1ACCWC - Results
1ACCWC#592 - MIDTERM
Total Clues: 25 Total Voters: 22
✓ Contest Closed - Final Results
| # | Name | Clue | Points | Voters | Anno | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan Bandyopadhyay | Halfway through pregnancy, maiden frantically tried to get married (7) | 34 | 12 | M (Maiden) + Anagram (frantically) of TRIED + M (married); Def.: Halfway through pregnancy | --- |
| 2 | Nathan Townshend | Tried travelling with two males... now nineteen weeks pregnant! | 31 | 13 | TRIED + MM* Def is 'now 19 weeks pregnant' | --- |
| 3 | @LowdownCryptic | Trimmed off a half point? (7) | 15 | 9 | TRIMMED* (anagrind: off); Def: a half point (of a term) | --- |
| 4 | Textrous | Criminal tried to sneak in millions at the halfway mark (7) | 14 | 6 | Def: at the halfway mark, TRIED* ("criminal" is the anagrind) in ("sneak in" is the insertion indicator) MM ("millions") | --- |
| 5 | Ramki Krishnan | Happy mood - cleared merit exam! (7) | 13 | 6 | Def = exam, anagram of (M-D + MERIT), cleared = picking end letters, happy = anagram ind | --- |
| 6 | Aashirwad | School brimmed with tension overshadowing beginning of board exam (7) | 11 | 6 | Anagram of BRIMMED, with T (tension) overshadowing B (beginning of board). “School” is the verb imperative anagrind. “Exam” serves as the definition. | --- |
| 7 | @qpheevr | I’d met Mr. Messy about halfway through the semester (7) | 9 | 6 | (ID MET MR)*; anagrind “messy”; def. “about halfway through the semester” (N.Am. academic sense) | --- |
| 8 | Rupert | Tried corruption in 2000 election | 9 | 5 | TRIED* in MM | --- |
| 9 | Amrita Majumdar | Primarily, multiple interviews during tenure exposed Republican madman in elections (7) | 9 | 5 | Acrostic | --- |
| 10 | Shobha Nayak | Trump principally in strangely dimmer surroundings at halfway timeline | 9 | 5 | Anagram of DIMMER around T | --- |
| 11 | --- | Test for Republican caught in ill-timed misadventure, to begin with (7) | 6 | 4 | Test (Defn) - (TIMED)*(R)(M....e), ill-anagrind, Republican -R | --- |
| 12 | --- | Interim assessment kept under wraps by tumid termagant (7) | 5 | 3 | Hidden word - tuMID TERMagant. Hidden word indicator - kept under wraps by; Defn - Interim assessment | --- |
| 13 | --- | It is er.. the half-way point of tenure (7) | 5 | 3 | er = Mid-tERm; def = half-way point of tenure | --- |
| 14 | --- | Er ... the Republicans got wiped out in this election (7) | 5 | 2 | Er is in the middle of tERm. Def: The Republicans got wiped out in this election | --- |
| 15 | --- | Trimmed, chopped up to the halfway point | 4 | 3 | Anagrind (chopped) trimmed. Defn- halfway point | --- |
| 16 | --- | Popular survey yields answer 'er...' | 4 | 2 | Definition: Midterm is an election which is formally a survey of the populus or 'popular survey' . Wordplay: reverse cryptic , 'midterm' as a cryptic clue yields answer 'er' |
- “Popular survey” seems like a bit of a stretch as a definition (@qpheevr) |
| 17 | --- | Out of bounds, Emna has tried somehow halfway through the semester (7) | 3 | 2 | (TRIED*) inside ((-E)MM(A. )Out of bounds - First and last letter deletion indicator. Has - Container indicator. Somehow - Anagrind. Tried - Fodder. Definition: Half way through the semester. |
- Typo in clue - should be Emma instead of Emna (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 18 | --- | At interval, only halfway through? (7) | 3 | 1 | Reverse &lit mid letter selection (tERm) matched by int(ER)val, and the whole clue offering a def. | --- |
| 19 | --- | Unclear about time exam ends without hindrance essentially during the course of academic period (7) | 3 | 1 | MID<- T E(R)M. About: reversal indicator. Without: containment indicator. Definition: During the course of academic period | --- |
| 20 | --- | Most Indians Detest Trump's Economics and Restrictive Measures as reflected in the recent poll. | 2 | 1 | Recent poll =midterm. Acrostic |
- Extra A and no indicator (Kalyan Bandyopadhyay) - The capitalization rather gives away the game (@qpheevr) - What is the acrostic indicator? (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 21 | --- | Tired out in millions – Trump's November test? | 2 | 1 | Tired* in MM (millions), definition: Trump's November test | --- |
| 22 | --- | Recklessly trimmed pretest (7) | 1 | 1 | Def: Pretest Fodder: Trimmed* Indicator: Recklessly | --- |
| 23 | --- | Dems trim maniac driving out USA’s heart in election period | 1 | 1 | DEMS+TRIM* removing S (driving out uSa’s heart). Maniac=anagram ind. Def = election period | --- |
| 24 | --- | Benefit of direct message encrypted is examination, perhaps | 0 | 0 | [(benefit)MERIT + DM]* = examination, perhaps |
- Indirect anagram (Ramki Krishnan) |
| 25 | --- | Er, Mr President? I have some bad news | 0 | 0 | Reverse cryptic, mid-tERm being "er", &lit | --- |