CCCWC August competition voters’ comments

A clue to EATANSWILL.
15 comments were received for this competition (from 6 competitors, 1 other)

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Comments on the clues

9. Corrupt seat in London primarily, with law broken throughout?

1.	Excellent construction, but doesn't stand as & lit. Eatanswill is popularly thought to be Sudbury or Ipswich.
2.	Not an &lit in my book

11. Drunk as a newt, and ill from rotten choice of diet?

1.	'For' a more suitable linkword than 'from', I think – otherwise v good

15. Fix of Charlie makes you drunk as a newt then sick

1.	I've never heard Dickens called Charlie

16. Here you may see the corrupt win a seat by wrongful means after polling

1.	Terrific clue.

17. ILL AT NEWS SOMEHOW AROUND A NOVEL BY DICKENS

1.	The capitals are unnecessary, and the surface doesn't make much sense
2.	Eatanswill is not the name of the novel

18. In-laws late following diversion. Rotten borough brought to book! (10)

1.	Nice way of putting the definition!

25. Laws ain't broken during polls in East London? They were here!

1.	'During' indicates a passage of time, surely?
2.	Really good double use of 'polls'.

27. Lord Lieutenant's behind machinations to win a seat in rigged election

1.	Not entirely convinced by 'machinations to' as anagram indication

28. Losing 100 – 0? Election laws broken here!

1.	Anagram faulty!

38. Sleaze essentially beats volition here

1.	A nice clue but I am not sure how 'here' works in the wordplay for it to be &lit.

43. We install a corrupt MP in this Dickensian borough

1.	What is the 'MP' doing in the clue?

44. We'll abstain having lost heart – upset with this dodgy poll

1.	I'd have preferred 'by' to 'with'