CCCWC February competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 29

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 29: Proclaims: "This swims in tropical stream"

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5 pts: Clue 5 - Not the most fluent clue, but 'Chromatic scales' is really excellent 4 pts: Clue 9 - Much the best worded of clues using the 'batter' treatment 3 pts: Clue 43 - Very good &lit 2 pts: Clue 3 1 pt: Clue 11 - I would have preferred a comma to a full stop, and no exclamation mark, but otherwise very good wording Near misses: 29 - Another good &lit, but the definition reading isn't quite as smooth as clue 43. 34 - Needs a capital for 'Net' in the surface reading 16 - Almost very good but 'Hardly' is superfluous to the cryptic reading; clue 15, on the other hand, needs a question mark

Comments on the competition

5 pts: Clue 5 - Not the most fluent clue, but 'Chromatic scales' is really excellent 4 pts: Clue 9 - Much the best worded of clues using the 'batter' treatment 3 pts: Clue 43 - Very good &lit 2 pts: Clue 3 1 pt: Clue 11 - I would have preferred a comma to a full stop, and no exclamation mark, but otherwise very good wording

Near misses:

29 - Another good &lit, but the definition reading isn't quite as smooth as clue 43.

34 - Needs a capital for 'Net' in the surface reading

16 - Almost very good but 'Hardly' is superfluous to the cryptic reading; clue 15, on the other hand, needs a question mark

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments Clue no. 29: Proclaims: "This swims in tropical stream"

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 29: Proclaims: "This swims in tropical stream"