1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#583 - RESERVATION
Total Clues: 24 Total Voters: 26
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitish Asthana | Confused voters are in doubt | 35 | 15 | Anagrind voters are in. Defn-- doubt. |
- Even better (Pundit JEE) - We had the same idea! (@qpheevr) |
| 2 | @qpheevr | Swing voters are in doubt (11) | 27 | 13 | (VOTERS ARE IN)*; anagrind “swing”; def. “doubt” (as in “I have reservations about this proposal”) |
- Best (Pundit JEE) |
| 3 | Shobha Nayak | Quota ratios never fixed | 20 | 9 | Anagram of RATIOS NEVER | --- |
| 4 | VENKATESAN P | Abnormal rate revision ignored top investor's concern(11) | 20 | 9 | (RATE+REVISION -I)". Top investor - I (top being letter selection indicator). Abnormal - Anagrind. Ignored - deletion indicator. Definition - Concern. | --- |
| 5 | verlainex | Doubt Indians feel at home here | 20 | 7 | Double def: doubt ("I have some reservations") / (American) Indian home | --- |
| 6 | Ramki Krishnan | A lot of investors are dithering in doubt (11) | 17 | 9 | (INVESTOR + ARE) anagram, "a lot of" -> tail deletion indicator, dithering = anagrind, doubt = def | --- |
| 7 | @LowdownCryptic | Republican votes are in terrible doubt (11) | 17 | 8 | R + (VOTES ARE IN)* anagrind: terrible; def: doubt |
- Good (Pundit JEE) |
| 8 | Nathan Townshend | Foreign voters are in a specially allocated area | 15 | 7 | VOTERS ARE IN * Foreign = anagram indicator |
- Better (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | N Anantakrishnan | Voters are missing regularly in SIR, arousing scepticism (11) | 12 | 5 | [voters are (-i)n(-S)I(-R)]* Arousing - anagram indicator. Def - Sceptcism |
- Very nice topical connection, but I don't think "arousing" as anagrind works after the fodder (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 10 | PunMadMan | Difficult NRI averse to advance booking (11) | 11 | 4 | (NRIAVERSETO)* Difficult - Anagram indicator; NRI averse to - Fodder; advance booking - Definition. (Note for non-Indian voters - NRI is a commonly used short form for 'Non-Resident Indian') | --- |
| 11 | --- | Arrest novice criminal caught outside Native American territory (11) | 10 | 5 | ARRESTNOVICE* - C; def: Native American territory | --- |
| 12 | --- | Setter participating in stoner rave organized in park (11) | 9 | 4 | I (setter) contained in anagram of STONER RAVE, with “park” as definition. | --- |
| 13 | --- | Booking over, train's running after basically everyone has boarded (11) | 9 | 4 | Booking: definition. OVERTRAINS* about E. Running: anagrind | --- |
| 14 | --- | Note arrives about requirement (11) | 9 | 4 | notearrives* Def = requirement | --- |
| 15 | --- | Native resort established with exclusive piece of territory? (11) | 7 | 3 | Anagram of (native resort - T)* &lit! |
- Not sure I buy “with exclusive” as a deletion indicator. “With piece of territory set aside” could work, to suit the surface/&lit reading (@qpheevr) |
| 16 | --- | Native American enclave starts to remove external settlers, enforcing resounding vote against the influx of newcomers (11) | 6 | 3 | Acrostic (starts to); definition: Native American enclave | --- |
| 17 | --- | Booking one into busy vegan resort without hint of grandeur (11) | 4 | 2 | I inside VEGAN RESORT* - G, BOOKING -DEF | --- |
| 18 | --- | Leaderless conservation effort gives rise to scepticism (11) | 3 | 2 | def = scepticism; Conservation = PRESERVATION; leaderless = first letter deletion indicator : (p)RESERVATION |
- “Conservation” already has most of the answer in it, which detracts from the wordplay in my books (@qpheevr) |
| 19 | --- | Incomplete book (surprisingly on AI), began with technological uncertainty (11) | 3 | 1 | Uncertainty (Definition) - (RESERVe)(ON AI Technological)*, Book - reserve, Surprisingly - anagrind, Began - first letter |
- Reserve and reservation have the same root (Ramki Krishnan) - ‘Reserve’ is the root of ‘reservation’, which makes the wordplay less satisfying. And I don’t think ‘began with’ quite works as a first-letter selector (@qpheevr) |
| 20 | --- | Daily allotment includes a compilation of verse. Is that a concern? (11) | 2 | 1 | VERSE anagrammed (indicated by ‘a compilation of’) inside RATION. Def. = a concern | --- |
| 21 | --- | Plate out ration and serve with doubt (11) | 0 | 0 | Annotation: "Plate out" acts as the anagram indicator for RATION + SERVE . Unscrambling RATION + SERVE yields RESERVATION (defined as "doubt" or a booking/hesitation). | --- |
| 22 | --- | Doubt upkeep without head (11) | 0 | 0 | DOUBT definition. (-p)RESERVATION = upkeep |
- Preservation and reservation have the same root. (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 23 | --- | Finally decide to briefly start a rally, cutting into allotment for quota? (11) | 0 | 0 | Def.: Quota; R(E SERV)ATION = E (finally decidE) + SERV(e) (to start a tennis rally, briefly) inside RATION (allotment) | --- |
| 24 | --- | Cosier tavern without captial muddled up booking | 0 | 0 | Cosiertavern-c, muddled up as anagram indicator, definition - booking | --- |