1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#591 - GAME PLANS
Total Clues: 29 Total Voters: 29
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyen Nabar | Artfully manages to retain power with liberal strategies (4,5) | 29 | 13 | MANAGES* around (P + L); artfully= anag ind, to retain= cont ind, power= P, liberal= L, def is strategies |
- You cannot use 'with' like this. There's a subtle nuance to it, like there is with 'about'. (Pundit JEE) - Topicality point (verlainex) |
| 2 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Step-by-step approaches for cooking lasagne, essentially simple (4,5) | 25 | 12 | Anagram (cooking) LASAGNE (standard UK spelling) + MP (middle letters of siMPle); Def.: Step-by-step approaches |
- This is such a great clue idea, spoiled by the wrong indicator/cryptic grammar - 'to cook' would have saved it. But take a point for lasagne. (Pundit JEE) - Definition for Wordplay is not good cryptic grammat (Avtaar) - Nice, but def for wordplay could have been avoided (samit kallianpur) |
| 3 | Textrous | Dreadful mental gaps allow no time for strategies (4,5) | 21 | 11 | MENTALGAPS* ("dreadful" is the anagrind) - T (allow no time), def: strategies |
- Point for describing how I feel in high-stakes crossword competitions (verlainex) |
| 4 | Sampath Srinivasan | Deftly manages to cover Premier League strategies (4, 5) | 18 | 11 | Anagram with containment and abbreviation; def = strategies; deftly (anagrind) MANAGES* ; to cover (containment); PL = Premier League | --- |
| 5 | Aashirwad | Piano incorporated in Indonesian music ensemble’s programmes (4,5) | 16 | 9 | GAMELAN is a traditional Indonesian music ensemble (very soothing music btw). Here, P (piano) goes into GAMELAN’S. “Programmes” as definition |
- I came up with the same idea. I also had an &lit prepared. I should have gone with the &lit. Too many gamelans making noise. But take points for sharing the same thought membrane. (Pundit JEE) - Programmes is a bit weak as a definition for game plans I'd have said (verlainex) |
| 6 | samit kallianpur | Most gay men play no sports primarily. Coaches might make them (4,5) | 15 | 8 | [Ga(-y) Me(-n) Pla(-y) N(-o) + S]. Most = indicator to delete last letters from fodder. Sports primarily = S. Def = Coaches might make them. |
- Them? Them, who? Sports? Or gay men? Or those? (Pundit JEE) - I love the surface to bits but the wordplay is very involved! (verlainex) |
| 7 | @LowdownCryptic | Distorted MAGA lens taking in Trump's latest schemes (4,5) | 15 | 8 | Anagram (distorted) of MAGA LENS taking in P (Trump's latest); Def: schemes | --- |
| 8 | Pundit JEE | Playbooks from Indonesian ensembles including piano (4,5) | 13 | 7 | Gamelans containing P, Def - playbooks (playbooks is a very familiar term for the Juilliard goers) | --- |
| 9 | VENKATESAN P | Prepare a new sample adopting good tactics (4,5) | 12 | 8 | (A+N+SAMPLE*) around (G). Good - G. New - N. Sample - Part of fodder. Adopting - Container indicator. Prepare - Anagrind. Definition - Tactics. |
- There's nothing offensive in this clue. Take points. (Pundit JEE) |
| 10 | Veera Raghavan | Criminal manages to nab record about strategies (4,5) | 11 | 6 | PL<- in MANAGES*. About: reversal indicator. Definition: strategies |
- Very nice wordplay (verlainex) |
| 11 | --- | Busy German salesman, heading out full of positive strategies (4,5) | 10 | 5 | G SALESMAN -S around P anagrammed , BUSY- anagram indicator |
- Nice. Salesman's heading would be a better indicator for S, imo. (samit kallianpur) |
| 12 | --- | Strategies to cure male pangs (4,5) | 9 | 6 | Def: Strategies Fodder: malepangs Anagram Indicator: Cure | --- |
| 13 | --- | Angels map out strategies (4, 5) | 9 | 5 | (ANGELS MAP)*; anagrind “out”; def. “strategies” |
- I have trained an AI bot to write clues. I'll continue to train it. This is the clue it wrote. Not bad. Take points. (Pundit JEE) - Simple but effective (verlainex) |
| 14 | --- | Strategies for including piano in the middle of Indonesian orchestras (4,5) | 8 | 6 | Strategies - Defn; including - insertion indicator; piano - P; Indonesian orchestras - GAMELANS, so GAME(P)LANS => GAME PLANS |
- Def for wordplay is not considered ok customarily, while wordplay for def is ok - on use of 'for' as link word
Def of wordplay is ok while wordplay of def is not.
In works both ways, but wordplay in def is preferable. Wordplay to def also just about ok.
One has to be picky in choosing link words that go along with the cryptic grammar, which is fixed for all and not open to innovation. One is advised to comply with the customs or else one gets sermonized.
But take one point for gamelan. (Pundit JEE) - I think this is neat wordplay but the surface doesn't pass the "sounds like an actual sentence" test (verlainex) |
| 15 | --- | Tactics for match factories running out of time | 8 | 6 | Match=game, factories=plants, -t (running out of time), definition - tactics |
- Def for wordplay is not considered ok customarily, while wordplay for def is ok - on use of 'for' as link word
Def of wordplay is ok while wordplay of def is not.
In works both ways, but wordplay in def is preferable. Wordplay to def also just about ok.
One has to be picky in choosing link words that go along with the cryptic grammar, which is fixed for all and not open to innovation. One is advised to comply with the customs or else one gets sermonized. (Pundit JEE) |
| 16 | --- | Strategies to manage mental gaps without tension | 8 | 5 | Anagram of MENTAL GAPS - T | --- |
| 17 | --- | After mega drubbing, President used slang discounting 'not good' strategies (4, 5) | 8 | 5 | Anagram of MEGA + P + Anagram of SLANG ignoring (= discounting) G. Def: Strategies |
- If you discount “not good” (NG) from SLANG you get SLA, not SLAN (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) - Either “discounting” or “not” by itself could signal dropping the G; I don’t know about both, though (@qpheevr) |
| 18 | --- | Initially, good analysts must examine past losses, assessing new strengths for coaches’ preparations (4,5) | 8 | 5 | Definition: coaches’ preparations, Acrostic, indicator is initially | --- |
| 19 | --- | Tactics to harry Megan and pals (4,5) | 8 | 5 | Anagrind (harry) megan pals. Defn- tactics |
- With the correct capitalization in surface, and a comma, it would have been ... Nice, so I'll be generous and make those edits in my head to give points, but one should not rely on such strange kindness, as to miss the aspiration in someone's name, and still get points. (Pundit JEE) - Nice clue but the famous Megan is actually Meghan (Nathan Townshend) |
| 20 | --- | Eliminating sides from Ecuador manager contrived to win football league with special tactics (4,5) | 7 | 4 | (MANAGER-ER)* around EPL (English Premier League)+S. Def: Tactics |
- "football league" to clue the whole of EPL seems a bit stretchy but then again I've probably seen "orchestra" cluing LSO and whatnot... so I like this a fair bit! (verlainex) |
| 21 | --- | Shocked MAGA starts to see electorate now loathes Trump's latest strategies | 6 | 4 | Shocked = anagram indicator; MAGA + S + E + N + L + P; Strategies = def |
- You get a vote just for topicality (verlainex) |
| 22 | --- | Donate a pound to Slytherin publication in return for Quidditch tactics? | 5 | 2 | Insert L [a pound] into SNAPE [Slytherin[ MAG [publication] and reverse to get GAME PLANS [Quidditch tactics, say] |
- This clue is clunky, but it checks some of the boxes that make me tick. So take points. (Pundit JEE) - Can't be solved without beyond-superficial knowledge of the Potter universe, but the wordplay is very well done. (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 23 | --- | Willing student in presentation auditorium initially gets extremely nervous unveiling strategies (4,5) | 4 | 2 | Strategies (Defn) - (GAME)(P...n)(L)(A....m)(N....S), Willing - Game, Student - L |
- Not sure how one gets P L A sequence (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) |
| 24 | --- | Indonesian groups adopting last-gasp strategies | 3 | 2 | GAMELANS <- (gas)P |
- This is libertarian. Last-gasp is frowned upon by some people. I know some of those people. One of them holds a sword on my head. You're lucky you can get away with this. But take a point for gamelan; I also played in the same group. Solidarity dominates discernment! (Pundit JEE) - I don't think last-gasp can really indicate P but I like this (verlainex) |
| 25 | --- | Ready? Play with partners dropping unknown strategies (4,5) | 2 | 2 | Ready GAME PLA ( - y unknown) NS partners. Def STRATEGIES | --- |
| 26 | --- | Distorted angles on map schemes | 2 | 1 | (ANGLES+MAP)* def: schemes |
- Not sure I like the anagram fodder being interrupted by "on" (verlainex) - Cryptic reading suggests "on" is part of the anagram fodder (Avtaar) - What happens to "on"? (Abhay Phadnis) |
| 27 | --- | Strategies for partners to follow : First person fills space left by another, primarily | 2 | 1 | First person = Me, Space = Gap, Left = L, Another primarily = A, Partners = NS - GA(ME)P +L+ A(nother)followed by NS - Defn Strategies | --- |
| 28 | --- | Sample gang endlessly rolling to decide strategies. | 0 | 0 | Anagram of sample+gang-g(endless) ; anind: rolling; definition: strategies=game plans |
- Good one (Sridhar Seethapathy) |
| 29 | --- | One ignored profits adopting ample mercurial strategies (4,5) | 0 | 0 | GAINS-I AROUND AMPLE* | --- |