1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#589 - CHUCKLE
Total Clues: 26 Total Voters: 28
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aashirwad | Charlie - he has bad luck, lol! (7) | 26 | 12 | C (Charlie) + H(LUCK*)E; with lol as definition. |
- This is evocative! Take points for Peanuts! (Pundit JEE) |
| 2 | Abhay Phadnis | Drop extremely loathsome expression of amusement (7) | 25 | 13 | Charade of CHUCK (drop) and LE (extremely LoathsomE); definition: expression of amusement (chuckle as a noun) |
- That's sound advice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 3 | Mona Sogal | Get rid of extremely large crow (7) | 24 | 12 | Get rid of is chuck/ extremely large is L and E/ crow is the def |
- Nice. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 4 | samit kallianpur | Funny clue keeps cruciverbalist happy, for starters - elicits a laugh (7) | 23 | 11 | [Clue + k + c + h]*. Funny = anagrind. For starters = 1st letter selection ind. Elicits (causes) = connector. Def = a laugh (noun) | --- |
| 5 | Sampath Srinivasan | Excerpt from the classic Huckleberry Finn evokes a quiet laugh (7) | 21 | 9 | Telescopic clue; Def = quiet laugh; Excerpt from - hidden word indicator; |
- IMO "the" and "Finn" are superfluous in this construction (Abhay Phadnis) - I thought about doing something along these lines, but worried that “Finn” had no role in the wordplay. Will be interested to see what other voters think (@qpheevr) |
| 6 | @LowdownCryptic | Laugh head off, collapse after side-splitting ache (7) | 18 | 8 | Def: Laugh [head off, collapse = (b)UCKLE] after [side-splitting ache = (a)CH(e)] | --- |
| 7 | @qpheevr | Ohio’s busiest airport briefly detains young Finn for a laugh (7) | 14 | 5 | C(HUCK)LE: CLE = Ohio’s busiest airport, briefly (IATA code for Cleveland Hopkins International); HUCK = young Finn (as in Huckleberry); detains = containment indicator; a laugh = definition |
- I like the audacity of cluing CLE with "Ohio's busiest airport"! (verlainex) |
| 8 | Shobha Nayak | Laugh when half of hens cluck wildly | 13 | 7 | Anagram of HE + CLUCK |
- There's definitely some &lit there lurking... But, take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 9 | Textrous | Cryptic clue hack delivers a laugh (7) | 11 | 7 | Def: laugh; CLUEHACK* ("cryptic" is the anagrind) - a ("delivers" is the deletion indicator) | --- |
| 10 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Cryptic clue hack without answer? That’s a laugh (7) | 11 | 6 | Anagram (Cryptic) of CLUE H(- A = Answer)CK. Def.: a laugh | --- |
| 11 | --- | Snigger and throw fifty eggs at opening (7) | 9 | 6 | CHUCK + L + E(ggs); throw= chuck, fifty= L, eggs at opening= E (1st letter), def= snigger | --- |
| 12 | --- | Catch boy leaving for church and giggle (7) | 9 | 5 | BUCKLE (catch) with B (boy) leaving for CH (church). Def : giggle |
- Why not bishop? Would have been better. And then, there's some chess/check related semi &lit in there - nevertheless, take points (Pundit JEE) |
| 13 | --- | Get rid of the French for a bit of a laugh | 8 | 3 | CHUCK + LE Def is 'a bit of a laugh' | --- |
| 14 | --- | Savagely hack clue without a snigger | 8 | 3 | Anagram of hack clue minus A. Defn snigger. | --- |
| 15 | --- | Laugh about legendary Finn spitting out coffee bean (7) | 7 | 5 | C(about) HUCKLEBERRY (legendary Finn) - BERRY (coffee bean) . Def: Laugh | --- |
| 16 | --- | Champion constructed clue about king's laugh(7) | 7 | 3 | (CH)(CLUE*) around (K). Champion - CH. Clue - Anagram fodder. Constructed - Anagrind. King- K. About - Containment indicator. Definition: Laugh | --- |
| 17 | --- | Oust the French for a laugh | 7 | 2 | CHUCK (Oust) + LE (the French) = CHUCKLE (a laugh) |
- Similar to mine so I have to give points! (Nathan Townshend) |
| 18 | --- | Children's funny clue about king gets a laugh (7) | 6 | 4 | CH CLUE* around K | --- |
| 19 | --- | Throw out student, a bit eccentric, creating laughter (7) | 5 | 3 | CHUCK L E. Definition: Laughter. | --- |
| 20 | --- | Laugh inwardly, if missing life after fling (7) | 5 | 3 | Def - laugh inwardly, after (position indicator), fling - CHUCK, if missing life - L(-if)E | --- |
| 21 | --- | Church collapse without bishop for a laugh | 5 | 2 | Ch+buckle-b (church=ch, collapse=buckle, bishop=b) | --- |
| 22 | --- | Action star Norris let out (finally !) a soft laugh (7) | 4 | 2 | A soft laugh (Defn) - (CHUCK)(LEt), Action star - Chuck Norris, out finally - last letter delind | --- |
| 23 | --- | A possible sign of raised spirits: pixillated ghost pirate cycling? | 3 | 1 | Ghost pirate LECHUCK (Monkey Island) cycles to give something indicative of a good mood. Pixillated can mean drunk or crazy, but per Chambers also the same as pixellated, ie found in a video game. | --- |
| 24 | --- | Laugh head off. Pain? Bad luck for innards | 3 | 1 | Def: Laugh. Head off pain => (a)CHE. (LUCK)* inside. | --- |
| 25 | --- | Little Charles joined the French for a giggle (7) | 2 | 1 | Defn - A giggle; Little Charles - Chuck (a common dimunitive for Charles in the US) , the French - le; hence CHUCK+LE | --- |
| 26 | --- | Wangchuk's other half about to enter Leh without slightest bit of hatred, but with a smile (7) | 0 | 0 | about -> c inside chuk (Wangchuk's other half) + le-h, definition: smile |
- Not sure how half of a word becomes its "other half" (Abhay Phadnis) |