1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#581 - TARIFF
Total Clues: 24 Total Voters: 27
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Townshend | Trump's aggressive rate increase for foreign leaders? | 38 | 15 | Acrostic &lit |
- Ideally it should be "leaders of ... " (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 2 | Textrous | Tax megastar if film is entertaining (6) | 28 | 13 | Def: Tax, megasTAR IF Film, containment indicator: is entertaining | --- |
| 3 | Abdul K | Disagreement about a Republican's tax | 20 | 12 | T{A + R}IFF | --- |
| 4 | Sampath Srinivasan | Tax all registered international freight forwarders, at source (6) | 20 | 9 | Acrostic; at source = first letter indicator | --- |
| 5 | Satyen Nabar | Row about American beginning to raise tax (6) | 19 | 10 | TIFF around A + R(aise); def= tax. | --- |
| 6 | Adman_i | Fruits initially taken in vibrant Iftar, as custom (6) | 17 | 7 | Custom (Definition) - IFT(F...t)AR*, Vibrant - Anagrind, Reference to the custom of eating fruits to break the Ramadan fast at Iftar |
- The comma could be omitted (Aashirwad) - This is a nice idea, but needs more work (Pundit JEE) |
| 7 | @LowdownCryptic | Endless traffic potentially a cross-border deterrent (6) | 15 | 8 | TRAFFI(c)* - anagrind: potentially; def: a cross-border deterrent |
- Nice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Duty of a king caught in dispute (6) | 14 | 7 | DUTY-def, A R inside TIFF |
- Nice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | Ramki Krishnan | What basically Trump and Republicans impose, fairly frequently? (6) | 13 | 7 | Acrostic of "Trump..frequently", def is whole clue | --- |
| 10 | PunMadMan | Levy tax primarily on leading artificial resin importers from Florida (6) | 12 | 6 | Clue with two acrostic parts. Levy - Defn; tax primarily -> T; on - doing double duty as a connector as well as an indicator that T precedes the rest of the letters in the answer; leading artificial resin importers from Florida -> ARIFF; so T+ARIFF. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Tax sailor if loud (6) | 12 | 6 | Tax is definition of tariff. Sailor is TAR + IF + F(loud in music, forte) | --- |
| 12 | --- | Tax dispute cracked by case of auditor(6) | 9 | 5 | (T(AR)IFF). Dispute - TIFF. Case of auditor - AR. Cracked by - Containment indicator.. Definition - Tax. | --- |
| 13 | --- | Unpleasant toll from guitar if fretting only middle string | 9 | 4 | {gui}TAR IF F{retting}, "only middle string" thereof. I don't know if tariffs are always unpleasant but where I come from they seem pretty rotten. Toll plays on two senses of toll as chiming sound/tax. |
- Some points deducted for 'unpleasant' (Pundit JEE) |
| 14 | --- | Case of trauma took disheartened rabbi to the limits of grief, belief, and duty (6) | 9 | 3 | Letter selections: TA + RI + F + F. Definition: duty. | --- |
| 15 | --- | Sailor's necessary and sufficient condition to pass? (6) | 7 | 4 | Andlit clue with the whole clue as definition, Sailor -> Tar , Necessary and sufficient condition to pass -> iff (if and only if) | --- |
| 16 | --- | Article breaking Stormy affair with snap of Trump giving payment for night at hotel! (6) | 6 | 3 | T(snap of Trump) with A (article) leaving anagram of AFFAIR (anagrind: Stormy). The definition is by example - hence the exclamation point at the end. “Snap” is defined as “scrap” or “whit” in BRB. “Breaking” is defined as “escaping” in BRB. |
- Love the idea but too many of the wordplay elements are a stretch (verlainex) |
| 17 | --- | Trade barrier starting with Trump, followed by a catchy repeating phrase (6) | 5 | 2 | T (starting with Trump) + A (from the clue) + RIFF (a catchy repeating phrase); Def: Trade barrier |
- Ok. Take some points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 18 | --- | Excise that oddly short musical phrase that is repeated (6) | 4 | 2 | Definition: excise; [ThAt]+[RIFF] | --- |
| 19 | --- | Toll not caught in jammed traffic | 3 | 2 | Definition: Toll; (traffic-c)* with jammed as anagram indicator |
- Not sure how jammed works as anagram ind. (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 20 | --- | Tocsin already ringing, initially providing loud toll (6) | 3 | 2 | T.A.R. (“Tocsin Already Ringing, initially”) + IF (“providing”) + F (“loud” [forte]); def. “toll” |
- Tocsin was a new word for me (Aashirwad) |
| 21 | --- | Initially, Trump announcements reduced international freight forwarders' tax | 3 | 1 | Acrostic, definition- tax. This happened in a parallel universe ,😊 |
- Could have gone with ‘raised’ instead of ‘reduced’ to keep it in this universe (@qpheevr) |
| 22 | --- | Mariner provided with facilities to start with in duty (6) | 2 | 2 | TAR IF F. Definition: Duty | --- |
| 23 | --- | Fart freely; stop if it is a duty (6) | 2 | 1 | Anagram (freely) of FART containing (stop) IF - tar(if)f |
- I don’t see how ‘stop’ works as a containment indicator here. (I could see something like ‘[content] stops [container]’, using ‘stops’ in the sense of ‘plugs up’) (@qpheevr) |
| 24 | --- | One rogue leader taking part in dispute to get toll | 0 | 0 | A (one) R (rogue leader) taking part in TIFF (dispute). Connector: To get. Def = toll |
- Should be "leader of rogues" (Ramki Krishnan) - As people will tell you in droves, Rogue leader is not R (Pundit JEE) |