CCCWC August competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 30: Lance hurled carlessly, not directed. Apply a new spin.
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| A pretty high standard overall with about a dozen clues contending for points. Other things being equal, a witty definition always wins it for me, so 8, 9 and 43 are in my top three, followed by 22 and 55 for convincing surface readings. 28's just out of my top five as the definition isn't as precise. A few clues used 'dine again' or similar for 're-lunch', but I couldn't buy this. It needs a ? at the very least. Some clues I rejected: 42's 'place! In deep water again' takes too much liberty with punctuation; 5's 'without limb' to remove l, e, g from 'Challenger' is too difficult to solve (it's a clue to a clue), similarly 'not directed' in 30; 26's 'again' has no part in the wordplay, so the clue is semi-& lit. at best. A couple of clues had typos. I was lenient this time but I hope Robert will remind competitors again that under the new system they need to double-check what they've submitted. |
