1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#570 - OUTRAGE
Total Clues: 31 Total Voters: 32
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajeesh V M | Barbarism beginning to thrive in the time we live in (7) | 32 | 12 | Beginning to thrive = T, in = insertion Ind, the time we live in = our age, Def = barbarism |
- Clue of the contest for me! (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 2 | Satyen Nabar | Alarmed at rogue's atrocity (7) | 24 | 9 | (AT ROGUE)*, alarmed= anag ind, def= atrocity |
- Nice surface! (Puttaraju MT) - Nice succinct clue, and good anagram. I'm not 100% sold on the indicator, but it makes the surface good. (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 3 | Anne de Pimodan | Loss of power inspiring Republican's appalling behaviour (7) | 17 | 7 | OUT (R) AGE Outrage = an atrocious act (Chambers) |
- Imo the best of the 'outage' clues (Nathan Townshend) |
| 4 | Amrita Majumdar | Shock of Queen crushed by loss of power (7) | 16 | 7 | Shock- def, R (Queen) inside OUTAGE( loss of power) | --- |
| 5 | VENKATESAN P | Power failure around capital of Romania causes anger (7) | 15 | 7 | Definition: Anger. Anno: (OUT(R)AGE). Power failure - Outage. Capital of Romania - R. | --- |
| 6 | Nathan Townshend | Right and left leave regulator seething with anger | 15 | 6 | REGULATOR - RL seething = anagram indicator |
- Nicely constructed, I like the increased complexity of subtraction + anagram, but maintaining a lovely surface. (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 7 | Arnav V Raju | Anger at rogue rogue (7) | 13 | 5 | Definition: Anger, rogueat* with rogue as the indicator |
- Fun and succinct, with a good anagram (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 8 | Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt | To argue atrociously is a gross offence (7) | 13 | 4 | anagram (indicator= Atrociously, fodder= To argue), definition=a gross offence | --- |
| 9 | Shailesh Tipnis | Dismissed! Basically, Root appeals, Gill exits in shock (7) | 13 | 4 | Definition=shock,Dismissed = out, first letters selection ind.=basically, in=connector | --- |
| 10 | Abhay Phadnis | Anger over misplaced laughter after ends of loincloth fall out (7) | 12 | 5 | Definition: anger; O(ver)+[(-l)AUG(-h)TER]*; anagram indicator: misplaced; deletion indicator: "ends of" L(oinclot)H "fall out" | --- |
| 11 | --- | Shock over king's loss of power (7) | 12 | 4 | [Out(R)age]. King = R. Loss of power = outage. Over = container ind [Over A, is B] | --- |
| 12 | --- | It's a disgrace to argue with evolution (7) | 12 | 4 | Def: It's a disgrace; (TO ARGUE)* anagrind: "with evolution" | --- |
| 13 | --- | Anger initially rises during a power blackout (7) | 11 | 5 | Def: Anger, initially rises: R, a power blackout: OUTAGE, during: insertion indicator | --- |
| 14 | --- | Scandal leads to overwhelming uproar to retaliate against goofed-up examination | 11 | 5 | Acrostic (leads to..), definition scandal |
- Nice acrostic & fun surface (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 15 | --- | Exasperation from blackout around end of winter (7) | 10 | 5 | Blackout is outage/ around is container indicator/ end of winter is R |
- The surface could be improved by using “caused by” as the link word, rather than “from”. (Aashirwad) |
| 16 | --- | Even voluntary senescence is something that cannot be tolerated (7) | 9 | 4 | OUTR = even letters in vOlUnTaRy; AGE = senescence; def. ‘something that cannot be tolerated’ |
- Can “even” by itself indicate selection of even letters? (Abhay Phadnis) - “Evenly” would be grammatically undebatable. (Aashirwad) |
| 17 | --- | Whacky wraps wingless wags whipping up wrath (7) | 8 | 2 | def = wrath; Whacky (OUTRE); wraps = containment indicator; wAGs wingless - drop extreme letters indicator; whipping up - link words |
- I love the alliteration, the wordplay, the definition - sadly, I can’t make sense of the surface reading. Am I missing some reference here? (Abhay Phadnis) - What wonderful wordplay we’ve witnessed! (Aashirwad) - Very whacky, witty, winsome (Pundit JEE) - The alliteration is fun, but I don’t get the surface reading, and “whipping up” seems too contentful to be a mere linker (@qpheevr) |
| 18 | --- | Indignation at leaders of out-of-touch urbanites talking rubbish about Greta's environmentalism (7) | 7 | 3 | Acrostic clue. Defn - Indignation; Acrostic Ind - leaders of ; fodder - Out-of-touch Urbanites Talking Rubbish About Greta's Environmentalism. Hope 'out-of-touch' counts as one word for acrostic purposes! |
- IMO the hyphenation means we can indeed count “out-of-touch” as one word. (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 19 | --- | Leaders of offensive units truly ruin a guerrilla encampment, invoking strong reaction | 7 | 3 | Acrostic |
- Nice acrostic & surface (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 20 | --- | Stir to argue injustice (7) | 6 | 3 | Stir (in nounal form) works as a low-key revolt in surface reading. It also works as the anagram indicator as a verb. Anagram of TO ARGUE = OUTRAGE (def is injustice). The clue is a comment on the anger among Gen Z |
- Feels like a link word is missing between “argue” and injustice (in the surface reading). (Aashirwad) - Nice that the surface does stir up a sense of outrage, as well as being a good anagram (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 21 | --- | Damaged our gate in wanton mischief (7) | 6 | 2 | Wanton mischief (def) = OUTRAGE; Damaged our gate = wordplay; Damaged = anagram indicator; Anagram: (OUR GATE)* = OUTRAGE |
- Nice anagram & surface (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) |
| 22 | --- | After retirement, I will be filming Universal Pictures' retrospective "Fury' (7) | 6 | 2 | EGO<< around (filming) U,ART<< .O(U TRA)GE. Def: Fury | --- |
| 23 | --- | Gear shock! (7) | 5 | 2 | RA |
- Grammatically, RAGE OUT would be a fine anagram construction to indicate GEAR as the word “out” in adjectival form means “erroneous”. But OUT RAGE, with the anagrind taking the form of an imperative verb doesn’t carry the same meaning. (Aashirwad) - Lovely RA (Rhiannon Vivian-Bolt) - I think the clue is incomplete. (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) |
| 24 | --- | Scandal involving topless character embracing model (7) | 5 | 2 | T [model] contained in (-c)OURAGE [topless character]; Per Chambers dictionary, “character” can mean “strong admirable qualities such as determination, courage, honesty, etc.” Collins dictionary also supports the use of “character” to mean “courage.” Dictionary.com is a third supporting source, which gives the example “It takes character to face up to a bully.” |
- If you *can* cite three major dictionaries to support your use of a meaning, it’s probably okay! But if you *do* cite three dictionaries in your annotation, it comes across as a bit defensive (@qpheevr) |
| 25 | --- | Cultivating regulation leads to nil anger (7) | 5 | 2 | Anger (Definition) - (NIL + OUTRAGE) = (REGULATION)*, Cultivating - Anagrind, Composite Anagram |
- Role of "leads to" not clear. (Ramesh Ss) |
| 26 | --- | Shock of robust triangle regularly missing points (7) | 5 | 2 | Def: SHOCK. Alt ltrs of Robust triangle | --- |
| 27 | --- | Trump’s third term in power? America, love—get lost! That’s barbarism! (7) | 4 | 2 | URAOGET* / U (trUmp’s third) + R (term in poweR) + A (America)+ O (love) + GET* [anag:lost]. [Term = "an end” (Chambers)] | --- |
| 28 | --- | Appalling ragout initially elicits disgust, then fury (7) | 4 | 2 | Anagram RAGOUT, add E. Def: disgust + fury. |
- The wordplay is very good. I am curious about the “then” in the definition - is the intent to say that outrage is first disgust, then fury? (Abhay Phadnis) - The definition would have worked without “disgust” (Aashirwad) |
| 29 | --- | Scandal from pullout rag erotica (7) | 3 | 2 | Def. Scandal; Hidden word OUTRAGE in pullOUTRAGErotica, indicated by ‘from’ | --- |
| 30 | --- | Abandoning great tour in the middle causes anger (7) | 3 | 1 | (GREAT OU)* Abandoning: anind. Definition: Anger |
- Abandon as a noun, or abandoned as an adjective, can be an anind. I don’t think abandon as a verb can serve that purpose. (Abhay Phadnis) - “Abandoned” can work as an anagrind if it is taken to mean “with abandon” or “freely.” But “abandoning” doesn’t carry the same meaning. (Aashirwad) |
| 31 | --- | Unfashionable anger? | 3 | 1 | Unfashionable = OUT/ Not the rage, Anger= Rage and Def= ANGER |
- Unfashionable can mean “out”, but rage still needs an indicator. (Aashirwad) |