CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 18: Internal memo: Use trappers hideout; destroy their game
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A clue to MOUSETRAP / HERMITAGE (Right & Left).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 2 competitors, 0 others)
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| 1. | No defn for mousetrap | | 2. | can't see a def for 'mousetrap' |
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A difficult one apparently, but shortlisting the qualifiers turned out to be easier than anticipated.
As expected the 'Three Magi' involvement was an obvious one, so the clue needed to be really good to be set apart from others.
Again as expected, the Christie play came into play, but only a couple of the clues tackled the 'The' which is part of the play's title, others ignored it and perhaps got penalised.
Only 1 hidden clue 18 which held promise, but fell short.
Many surfaces didn't excite. Other things being equal, avoidance of connector given preference, so breaking the clue up into multiple sentences (easy way out) given a lower score – a logical non-intrusive connector as part of a single sentence got a higher rating if there had to be a connector |
