1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#573 - IMPLICATE
Total Clues: 26 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Townshend | Changing climate, with leaders of petroleum industry to blame | 45 | 16 | CLIMATE + P + I * blame = def |
- I think this may be the best of the climate-change clues; very tidy and coherent (@qpheevr) - Something is amiss in straight reading, but this is atleast satisfactory on cryptic reading, which is mandatory, not optional. (Pundit JEE) |
| 2 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Incriminate little rascal, one caught in spinning tale (9) | 22 | 9 | IMP (little rascal) + IC (I = one, C = caught) inserted into an anagram ("spinning") of TALE. = L (IC) ATE; Def.: Incriminate | --- |
| 3 | Ajeesh V M | Translated Tamil epic for associate (9) | 21 | 8 | Anagram of Tamil epic . Anagrind is translated . Definition is associate |
- Simple, pithy, elegant. (Abhay Phadnis) - Nice. Simple. Elegant. Humble. Clear. Take all the points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 4 | PunMadMan | Involve leaders of insignificant minority parties left in coalition after the elections (9) | 18 | 8 | Acrostic clue; Involve - Defn; leaders of - acrostic indicator; Insignificant Minority Parties Left In Coalition After The Elections - fodder |
- Kudos on an acrostic that could be a real headline (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Expose one politician's falsehood about competitive exam in India (9) | 18 | 6 | Def = expose, I + MP + LIE around CAT (competitive exam in India) | --- |
| 6 | Manish Jhaveri | Compromise one partner with dirty clip (9) | 16 | 7 | Definition: Compromise; I (one) MATE (partner) containing PLIC (anagram of clip with dirty as the indicator) |
- with as container? 'Over' would be better. (Ramesh Ss) |
| 7 | Karol S | Incriminate a politician with pussy-grabbing story (9) | 16 | 5 | I (=“a”) MP (=“politician”), with LIE around CAT (“pussy-grabbing story”). In this *adjectival* construction, “story” does the “grabbing”. (Chambers has “9. A lie, fib” for story.) |
- Interesting device, and witty to boot. I don't think the clue needed that long explanation. (Abhay Phadnis) - POS? (Pundit JEE) |
| 8 | Satyen Nabar | Involve in adaptation of Tamil epic (9) | 12 | 6 | (TAMIL EPIC)*, adaptation of = anag ind, def = involve | --- |
| 9 | Sampath Srinivasan | Involve one political leader in the matter of climate change (9) | 12 | 5 | Charade with first letter, containment and anagram; def = involve; I (one) + P (political leader) in (containment) (CLIMATE)* change anagrind |
- “Change climate”, “changing climate” and “changed” climate would all have superior cryptic grammar than “climate change”. (Aashirwad) |
| 10 | Abhay Phadnis | Accuse no one at first in sabotage of atomic pile (9) | 12 | 5 | Definition: accuse; [AT(-o)MIC PILE]*; deletion indicator: “no [O]ne at first”; anagram indicator: “sabotage of" | --- |
| 11 | --- | Involve young rascal with story about moggy | 11 | 4 | Def= Involve, Young rasacal= Imp with Story = Lie about Moggy= Cat | --- |
| 12 | --- | Connect iodine and phosphorus to climate change (9) | 10 | 4 | Def: connect. I + P + CLIMATE anagrammed (change). |
- Definition? (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) - “Change climate”, “changing climate” and “changed” climate would all have superior cryptic grammar than “climate change”. (Aashirwad) |
| 13 | --- | Little devil and insurer dined together to connect | 9 | 4 | connect=implicate, def., (imp)(LIC)(ate) |
- Definition? (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) |
| 14 | --- | Suggest correcting limp, by a treatment initially with ice covering (9) | 8 | 4 | Def SUGGEST. LIMP* IC ( A T) E | --- |
| 15 | --- | Spread malice; it veils power to accuse indirectly (9) | 7 | 3 | Indicated by Spread (past participle), anagram of (malice it) containing (veils) P (power) , def - to accuse indirectly | --- |
| 16 | --- | Simple vicar unfrocked twice by oddly twee associate | 7 | 2 | [S]IMPL[E]+[V]ICA[R]+T[w]E[e] = associate, as in to | --- |
| 17 | --- | Involve rascal? No more accommodating irresponsible crook to begin with (9) | 6 | 2 | Involve is the def/ Rascal is imp, no more is late/ accommodating is container indicator/ irresponsible crook to being with us I and C | --- |
| 18 | --- | Amidst changing climate, archipelago’s focus is to pursue international compromise (9) | 6 | 2 | P (archipelago’s focus) probing CLIMATE* (anagrind: changing) after I (international); definition = compromise |
- Reading the cryptic surface is like watching Paul Adams bowl in his unique style and get a wicket. At the same time, reading the surface devoid of the cryptic is like watching Palki Sharma with a straight face. Take all the points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 19 | --- | Hint: International climate changes to get first priority (9) | 5 | 2 | Definition: Hint. Anno: (I)(CLIMATE)* around (P(-riority). International - I. Climate - Anagram fodder. Changes - Anagrind. To get - insertion indicator. First - Letter selection indicator |
- Definition? (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) |
| 20 | --- | Copy writer's in for extremely rare frame | 4 | 2 | I'M (writer's) comes in for RE (extremely rare) in Replicate(copy). Definition- frame. |
- The cryptic grammar linking “copy” with the substitution indicators ought to be more explicitly specified. (Aashirwad) |
| 21 | --- | Charge current member of parliament with false statement about Bengal, perhaps (9) | 2 | 2 | Def: Charge; I (current) + MP + LIE (false statement) about (containing) CAT (Bengal, perhaps) |
- Is "Bengal" by itself a synonym for tiger? I can't find a ready reference for this. (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 22 | --- | Charge's on setter's dominant image, according to Spooner (9) | 2 | 1 | Def: Charge Setter's -> I'm + spoonerism of key plate (definitions verified by Chambers) | --- |
| 23 | --- | Tbd | 1 | 1 | Tbd |
- Needs work 🙃 (@qpheevr) - One of my favorite clues. Reminds me of the boy who submitted a blank sheet in for an essay titled 'This is courage'. Take 1 point for not being too cavalier with the definition. (Pundit JEE) - One of my favorite clues. Reminds me of the boy who submitted a blank sheet in for an essay titled 'This is courage'. Take 1 point for not being too cavalier with the definition, or cryptic grammar, or just dishing out an acrostic... (Pundit JEE) |
| 24 | --- | Incriminate politician in one improper, essentially wiliest act (9) | 0 | 0 | MP in I (..LIE.. ACT)*. Improper: anind. Definition: Incriminate | --- |
| 25 | --- | Point to polar icecap broken up and engulfed by changing climate (9) | 0 | 0 | (I+P+CLIMATE)*: IP (“polar IcecaP”) separated (“broken up”) and inserted into (“engulfed by”) an anagram of (“changing”) CLIMATE. Def.: “point to” | --- |
| 26 | --- | Corrupted italic documents politician at the end to incriminate | 0 | 0 | Politician=MP inside (documents as containment indicator) italic* + e (thE end), definition: incriminate |
- The containment indicator is dodgy (Aashirwad) - I’m having trouble parsing the surface, and I’m not sure about “documents” as a containment indicator (@qpheevr) |