come up with (so why didn't I think of using Switzerland for CH when I often use it? Probably because had hidden-word clue in my mind from the start I guess!) So, Agent 007 gets 2.0 A couple of clues however, whilst similar, were also similarly brilliant so, for 'chilling situation' if nothing else, I give clue 12 3.0 But on the hightest perch of all (I'll get me coat) sits clue 43 which was perfect right down to the question mark and to which I award 4.0 As a PS, I found A = PER either lazy, unfair (even if it is allowed) or both. But that's just my opinion of course.

Comments on the competition

I'm going cross-eyed here I'll get the voting out of the way as quick as I can by just giving the merits without saying why. They are: 10,16,17,18,19,26,29,35,36 and 38

It was difficult awarding the lower points as there wasn't much between them, so I awarded 0.5 to the following: 6,20 and 21

1.0 point goes to 3,11,23 and 28 as these were, I thought, better/different/more fun.

Personally I would have left out 'is' but for the clever way it introduces us to an unlikely combination, and the image it evokes, I award 1.5 to clue 28

Like my own here I much prefer clues that read like a normal sentence or statement rather than an obvious (often too convoluted) cryptic clue. In the competition I also like the clues that are different to the rest, even if not particularly difficult to come up with (so why didn't I think of using Switzerland for CH when I often use it? Probably because had hidden-word clue in my mind from the start I guess!) So, Agent 007 gets 2.0

A couple of clues however, whilst similar, were also similarly brilliant so, for 'chilling situation' if nothing else, I give clue 12 3.0

But on the hightest perch of all (I'll get me coat) sits clue 43 which was perfect right down to the question mark and to which I award 4.0

As a PS, I found A = PER either lazy, unfair (even if it is allowed) or both. But that's just my opinion of course.

CCCWC January competition voters’ comments Clue no. 16: Fish supper – chips essential

CCCWC January competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 16: Fish supper – chips essential