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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)