1ACCWC - Vote

1ACCWC#585 - TOURNEY

Voting ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM GMT+3

Note: All times are in GMT+3 (matching your WordPress account timezone).

Points: 0/10 | Clues voted: 0
  • All participants who set clues are expected to vote. You are not allowed to vote for your own clue
  • Click on clues to shortlist them, click on the 'Shortlisted' Button to see shortlisted clues only
  • Use arrows to move clues up or down the list if you wish to. Clicking on the buttons moves the clue right to the Top or Bottom of the list.
  • Allocate a total of exactly 10 points across as many clues as you wish (e.g. 4,3,2,1 or 4,4,2 or 3,3,3,1). A running total is visible at the top of the page to help you see what you have allocated.
  • Click Submit votes before the deadline (Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM GMT+3). Submitting again replaces your earlier ballot.
  • Comments without voting: You may leave a comment on any clue even if you give it 0 points. If your vote ballot is not complete, you can still submit comments only.
  • Public comments appear on the Results page after the contest closes, shown as your comment text (Your Name).
  • Private comments are visible only on the host dashboard (Comments tab) — they never appear on the public Results page.
  • Votes from voters whose names are not recognised from FB/Twitter/Bluesky will be disallowed. Please use your login IDs.
  • Participants who do not vote will lose 10 points for the round
PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME
# Order Clue Voting
1 Clue: Contest to run all over the place on first of every year (7)
Anno: Def: contest; To = TO (suggested in clue); Anagram: (RUN)* = URN; All over the place = anagram indicator; On = position indicator (down clue); First of every = E(VERY) = E; Year = Y; TO-URN-E-Y

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
2 Clue: Rout galvanised desire to bounce back in competition (7)
Anno: ROUT* (galvanised is anagrind) + NEY (yen = desire bouncing back)

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
3 Clue: Our net got damaged by the end of hockey tournament (7)
Anno: OURNET* ("got damaged" is the anagrind) + Y (the end of hockey); def: tournament

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
4 Clue: Ride from opposite sides to joust, dismantling each other? (7)
Anno: Ride - Journey, opposite sides to JousT - J & T, dismantling J with T, journey becomes tourney &lit!

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
5 Clue: Indian Crossword League is one time my group's craving returns (7)
Anno: T (time) + OUR (my group's) + reversed YEN (craving returns); Definition: IXL is one (def by example)

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
6 Clue: Demolished one yurt for curling event, maybe
Anno: Oneyurt* with demolished anagrind

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
7 Clue: Clash turned unrestrained during play (7)
Anno: Clash: definition. (t)URNE(d) in TOY TO(URNE)Y

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
8 Clue: Time travel journal missing in encounter (7)
Anno: T JOURNEY (travel) -J (journal), Encounter-def

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
9 Clue: Time for Jack to go and fight (7)
Anno: T for J (jack) (in) Journey = to go (verb). Def = fight (Collins)

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
10 Clue: Longing to return after trip to Wimbledon, say (7)
Anno: Charade: TOUR (trip) YEN (longing) << (to return) def = Winbledon, say

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
11 Clue: Fantastic run-out ! Finally, Pakistan secure victory in the championship (7)
Anno: Championship(Defn) – (R OUT)*(pakistaN securE victorY), Run-R, Fantastic - anagrind, Finally - last letters

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
12 Clue: Contest ruined routinely, leaders of Israel and Lebanon not participating
Anno: Def= CONTEST, Anagram of ROUTINELY - IL

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
13 Clue: Rout toyed with the heads of nearly every Yankee in the ALCS, it seems (7)
Anno: Def: the ALCS, it seems. TOUR (“rout toyed with”) + N + E + Y (“heads of nearly every Yankee”)

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
14 Clue: Your networking lists? (7)
Anno: (YOUR NET)*; anagrind “working”; def. “lists” (mediaeval joust); ? to acknowledge funny business (the lack of a space between fodder and anagrind)

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
15 Clue: Give support our Neyveli athetes for winning the contest.
Anno: HIPS. suppor. t our Ney veli. Contest=tourney

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
16 Clue: Hankering to return after travel for World Cup? (7)
Anno: Reversal of YEN (hankering) after TOUR (travel), with definition by example

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
17 Clue: Adjust your net for Australian Open, say(7)
Anno: (YOUR+NET)*. Adjust - Anagrind. Australian Open, say - Definition.

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
18 Clue: Model to go topless in competition (7)
Anno: T (model) + JOURNEY (go) -J (topless), def = competition

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
19 Clue: Open your ten bananas!
Anno: Anagram of your ten. Defn- Open

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
20 Clue: Treacherous, shortened New York route for competition (7)
Anno: (NYROUTE)*; Treacherous = Anagrind; shortened New York = NY; competition = Definition.

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
21 Clue: Surprisingly, you’re not forsaking love for sports event (7)
Anno: Anagram (‘surprisingly’) of YOURE NOT (fodder) without O (love, deletion indicated by ‘forsaking’), Def.: sports event

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
22 Clue: After catastrophic rout, desire to return to battle
Anno: (ROUT*) + YEN reversed. To tourney (v.) = to battle

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
23 Clue: Championship journey begins with new, excellent players essentially(7)
Anno: Definition is championship; journey is tour, n e (begins with), pla(y)ers essentially

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
24 Clue: Fight to broadcast “24” after removing scattered bits of profanity (7)
Anno: Defintion: fight; anagram of [TwENtY fOUR] after removing [w,t,f] (scattered bits of profanity); anagram indicator: broadcast

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility:
25 Clue: Two empty cities holding Europe's last event?
Anno: Two empty = TO; cities = UR & NY, holding E; event = def

Comment (optional — no vote required):
Visibility: