1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#578 - GEN Z
Total Clues: 24 Total Voters: 24
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @qpheevr | Group of teenagers and twenty-somethings loitering in Copenhagen zoo (3, 1) | 32 | 14 | Hidden in “copenhaGEN Zoo…”; assuming (per Wikipedia) that Generation Z was born in 1997–2012, they’re now ages 13 to 29 | --- |
| 2 | Shobha Nayak | Leaders of government express new zeal for post-millenial group | 32 | 13 | Def = Post millenial group, Starting letters | --- |
| 3 | Amrita Majumdar | German auto pioneer needing no introduction for modern crowd (3,1) | 25 | 13 | G ( German ) (-B)ENZ - auto pioneer | --- |
| 4 | Aashirwad | Internet-native demographic’s latest in slang: “woke,” “bussin’” and “rizz”(3,1) | 17 | 9 | Taking last letters of slanG, wokE, bussiN’ and rizZ; definition: internet-native demographic | --- |
| 5 | @LowdownCryptic | Playing with fire, this youth group is freezing? (3,1) | 17 | 7 | Anagram: Playing with FIRE, [GEN Z] is FREEZING. Def in middle: [this youth group]. Question mark for surface sense and cryptic phrasing. |
- Very nice reverse anagram! A smart approach to take with such a short word (@qpheevr) |
| 6 | Adman_i | Report on unknown people who are digital natives (3,1) | 13 | 6 | People who are digital natives (Defn), Report - Gen, Unknown - Z | --- |
| 7 | verlainex | Bridging oxygen and zinc, twenty-something elements? | 12 | 6 | OXYGEN+ZINC is bridged by {oxy}GENZ{inc}. Most of the Gen Z cohort of society (elements of society, if you will) are now in their early 20s, and there are 21 elements between O and Zn. |
- Quite a creative approach. (Aashirwad) - Creative! (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 8 | Ramki Krishnan | Zoomers in grand topless luxury car (3,1) | 12 | 5 | Def = Zoomers, G = grand + (-B)ENZ | --- |
| 9 | Textrous | A group of people carrying enzyme bottles (3,1) | 11 | 6 | Def: A group of people, carryinG ENZyme, \"bottles\" (as a verb, meaning encloses) is the containment indicator |
- The definition is too vague for the given word. (Aashirwad) |
| 10 | Ramesh Ss | Today's youth from green zone oddly lost direction (3,1) | 10 | 5 | GrEeN ZoNe - N def Today's youth | --- |
| 11 | --- | Biz negotiations set up to host a specific demographic cohort | 10 | 5 | Reverse telescopic (SET UP as reversal indicator, TO HOST as Containment Indicator); Def on the right | --- |
| 12 | --- | General Zia dismantles aerial for digital natives? | 9 | 6 | General Zia less letters from aerial is Gen Z. Defn- digital natives |
- This approach would be more satisfying if the fodder were more different from the answer to begin with. (After all, “general” can be abbreviated to “gen.” without any fancy deletion indicators) (@qpheevr) |
| 13 | --- | List the conclusions of engaging lecture on “Jazz for Today’s Young Adults” (3,1) | 7 | 4 | List the "conclusions of” engagin[G] lectur[E] o[N] jaz[Z] (for) definition: today’s young adults | --- |
| 14 | --- | Developing enzyme contributing to a set of people who are incredibly media savvy (3,1) | 7 | 3 | Anno: developinG ENZyme(T). Hidden word indicator - Contributing to. Definition.: A set of people who are incredibly media savvy. | --- |
| 15 | --- | For starters, gaming energises nerdy, zany post-millennials (3,1) | 6 | 4 | Acrostic clue. | --- |
| 16 | --- | They protested and united to fight leaders in Government, exhibiting native zaniness | 6 | 2 | Def: They protested and united to fight; acrostic – leaders in G(overnment), E(xhibiting) N(ative) Z(aniness) |
- Nice topical story though this is not a universal definition of GenZ (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 17 | --- | Agent exposed by Zulu cohort (3,1) | 4 | 4 | (Remove 1st & last letters) GEN + Z (NATO alphabet). Def = cohort. | --- |
| 18 | --- | Delulu Jargonizers calling off clash with love on disgraced sir's resignation? | 3 | 1 | Anagram of Jargonizers (Delulu being the topical anagrind) - minus Clash + Love = minus (JAR+O) = and resignation of disgraced sir = Minus (SIR)* (JARGONIZERS - JARO)* - (SIR)* = GEN Z (Whole clue being the definition ) - &LIT - Surface story a tribute to a crazy generation that organized, jargonized and withdrew gracefully with a successful outcome. | --- |
| 19 | --- | Among daily buzz neglected, youth today is revolutionary (3,1) | 2 | 1 | Reverse container clue. buz(Z NEG)lected. Among: container ind. Revolutionary: reversal ind. Definition: Youth today | --- |
| 20 | --- | Young skinny rapper needs to give up dope (3,1) | 1 | 1 | GEN (skinny/info) + [JAY] Z = young (as generic noun). Jay = foolish person (Collins) |
- “Rapper” seems too vague to pick out Jay-Z specifically, especially if the name then has to get reduced to its last letter (@qpheevr) |
| 21 | --- | Zoomers uncover agent at the bazar centre (3, 1) | 1 | 1 | def = Zoomers; aGENt (uncover - deletion indicator) + baZar (centre - letter selection) |
- Grammatically, the constructions ought to be “uncovered agent” and “center of bazar” (Aashirwad) - Isn’t “bazaar” the standard spelling? (@qpheevr) |
| 22 | --- | Count the odds of Green Party's last follower being post Millennial | 1 | 1 | Count the odds of Green = GEN; party's last = Y; Y's follower = Z; post Millennial = def | --- |
| 23 | --- | One taking off before short-coming of Generative AI? (3-1) | 0 | 0 | Generative AI is Gen AI, one (I) takes off, leaving Gen A (alpha) , before that is Gen Z //cryptic def and &lit |
- Sorry, I just don’t see how the definition works… (Aashirwad) |
| 24 | --- | Zoomers flipping from buzz negativity (3,1) | 0 | 0 | Def: Zoomers. Flipping: reversal indicator. From: hidden indicator. Fodder: buzZ NEGativity. | --- |