1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#588 - TAKE OFF
Total Clues: 24 Total Voters: 24
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramki Krishnan | Go ape! (4,3) | 29 | 11 | Double def. Take off = go, take off = ape (imitate) |
- This is what I was trying to do, but better! (N. S. Harvey) - Chapeau! (@qpheevr) |
| 2 | Nilesh Parmar | Accept bid without hesitation and leave | 27 | 13 | Accept=take, bid=offer, without hesitation= -er |
- Very much enjoyed this one; could easily see it in a published crossword (N. S. Harvey) |
| 3 | Manish Jhaveri | What airplanes do from runway strip (4, 3) | 25 | 12 | Double Definition. 1>What airplanes do from runway 2>strip |
- Because "strip" could just as easily be part of the first definition, this feels non-cryptic, although I see what you were going for. (N. S. Harvey) |
| 4 | @qpheevr | Strip to become popular? (4, 3) | 22 | 9 | Double definition | --- |
| 5 | Textrous | Undress Kate? (4,3) | 21 | 10 | Def: Undress, Reverse Anagram: Kate is “Take Off” |
- No reverse anagram indicator? (@qpheevr) |
| 6 | Ashit Hegde | STRIP TEASE (4,3) | 18 | 9 | DD |
- Nice surface (N. S. Harvey) |
| 7 | Sampath Srinivasan | Beat it, Kate ! (4, 3) | 14 | 8 | Reverse Anagram; def = beat it |
- I have a feeling these reverse-engineered anags with indicators in the solution are things of which Ximenes would not approve, but I still enjoyed the clue (N. S. Harvey) |
| 8 | Casey Callaghan | Oft fake being unwell and stay home from work | 10 | 6 | OFTFAKE* anag. (Indicator: “being unwell”) | --- |
| 9 | Amrita Majumdar | Remove topping of eggs in fine kofta dish (4,3) | 9 | 5 | Remove-DEF , E inside FKOFTA* , dish - ANAGRAM IND |
- "Dish" doesn't work as an anag ind for me, but it's a good surface despite that (N. S. Harvey) |
| 10 | Adman_i | British aristocrat stores headless rake in shed (4,3) | 9 | 5 | Shed (Definition) - T(rAKE)OFF, British aristocrat - Toff, stores - containment ind, headless - first letter del ind | --- |
| 11 | --- | Extraordinary feat of king to leave the ground (4,3) | 9 | 4 | (FEAT+OF+K)*. King - K. Extraordinary - Anagrind. Definition - to leave the ground | --- |
| 12 | --- | Leave cancelled after the account keeper erred basically (4,3) | 6 | 3 | OFF after T A K E. Definition: leave | --- |
| 13 | --- | Remove cryptic Kate | 6 | 2 | Def= Remove, Cryptic Kate = Take off | --- |
| 14 | --- | Imitate Kate, cryptically? | 6 | 2 | Reverse Anagram- answer is fodder and anagrind- take off. Definition is imitate. | --- |
| 15 | --- | Run away from ape (4,3) | 5 | 3 | Double definition: run away= take off, ape (verb as in imitate)= take off | --- |
| 16 | --- | Some shiitake of France catch on (4,3) | 5 | 2 | Hidden (indicated by 'some') in shiiTAKE OF France; (shiitake is the same in singular and plural, so 'catch on' agrees); Def.: catch on (become popular, ref. Collins, Oxford) | --- |
| 17 | --- | Go away and imitate what Ariane does | 5 | 2 | Def1: Go away; Def2: imitate; Def3: What Ariane (rocket) does |
- Nice surface, and I like the triple def (N. S. Harvey) |
| 18 | --- | Setters Kate and Shed | 4 | 2 | Reverse cryptic: TAKE OFF = KATE | --- |
| 19 | --- | Jack rabbit? (4,3) | 4 | 2 | Double definition. Jack = steal; rabbit = run away (meaning listed in Collins dictionary) |
- Lovely surface but "rabbit" sacrifices some solvability even though it's a legit def (N. S. Harvey) - ‘Jack’ can mean ‘take’, but I don’t quite see how it can mean ‘take off’ (@qpheevr) |
| 20 | --- | Find success with attempt at anagram indicator | 3 | 2 | Def: "Find success", "attempt" = TAKE, "anagram indicator" = OFF | --- |
| 21 | --- | Kate, go on holiday (4,3) | 3 | 2 | KATE* OFF anagrind from solution RA clue. def: Go on holiday |
- A layered anagram with an overlapping definition will have its strong detractors, but the surface is really fun (N. S. Harvey) |
| 22 | --- | Shed ape (4,3) | 0 | 0 | It's a double definition. If you shed a piece of clothing, you take it off. If you mimic someone, you take them off. | --- |
| 23 | --- | Stop being down to earth, strip away (4-3) | 0 | 0 | Dd/cd, Cryptic definition (take-off , take off) | --- |
| 24 | --- | Contrarily, fail to bolt on, stay put on land? | 0 | 0 | Antonymic ("contrarily") quadruple definition. Fail = opposite of succeed, prosper, take off; bolt on = opposite of detach, take off; stay = opposite of leave, split, take off; put on = opposite of remove, take off an item of clothing; land = opposite of take off in a plane. | --- |