CCCWC September competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 39

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 39: Monarch, fluttering on the air, has first landing

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A clue to LION-HEART.
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Comments on the clue

1.	I feel 'monarch' is imprecise as a definition. Should read first OF or first IN to indicate initial letter.
2.	Really nice try (love the def. in context); but 'first landing' meaningless, 'first to (=of) land' would have done.
3.	The definition is not specific enough and the wordplay should indicate that the L comes first.

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I wasn't keen on the clues that used variations of IO: 2 18 23 31 and 48. At best it indicates 'lion's heart' not 'lion-heart'. And Io is hardly a paragon of courage – she wouldn't hurt a fly, quite the reverse in fact. Richard I may have been 'the Lionheart', but that doesn't make the king or Richard indicated in 8 25 32 36 39 40 47 48 49 and 56 a definition of 'lion-heart' – though 34 38 and 59 do the job better.

Comments on the competition

I wasn't keen on the clues that used variations of IO: 2 18 23 31 and 48. At best it indicates 'lion's heart' not 'lion-heart'. And Io is hardly a paragon of courage – she wouldn't hurt a fly, quite the reverse in fact. Richard I may have been 'the Lionheart', but that doesn't make the king or Richard indicated in 8 25 32 36 39 40 47 48 49 and 56 a definition of 'lion-heart' – though 34 38 and 59 do the job better.

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments Clue no. 39: Monarch, fluttering on the air, has first landing

CCCWC September competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 39: Monarch, fluttering on the air, has first landing