CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 37

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 37: Rubbish at English, scholar's last to try to learn

Back to competition result | All the comments | Other competitions

A clue to XMAS Stocking Filler (2 defs. + wordplay).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 2 competitors, 0 others)
Move your mouse pointer over any bold clue number to see the clue.

Here is the text

Comments on the clue

1.	Excellent – should make the top five at least.
2.	'at' spoils the wordplay

Comments on the competition
1.
Despite clear instructions, almost a third of the entries include a third definition instead of (or occasionally as well as) the wordplay that was requested. To give them any points would be unfair to the others. Many of the remainding clues are pretty feeble as well. Of the dozen or so reasonable contenders that remain, I prefer those that use no padding, or as little as possible. My top five are 10 32 37 33 and 42. Incidentally, my apologies to the author of November's clue 39 – my comment completely missed the point.

Comments on the competition

Despite clear instructions, almost a third of the entries include a third definition instead of (or occasionally as well as) the wordplay that was requested. To give them any points would be unfair to the others. Many of the remainding clues are pretty feeble as well. Of the dozen or so reasonable contenders that remain, I prefer those that use no padding, or as little as possible. My top five are 10 32 37 33 and 42.

Incidentally, my apologies to the author of November's clue 39 – my comment completely missed the point.

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments Clue no. 37: Rubbish at English, scholar's last to try to learn

CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 37: Rubbish at English, scholar's last to try to learn