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- From: tovah@panix.com (Tovah Hollander)
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords
- Subject: CWC28
- Keywords: competition, CWC, cryptic
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.203305.18425@panix.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 20:33:05 GMT
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
- Lines: 103
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- Guy wrote:
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- >I really like both clues, but because the second word was harder (and because
- >Tovah was the runner-up for the first clue), I am inviting her to moderate
- >CWC28 at her convenience.
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- Unfortunately, my convenience is going to make the judging period for
- CWC 28 somewhat lengthy, as I am off on vacation tomorrow and won't be
- back until after New Year's. However, I'm hoping that many of the rest
- of you have similar plans, so I'm going ahead with this.
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- Also, in compensation for the delay, I'm giving you a special bonus
- third clue to work on!
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- And so, on to ...
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- CLUE WRITING COMPETITION NUMBER 28
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- Welcome to the Clue Writing Competition 28 (devised by Ian Gent). The
- rules, and this article, are much the same as used in earlier rounds.
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- The dates for CWC 28 are:
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- Thursday 7 Jan 1993 23:59 EST Deadline for CWC28 entries
- Friday 8 Jan 1993 I'll post the CWC28 winners
- Friday 8 Jan 1993 I'll post an annotated list of entries.
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- The rules:
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- Later on in this posting you'll find two words or phrases. The first
- is chosen to be fairly easy to write a clue for; the second is intended
- to be more awkward.
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- You may submit clues for either or both words. I will accept only one
- clue per person for each word; If you send more than one for a word, I
- will accept the first one I receive. E-mail the clues, along with your
- name and e-mail address, clear explanations of how your clues work, and
- whether or not you could run the next contest, to me at the following
- address:
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- tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu (preferable) -OR-
- tovah@panix.com
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- After the deadline, I'll pick my favorite clue for each word; thus
- there will be two winning clues. I'll pick my favorite of these two as
- the overall winner, inviting its writer to set the next round of this
- competition. I'll post separately a list of runner-up clues, and all
- the remaining clues, with as much commentary as I see fit.
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- IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT post your own clues, or anything else that
- might give away the answer words! Some readers of this group want to
- try solving the winning clues; please don't spoil it for them.
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- The words for CWC28 follow, "rot13" encoded for extra security,
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- ERFBYHGVBA
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- RCVCUNAL
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- Special Holiday Bonus
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- Jevgr n guveq pyhr (sbe bar bs gur gjb jbeqf nobir
- be sbe nal jbeq lbh pubbfr) vapbecbengvat n fcbbarevfz (r.t.,
- PNHTUG FJBEQ/FBHTUG PUBEQ be UVG N TANG/XAVG N UNG). Gung vf,
- gur pyhr vgfrys fubhyq unir n pyrne naq frafvoyr fhesnpr ernqvat,
- ohg fubhyq or hafbyinoyr jvgubhg svefg "svkvat" gur fcbbarevfz.
- Sbe rknzcyr:
- Ybfg gnfgr sbe genafsre (5)
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- Nsgre punatvat "ybfg gnfgr" gb "gbffrq ynprq" jr unir na nantenz
- sbe "qrpny" (n genafsreerq cvpgher).
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- Happy holidays, one and all!
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- --
- Tovah Hollander
- tovah@panix.com -or- tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu
-