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CCVP 136 announcement
From
Rob@21:1/5 to
All on Tue Mar 2 08:58:01 2021
Thanks to Kevin for picking my clue as the winner of round 135.
The word to be clued in this round is APOSTROPHE (10)
The professional clue to be judged against is this from Rufus in Telegraph 25,985:
Punctuation mark perhaps too freely used (10)
Up to three clues can be entered per person, and the closing date is March 12 (end of the day in your time zone). Have fun.
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From
David A@21:1/5 to
All on Tue Mar 2 12:34:46 2021
Vacant possession (10)
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From
David A@21:1/5 to
All on Tue Mar 2 13:03:16 2021
Rufus wasn't short on its use either! (10)
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From
wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to
All on Tue Mar 2 14:32:29 2021
One after h in 'catch'! (10)
A wine-sop recalled that guy Mark (10)
Secondly, I'll don topless leather garments from Hartsdale (10)
Kevin Wald
wald@math.uchicago.edu | Painting and sculpting
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | in Hartsdale (4)
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From
Mark Iredell@21:1/5 to
All on Wed Mar 3 07:35:31 2021
A wine-sop recalled that guy Mark (10)
Mark indulged too, perhaps (10)
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From
Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to
All on Wed Mar 3 10:33:45 2021
APOSTROPHE:
Address a piece of mail to an unconstrained visionary (10)
LUCIANO
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From
Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to
All on Wed Mar 3 11:26:37 2021
APOSTROPHE:
What's it's mistake? (10)
Luciano
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From
Duke@21:1/5 to
All on Wed Mar 3 15:49:46 2021
Indication of contractions after a pregnancy starts: obstetrician begins to stop her seizure (10)
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From
Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to
Rob on Thu Mar 4 22:55:43 2021
On Wednesday, 3 March 2021 at 3:58:02 am UTC+11, Rob wrote:
The word to be clued in this round is APOSTROPHE (10)
A greengrocer will often use one of these, or a pet shop less commonly (10)
Steve = : ^ )
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From
Rob@21:1/5 to
All on Mon Mar 22 05:33:43 2021
Thanks for your entries. Kevin, two of yours have me baffled!
David A:
Vacant possession (10)
Cryptic def: apostrophe is used to indicate a missing (vacant) letter as well as possession.
Rufus wasn't short on its use either! (10)
Is this a comment on the couple of occasions when errant apostrophes have slipped into Rufus's clues, or is there more to it?
Kevin:
One after h in 'catch'! (10)
????
A wine-sop recalled that guy Mark (10)
A + (PORT SOP) rev + HE, def = "mark"
Secondly, I'll don topless leather garments from Hartsdale (10)
????
Mark:
Mark indulged too, perhaps (10)
def = "mark", TOOPERHAPS (anag)
Luciano:
Address a piece of mail to an unconstrained visionary (10)
def = "address" (in the oratorial sense)
A + POST + (p)ROPHE(t)
What's it's mistake? (10)
Cryptic def
Duke:
Indication of contractions after a pregnancy starts: obstetrician begins to stop her seizure (10)
def = "indication of contractions", A + P(regnancy) + O(bstetrician) + STOPHER (anag)
Steve:
A greengrocer will often use one of these, or a pet shop less commonly (10)
def = "A greengrocer will often use one of these", ORAPETSHOP (anag)
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From
David A@21:1/5 to
All on Mon Mar 22 11:10:12 2021
On Monday, March 22, 2021 at 10:03:44 AM UTC-2:30, Rob wrote:
David A:
Vacant possession (10) - Correct!
In answer to my second clue and your comment:
Yes, Rob, it's a comment suportive of Rufus's clue really with its (pronoun) contrasted the compiler's use, and it's for it is!
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From
wald@math.uchicago.edu@21:1/5 to
All on Mon Mar 22 18:57:36 2021
One after h in 'catch'! (10)
It's an &lit.
Straight reading: One after [the letter] h in [the seven-character string] 'catch'
is the final single-quote of 'catch', which is an APOSTROPHE (a closing single quote is the same character as an apostrophe).
Cryptic reading:
One = A
after = POST
catch = ROPE (in the verb sense of "seize with a rope")
H in ROPE = ROP(H)E
A + POST + ROPHE = APOSTROPHE.
Secondly, I'll don topless leather garments from Hartsdale (10)
Secondly, I'll = definition (the second character of I'll is an APOSTROPHE)
don = CAPO (in the sense of "organized crime boss")
CAPO topless = APO
leather = STROP
garments from Hartsdale = outer letters of HARTSDALE = HE
APO + STROP + HE = APOSTROPHE
Kevin Wald
wald@math.uchicago.edu | Some apostrophe nominally
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald | is something special (6)
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From
Rob@21:1/5 to
All on Mon Apr 5 03:12:20 2021
David A:
Vacant possession (10)
Cryptic def: apostrophe is used to indicate a missing (vacant) letter as well as possession.
Yes, I quite like this. I think it's just about fair although does require a good degree of lateral thought.
Rufus wasn't short on its use either! (10)
Cryptic def
It works when you know what the pro clue was, but I'm not sure it would stand up on its own.
Kevin:
One after h in 'catch'! (10)
A + POST + ROP(H)E, &lit
Clueing a 10-letter word in 16 letters and with an &lit is quite a feat of brevity, so well done. Strictly speaking (as something of a typography nerd) that is not an apostrophe, it's a closing quotation mark, but that's a minor quibble.
A wine-sop recalled that guy Mark (10)
A + (PORT SOP) rev + HE, def = "mark".
The capital letter is maybe a bit of a cheat in the definition but otherwise this is sound, albeit with a rather vague definition.
Secondly, I'll don topless leather garments from Hartsdale (10)
def = "Secondly I'll", (C)APO + STROP + H(artsdal)E
Not sure I would have ever got this without help... I was thinking leather garments were CHAPS!
So it's quite convoluted but I like the switch of "don" from putting on clothes to a Mafia boss.
Mark:
Mark indulged too, perhaps (10)
def = "mark", TOOPERHAPS (anag)
The capital letter works better at the start of the clue, of course, but I still think the definition is a bit too vague to be fair.
Luciano:
Address a piece of mail to an unconstrained visionary (10)
def = "address" (in the oratorial sense)
A + POST + (p)ROPHE(t)
I like "unconstrained" as an indicator to remove first and last letters, and the surface is one of the best here.
What's it's mistake? (10)
Cryptic def
Perhaps a little too obvious?
Duke:
Indication of contractions after a pregnancy starts: obstetrician begins to stop her seizure (10)
def = "indication of contractions", A + P(regnancy) + O(bstetrician) + STOPHER (anag)
Picks up the contraction theme and runs with it very well! Quite wordy, is my only criticism.
Steve:
A greengrocer will often use one of these, or a pet shop less commonly (10)
def = "A greengrocer will often use one of these", ORAPETSHOP (anag)
I thought a greengrocer would have to feature in at least one of the clues, and here it is. Nicely found anagram which first the surface perfectly.
Some very nice clues here. A close-run thing between the top three, but I think Steve's pet shop anagram just edges it.
Kevin's &lit in second and Luciano prophet mail in third.
Thank's to all who entered ;o)
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From
Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to
Rob on Mon Apr 5 04:41:16 2021
On Monday, 5 April 2021 at 8:12:21 pm UTC+10, Rob wrote:
Some very nice clues here. A close-run thing between the top three, but I think Steve's pet shop anagram just edges it.
Kevin's &lit in second and Luciano prophet mail in third.
Thanks for that, and for running the comp. I'm currently in the throes of moving home and am unable to moderate the next event. Kevin?
Thanks again,
Steve = : ^ )
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