CCCWC September competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 54: With release of energy, wastes flies – or wastes energy missing flies
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| The practice of submitting two clues in one, as in 19 and 54, is dubious, and sticking to a single idea would have improved both. Final choice: 18, 29, 15, 16, 35. |
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| I thought this was an excellent set of clues, with a pleasing variety of approaches – which didn't make voting any easier. I gave 5 points to clue 29, which combined the WAT and S-S elements ingeniously. 4 points to clue 48, a very clever combination of two Scottish words in an &lit. 3 points to clue 15, which I thought was the best of the initial/final letters &lits. 2 points for clue 54, original and clever, though I didn't think 'with release of energy' quite worked. And 1 point for clue 43, which is simple but highly effective. |
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| A good variety of treatments. 18 and 46's misleading use of 'hit the buzzer' was very pleasing, the latter double definition seeming stronger in the end for its simplicity. I didn't know the 'new ale' meaning or 'wat' as drunk, which 48 and 53 used to good effect. 51 I liked, but was a little uncertain about 'times' to indicate TS – 'times' = TT seems fair (as with 'news' = NN) but when would one use the plural form of an abbreviation like that? And 54 was very neat, but long – either half (the second with a question mark) would have done the job. Prize for shortest clue, of course, goes to 23, but NUS=swats? Not when I was a member! |
