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- From: kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Ralph Kennedy)
- Subject: ACC13 Clues *SPOILER*
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.001136.1086@asuvax.eas.asu.edu>
- Organization: crosswords
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11:36 GMT
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- SEPARATE
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- The quality of the clues was very good, and I had
- an extremely hard time forcing myself to select a winner.
- This is not all that surprising, since it is common
- knowledge that an easy way to get rid of me for a half an
- hour at a party is to put me in front of the record
- collection and demand that I choose the next selection.
- Nevertheless, a choice had to be made, so I ended up
- with:
-
- She was heartless, entrapping Arkansas head to leave wife (8).
-
- [(SHE heartless = SE) + (entrapping AR, PATE); to leave wife = defn;
- referring to our new President and his earlier episodes with
- Ms. Flowers]
-
- A very nice clue. It reads well, makes sense, and is
- even topical. Pretty nice cryptic too. First place,
- Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com).
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- Taking it from the rear (a character of Greek sexual abuses) leads to divorce
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- rev. ( ETA + RAPES ) = def.
-
- A bit on the wordy side, but nevertheless a very clever and
- entertaining clue. In the interests of accuracy, I think the
- surface reading could be improved by changing "leads to" to
- "can lead to". In the same vein, "abuses" is a bit judgmental
- in the surface reading. :-) Second place to Guy Jacobson
- (guy@ulysses.att.com).
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-
- Split up, look inside, get a rape suspect, and return (8)
-
- def. hidden (ET A RAPE S) backwards
-
- A very nice clue. Surface meaning a bit contrived,
- but it works. Honorable mention.
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- Move apart, see? (8)
-
- [SEPARATE = anagram (move) APART SEE] -- an overlapping &lit!
-
- I'm not sure if this technically qualifies as
- a 100% &lit; but whether or not it does, I still
- like the clue. Honorable mention.
-
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- English sailor with parrots heads west for divorce.
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- E TAR APES rev def.
- (This has to be an across clue.)
-
- Surface reading is a bit forced, but it works.
- A very nice cryptic. Honorable mention.
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- Other clues in no particular order:
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- Split ends? Tease apart tangles! (8)
- ----- --------------------------
- def. EASE PART anag.
-
- I'm not all that comfortable with the use of "ends"
- here, but I still find this clue intriguing.
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- Bugs ate spare filter (8)
-
- (anagram) (defn) (Filter, the verb, meaning to
- separate matter with different properties)
-
- I'm not too happy with the anagram indicator. I'd go
- for "bugged," but not "bugs."
-
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- Individual torn apart in diocese (8)
-
- Individual = separate
- torn apart = PARAT in diocese = SEE
-
- I like the cryptic a lot. The surface
- reading is a little shaky, but ok.
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- Somehow apes measure distance (8)
-
- Anag of APES+RATE = distance (as a verb) = separate
-
- I'm lukewarm about the anagram indicator, the use of "measure,"
- and the mental image of a bunch of simian surveyors. Not bad,
- I'm just lukewarm, is all.
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- Distanced in score, they curse par at eighth hole. (8)
- ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^
- definition
-
- Not too bad in the reading, but quite a few extra words.
- One improvement might be "...curse par at eight (8)".
- It doesn't sound any worse than before (and TV golf
- announcers do say "at eight", "at nine", etc)., and it
- eliminates one of the words that aren't doing anything.
- Still too many extras for a hidden word, though.
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- Divide 6 times the pets' area so that the asp eater can see a part
- of the step area and the pear seat - else you are paste ! (8)
-
- divide = separate
- divide = anagram indicator
- 6 anagrams (take your pick):
- pets area; asp eater; see a part; step area; pear seat; are paste.
-
- Well, you can't use the same physical word as both the anagram
- indicator and the definition. An amusing idea otherwise, though.
-
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- Divide monkeys up to assess value.
-
- Explanation : "Divide" (defn.);
- "monkeys up" = APES reversed;
- "to assess value" = defn. of "RATE"
-
- Pretty good charade. Surface reading is a bit off the wall,
- but certainly acceptable.
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- Withdraw when you notice a trap set inside.(8)
- | | | | |
- (defn. ) (SEE) (ATRAP anag.) |
- ( SE + PARAT + E )<-|
-
- Reads well, but "set" doesn't suggest anagram to me.
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- Parakeets heartlessly moved apart (8)
- [PARAKEETS-K, anag]
-
- Nice short clue.
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- Moving tees restricted average score by one individual (8)
- [TEES anag. around PAR+A; individual=defn.]
-
- Nice cryptic, but you lost me on the surface meaning.
-
-
- --Ralph Kennedy {ames,gatech,husc6,rutgers}!ncar!noao!asuvax!kennedy
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