1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#587 - BACTERIA
Total Clues: 21 Total Voters: 20
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @LowdownCryptic | Salmonella, possibly from bad crab I ate (8) | 34 | 13 | CRAB I ATE* (bad); Def: Salmonella, possibly |
- Very nice use of “possibly” (@qpheevr) |
| 2 | Pundit JEE | Cabaret dancing stopped by India's highly cultured lot (8) | 29 | 11 | Anagram (dancing) of (cabaret*) around (stopped by) I (India, NATO), def - highly cultured lot | --- |
| 3 | Textrous | Care a bit about germs that may benefit the gut (8) | 23 | 10 | Careabit*, anagrind: about, def: germs that may benefit the gut |
- It’s nice to see one clue that recognizes some bacteria are beneficial! (@qpheevr) |
| 4 | Adman_i | Fabricated content about germs (8) | 17 | 8 | Germs (Definition) - f(ABRICATE)*d, Fabricated - fodder, Content - what's inside, About - anagrind |
- Nice find! (@qpheevr) - Should be "content of " IMO (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 5 | Sampath Srinivasan | Tiny creatures in nails, hair, etc. abound, that are revolting (8) | 13 | 7 | Telescopic, reversal. def = bugs; in - containment indicator; revolting - reversal indicator; hAIR ETC ABound << |
- Role of 'nails' in the clue? (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) - How does “nails” fit in here? (@qpheevr) |
| 6 | Shobha Nayak | Disease-causing organisms from bat I care about | 11 | 5 | Anagram of BAT I CARE | --- |
| 7 | Aashirwad | Beginning of epidemic observed in Central Asian region - pneumonic plague, possibly (8) | 11 | 5 | E (beginning of epidemic) contained in BACTRIA (central Asian region), with definition by example. Inspired by recent headlines |
- 'observed' is unnecessary (Nathan Townshend) - Topical and well-constructed (@qpheevr) |
| 8 | Amrita Majumdar | Bugs in twisted hair etc abhorrent (8) | 10 | 5 | Reverse Telescopic | --- |
| 9 | Casey Callaghan | Broadcast: "Alien transport brought back tiny organisms!" | 10 | 3 | AIR (Broadcast) + ET (Alien) + CAB (transport) reversed (brought back) = BACTERIA (tiny organisms) | --- |
| 10 | VENKATESAN P | Setter hugged by wild bearcat gets germs (8) | 9 | 6 | (BEARCAT*) over (I). Setter - I. Bearcat - Fodder. Wild - Anagrind. Hugged by - Containment indicator. Definition - Germs. | --- |
| 11 | --- | Bugs performing aerobatics without oxygen and sulphur | 5 | 3 | (Aerobatics-o-s)* |
- Surface does not look natural IMO (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 12 | --- | Can TB care with AI possibly spread disease? | 5 | 3 | Anagram of TB Care AI (suggestion possibly), definition is spread disease, in a wordplay | --- |
| 13 | --- | Microbes revealed by cooked crab I ate (8) | 4 | 3 | (CRABIATE)* ; Microbes - defn; cooked - anagram indicator; anagram fodder - crab I ate | --- |
| 14 | --- | Fermented a bit, cream mostly becoming possible causes of disease (8) | 4 | 2 | Anagram (fermented) of A BIT CREA(m); Def.: possible causes of disease | --- |
| 15 | --- | Source of outbreak of food poisoning in Gaul? Fishmonger's wife (8) | 4 | 1 | Double definition 1) Source of outbreak of food poisoning 2) In Gaul fishmongers wife |
- I didn’t recognize the reference because I’ve only read Astérix in French (where this character’s name is Ielosubmarine) (@qpheevr) |
| 16 | --- | Race-bait can become a pathogen | 2 | 1 | Fodder, grind, def | --- |
| 17 | --- | Mostly behind onsets of the infections are perhaps disease causing germs (8) | 1 | 1 | BAC(-k) [T(he) I(nfections) ARE]*. Perhaps: anagrind Definition: Disease causing germs | --- |
| 18 | --- | Microbes promote more weeping aloud (8) | 1 | 1 | Homophone (indicated by “aloud”) of BACK (“promote”) TEARIER (“more weeping”) in non-rhotic accents | --- |
| 19 | --- | High if you're drunk, messily irate, and often in filthy places (8) | 0 | 0 | "BAC" = blood alcohol content (high if you're drunk); messily IRATE = TERIA (anag). "Often in filthy places" = def. BACTERIA, which are often found in filthy places |
- Neither “high if you’re drunk” nor “often in filthy places” quite works for me—I need something to indicate that these are cluing a thing that has a property rather than the property itself (e.g., “it’s high if you’re drunk” for BAC) (@qpheevr) |
| 20 | --- | Take care.Bait is laid by a small organism . | 0 | 0 | Anagram of care bait .laid is anind. |
- Bacteria is a plural word. (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) - What role does “take” play in the cryptic reading? (@qpheevr) - "Take" is extraneous. Not sure if laid works as anagram indicator (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 21 | --- | I bear waste bandages - do they spread diseases? (8) | 0 | 0 | Def = they spread diseases, anagram of IBEAR around ACT (do), waste = anagram ind, bandages = containment ind | --- |