CCCWC July competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 9

CCCWC July competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 9: Badlands cat should be dumped in the bin

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A clue to PEAR (Printer’s Devilry).
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1.	http://www.aspca.org/about-us/contact-us
2.	Nice wordplay. Thing is, as an animal lover, I can't agree with the sentiment!
3.	Best of the art clues I think, I like the 'badlands cat' but wonder if the remainder could give more of a hint

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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. 9: Badlands cat should be dumped in the bin

CCCWC July competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 9: Badlands cat should be dumped in the bin