The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC CHRISTMAS SPECIAL competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 21: Mark recent news: our venerable recreation
 
A hundred years! Hence, teary night of celebration

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A clue to CROSSWORD / CENTENARY (Rhyming Couplet).
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Letter mixture for Centenary neither starts nor ends with C or Y
2.Succinct and it rhymes and scans but the DLM is rather clumsy and obvious.
3.This otherwise promising clue has to be ruled out due to the LM not starting at the start or ending at the end of a word as stipulated.
4.This almost scored points from me but unfortunately the letter mixture does not meet the rules