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WG 57 announcement: J* by 2 May
From
Duke@21:1/5 to
All on Sat Apr 24 19:38:23 2021
Thanks to Kevin for running WG 56, and for liking my clue.
The last few WG competitions have not had very many entries, so I'm aiming at a nice broad audience with this one. Sumer is, I think we can agree, icumen in, and it won't be long before we are in its heart, the months of June and July.
So this challenge is to write a clue for any word -- one word -- starting with J.
Deadline is midnight my time (Pacific Daylight, UTC - 7) Sunday, May 2nd.
As always, have fun,
Duke
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From
wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to
All on Thu Apr 29 05:31:36 2021
Hare let out a yell about justice being perverted a little (10)
Are we doing the usual three clues, or just one this time?
Kevin Wald
wald@math.uchicago.edu | Yell and point at 1,250 posh
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | men unveiling this, say (7 4)
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From
Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to
All on Fri Apr 30 06:12:22 2021
Can Baptist evangelist trick any guy? (4)
Luciano
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From
Duke@21:1/5 to
All on Fri Apr 30 08:37:55 2021
Please enter up to thrice!
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From
Duke@21:1/5 to
Duke on Sun May 2 16:07:36 2021
On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 7:38:23 PM UTC-7, Duke wrote:
Thanks to Kevin for running WG 56, and for liking my clue.
The last few WG competitions have not had very many entries, so I'm aiming at a nice broad audience with this one. Sumer is, I think we can agree, icumen in, and it won't be long before we are in its heart, the months of June and July.
So this challenge is to write a clue for any word -- one word -- starting with J.
Deadline is midnight my time (Pacific Daylight, UTC - 7) Sunday, May 2nd.
As always, have fun,
Duke
Last call!
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From
Rob@21:1/5 to
All on Mon May 3 08:32:54 2021
A few hours late, but I'll throw in a couple of bonuses:
Preserve stuff (3)
Wreck a job by resorting to a load of made-up words (11)
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From
Duke@21:1/5 to
All on Fri May 7 17:32:51 2021
Thanks to those who entered, particularly Rob, who made this much more fun than it might have been.
Here are the clues, but I haven't quite sussed out Kevin's. Help?
From Kevin:
Hare let out a yell about justice being perverted a little (10)
? JACKRABBIT, but I don't quite see it. I'm thinking J + ABIT about ACK, but that doesn't do it.
From Luciano:
Can Baptist evangelist trick any guy? (4) Luciano
JOHN: quintuple definition: Can (as in lavatory), Baptist, Evangelist,
trick (as in patron of sex worker), and "any guy"
From Rob:
Preserve stuff (3)
JAM: Double definition
Wreck a job by resorting to a load of made-up words (11)
JABBERWOCKY: Anagram ("by resorting") of WRECKAJOB, def. is "a load...words"
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From
wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to
All on Sun May 9 07:39:50 2021
Hare let out a yell about justice being perverted a little (10)
? JACKRABBIT, but I don't quite see it. I'm thinking J + ABIT about ACK, but that doesn't do it.
Hare = definition
let out a yell = BARK
about = CA
justice = J
being perverted = reversal indicator
BARK + CA + J reversed = JACKRAB
a little = BIT
JACKRAB + BIT = JACKRABBIT
Kevin Wald
wald@math.uchicago.edu | Bark of canine one's
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | initially eager to stop (5)
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From
Duke@21:1/5 to
All on Wed May 12 14:19:05 2021
Here are the entries in WG 57, with my opinions. Following one common custom, the winner is revealed at the end.
From Kevin:
Hare let out a yell about justice being perverted a little (10)
JACKRABBIT: rev. ("being perverted") BARK + CA + J, + BIT
Sorry I missed it. Fair construction, amusing surface.
From Luciano:
Can Baptist evangelist trick any guy? (4) Luciano
JOHN: quintuple definition: Can (as in lavatory), Baptist, Evangelist, trick (as in patron of sex worker), and "any guy"
Nicely done; you don't see five definitions every day, and the surface works. Nice switch on "trick."
From Rob:
Preserve stuff (3)
JAM: Double definition
Neat, clean, and delicious on toast.
Wreck a job by resorting to a load of made-up words (11)
JABBERWOCKY: Anagram ("by resorting") of WRECKAJOBBY, def. is "a load...words"
Nice anagram and smooth surface. I might pick a nit with the definition, but I get it.
These are four strong entries, but only one can wear the coveted WG 57 crown. And the winner is...Luciano, for five definitions in six words. Very nice!
I hope you enjoyed WG 57.
Duke
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