CCCWC July competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 18

CCCWC July competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 18: For Christmas, to be at the Masses is holy

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A clue to PEAR (Printer’s Devilry).
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Comments on the clue

1.	One of several with the same good idea
2.	Perhaps 'At Christmas' would read more smoothly, otherwise this is an excellent PD clue ( see also clue 47).

Comments on the competition
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The challenge in Printer's Devilry clue is not merely to get two sensible surface readings for the two versions. It is also important that the individual readings are interesting in themselves and more importantly there is a good/amusing contrast between the two readings. Not many clues meet this requirement though practically all are technically in order. The clues with sufficiently contrasted readings are 49,47,46,35,29,23,18,12,11,9,7,5 and 2 of which 49 is the pick.

Comments on the competition

The challenge in Printer's Devilry clue is not merely to get two sensible surface readings for the two versions. It is also important that the individual readings are interesting in themselves and more importantly there is a good/amusing contrast between the two readings. Not many clues meet this requirement though practically all are technically in order. The clues with sufficiently contrasted readings are 49,47,46,35,29,23,18,12,11,9,7,5 and 2 of which 49 is the pick.

CCCWC July competition voters’ comments Clue no. 18: For Christmas, to be at the Masses is holy

CCCWC July competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 18: For Christmas, to be at the Masses is holy