1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#582 - GROUNDS
Total Clues: 18 Total Voters: 19
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Distributed drugs on campus (7) | 37 | 16 | (DRUGS ON)*, distributed is anag ind, def is campus |
- Shhh. Don't tell everyone. (Pundit JEE) |
| 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Police dogs run to get evidence (7) | 24 | 10 | Anagram of DOGSRUN, police = anagram (verb imperative), def = grounds |
- Take 2 points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 3 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Case of Godfather pursued by surprisingly sound evidence (7) | 20 | 9 | Def.: Evidence; GR (case of GodfatheR) + anagram (surprisingly) of SOUND | --- |
| 4 | Adman_i | High on drugs in the park (7) | 16 | 9 | Park (Definition) - (ON DRUGS)*, High - anagrind | --- |
| 5 | Polslaw | Park where dogs run freely (7) | 15 | 8 | Def. Park. Anagram DOGS RUN. |
- Superb! Take 3 points. Best of the running dogs. (Pundit JEE) |
| 6 | Amrita Majumdar | Dogs run around in parks (7) | 13 | 6 | DOGSRUN* | --- |
| 7 | Sampath Srinivasan | Bits of grass on topless mounds define the terrain (7) | 10 | 4 | Charade with letter selection; bits of GR(ass) and topless (m)OUNDS; def = terrain | --- |
| 8 | Aashirwad | Places for playing golf games? (7) | 9 | 6 | G (golf) + ROUNDS (games), with “places for playing as definition.” Also &lit |
- Take 1 point for a clear def and wordplay , and extension of meaning into wordplay. 3 points deducted because it is not &lit. (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Bursting sound followed grand opening of restaurant in park (7) | 9 | 4 | (G)(R)(SOUND*). Grand - G. Opening of restaurant - R. Sound - Anagram fodder. Bursting - Anagrind. Definition - Park. |
- Nicely done. Take all the points. Even though some people will say park is ground and grounds need parks. But a park can have many grounds. (Pundit JEE) |
| 10 | Manish Jhaveri | Account deposit? (7) | 8 | 3 | Double Definition; account as in reason and deposit as in dregs |
- Negative marking needed (Pundit JEE) |
| 11 | --- | Dogs run around a park (7) | 5 | 3 | Def: a park, Anagram (around) of DOGSRUN |
- Unimaginative anaground (Pundit JEE) |
| 12 | --- | "Dregs?" "No, drugs – please fix that!" (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: Dregs (i.e. coffee grounds); NO DRUGS* with imperative anagrind "please fix that!" | --- |
| 13 | --- | Reason why stout rodents pig out? | 4 | 2 | Def = "reason why"; stout rodents = GROUNDHOGS; remove HOG (pig "out") | --- |
| 14 | --- | Sports arenas holding round shape within | 3 | 2 | Telescopic | --- |
| 15 | --- | Greek and German between them love to essentially possess lands(7) | 3 | 1 | GR (O) UND S. Definition: Lands | --- |
| 16 | --- | Keeps out of the airbase (7) | 2 | 1 | Double def.: “keeps out of the air” (transitive verb) + “base” (noun) | --- |
| 17 | --- | No drugs to be distributed on the beaches! | 1 | 1 | Anagrind no drugs. Defn- beaches | --- |
| 18 | --- | Clues in on: Breaks... News... _______?? (7) | 0 | 0 | Def: clues in on , wordplay: just trying to break new ground here. Praying to St. Araucaria... 🤞 |
- Innovative, but I don’t think it gives the solver enough support for the necessary leap (@qpheevr) |