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  • ASCWC 262 announcement

    From wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 13 11:25:09 2021
    Many thanks to Luciano for running the previous contest, and for picking
    my clue. (And sorry for the delay.)

    For ASCWC 262, please submit up to three cryptic clues for:

    CHRYSANTHEMUM (9)

    (Bonus clues as always are welcome). The deadline is the end of Monday,
    May 24, in your time zone.

    Thanks,
    Kevin Wald wald@math.uchicago.edu | Time-traveling http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | dynamo (6)

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  • From Rob@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 14 05:17:16 2021
    Flower produced by wild thyme amid boiling March sun (13)

    (I think your enumeration has been pruned, Kevin!)

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  • From wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to Rob on Fri May 14 17:11:33 2021
    On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 8:17:17 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote:
    Flower produced by wild thyme amid boiling March sun (13)

    (I think your enumeration has been pruned, Kevin!)

    Oops. Yeah, it should be CHRYSANTHEMUM (13), unless you can
    find an ingenious way to spell CHRYSANTHEMUM with only 9 letters.

    Kevin Wald wald@math.uchicago.edu | A green man's misspelled http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | nine-letter sequence (9)

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 16 12:26:13 2021
    Wavering cry and hums around song regarding big Japanese chair (13)

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 17 08:50:05 2021
    I’m prepared to give Rob the win in this one.

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to Duke on Mon Aug 16 15:05:26 2021
    On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8:50:06 AM UTC-7, Duke wrote:
    I’m prepared to give Rob the win in this one.
    Okay. It's time for the final judgment. Let's run down the clues.
    From Rob:

    Flower produced by wild thyme amid boiling March sun (13)
    Anagram ("produced by wild") of THYME with anagram ("boiling") of MARCHSUN

    Beautiful, poetic surface. We could use some of that heat in March where I live. My only quibble is that I expect the anagram of THYME to be inside -- amid -- the MARCHSUN one, whereas the Y needs to migrate. Still, a strong effort.

    From Duke:
    Wavering cry and hums around song regarding big Japanese chair (13)

    Anagram ("wavering") of CRYHUMS surrounding ANTHEM; the "big Japanese chair" is, of course, the Chrysanthemum Throne occupied by that country's emperor.
    Nice try at an inventive definition. The wordplay works but the surface is uninspiring -- we would say "humming" there, I think.

    So the winner is....Rob! Congratulations. But unless he jumps in in the next day or so, I will seize the mantle and offer up the next ASCWC.

    Duke

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