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Clue no. 31: Puzzle requires dictionary
 
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A clue to CROSSWORD / CENTENARY (Rhyming Couplet).
7 comments refer to this clue (from 7 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.Not really a double definition
3.Flawed scansion – extra syllables in the second line and a different stress pattern.
4.does not scan very well
5.OK 2nd line could be either cryptic or DLM, but the first doesn't seem to fall in either category
6.This is not a double definition, the rhyme is a bit iffy
 
Comments on the competition
1.
I'm not sure how many of the clues would pass muster in a poetry competition, but that of course is not part of our brief. So poetic quality has not, rightly, been among my criteria for a good clue – but it has been specified that the couplets should rhyme, and so I've discounted those that don't (27) and those where the rhyme feels unnaturally stressed (31 and 39).

A number of clues, while the rhyming was fine and the instructions were followed, didn't really make much sense in the surface reading. So these fell down too.