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  • SCWC 381 announcement

    From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 25 14:15:57 2021
    Many thanks to Rob for moderating the previous round. Congratulations to Kevin for winning. It's been a while, so I'll take the reins on this one.

    For SCWC 381, please write one, two or three clues for:

    EXASPERATED (11)

    and post them here.

    The deadline is end of day, your time, next Friday, July 2.

    Thanks,

    Luciano

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  • From David A@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 26 18:54:53 2021
    Misconstrued date rape sex hopeless! (11)

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  • From Rob@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 29 04:00:36 2021
    Ticked off dead snake and rat floating in Scottish river running east to west (11)

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 9 10:09:43 2021
    Thanks to David and Rob for their clues for EXASPERATED.

    Below are my interpretations of their clues. Please comment, if necessary.

    Luciano

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    David:
    Misconstrued date rape sex hopeless! (11)
    DATERAPESEX anag; def = hopeless

    Rob:
    Ticked off dead snake and rat floating in Scottish river running east to west (11)
    [EX+ASP] + RAT in EED (DEE rev); def = ticked off

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 19 08:07:23 2021
    Apologies for delays. Lots of work on house getting done at the moment, so a bit chaotic, here. Will get result and list of clues out as soon as possible.

    Thanks for not being too exasperated,

    Luciano

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 22 09:08:14 2021
    Bonus for EXASPERATED:

    Annoyed when former lover (a snake) touches like a child's game (11)

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  • From David A@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 5 07:55:40 2021
    I believe you could be found to be testing the limits of exasperation in small measure, Luciano!

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 6 08:06:59 2021
    I do apologise for the delay: an unfortunate coincidence of house repairs/work and preparing to head off for a week.

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    David:
    Misconstrued date rape sex hopeless! (11)
    DATERAPESEX anag; def = hopeless
    -- Sound (if unpleasant) anagram fodder. The surface reading as a whole is not terribly elegant, and the definition is borderline.


    Rob:
    Ticked off dead snake and rat floating in Scottish river running east to west (11)
    [EX+ASP] + RAT in EED (DEE rev); def = ticked off
    -- All the wordplay is fine, and the definition good. As a whole, the surface reading leaves something to be desired: it all seems a bit obviously artificial.

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    The gold medal winner is Rob. The silver goes to David. And I am the bronze.

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Sat Aug 7 10:07:00 2021
    On Friday, August 6, 2021 at 8:07:00 AM UTC-7, Luciano Ward wrote:


    The gold medal winner is Rob. The silver goes to David. And I am the bronze.
    Hey, I had a bonus entry. That should be good for bronze...

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to Duke on Tue Aug 17 09:53:59 2021
    On Saturday, 7 August 2021 at 12:07:01 UTC-5, Duke wrote:
    On Friday, August 6, 2021 at 8:07:00 AM UTC-7, Luciano Ward wrote:


    The gold medal winner is Rob. The silver goes to David. And I am the bronze.
    Hey, I had a bonus entry. That should be good for bronze...

    Sorry, Duke -- have been away where the Internet don't shine.

    Your clue:

    Annoyed when former lover (a snake) touches like a child's game (11)

    EX + ASP + E-RATED; def = annoyed

    -- E-RATED I like a lot. The rest is fine, but for the surface reading.

    Somewhat like the two high-jumpers at the Olympics, you can share the silver with David. I still deserve the bronze.

    Luciano

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Tue Aug 17 18:53:59 2021
    On Wednesday, 18 August 2021 at 2:54:00 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:


    Somewhat like the two high-jumpers at the Olympics, you can share the silver with David. I still deserve the bronze.

    Sorry, if they award two silver medals, there is no bronze. 🥇🥈🥈😢

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