From: kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Ralph Kennedy)
Subject: ACC15 Clues
Keywords: *spoiler*
Organization: crosswords
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 01:29:03 GMT


       There were only eight entries to ACC15, so I take it
the word was rather difficult.
  
       Here are all the clues, in no particular order:
  
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   By paying extravagantly, damaged lilac becomes attractive, if
   viewed from behind (11)
  
      ["paying" anag., by anag. of "lilac"; "attractive if viewed
       from behind" = callipygian]
  
  I'm not sure I like "extravagantly" as an anagram indicator,
  and the surface reading doesn't make too much sense to me.
  Good definition.
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  Immature bird is said to be reared nicely
  
  ------------- ------- ----- -------------
  callow pigeon homoph.   =       def.
  
  All right, all right, I'll buy the cheesy homophone.  The definition
  is very nice.  But on the surface, how is something "reared nicely"
  if it's still immature?  First place to Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com).
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  Gay panic, oddly, about returning sick with some nice ass
  GAY PANIC  anag.  around backwards ILL = CALLIPYGIAN
  
  A nice cryptic, but I'm not sure I understand the surface
  reading.  You lost me right around "returning sick".
  Also, while the surface seems to require "some", the definition
  really calls for "a".
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  Hammer calling, "I pay for having a gorgeous ass!"
  
   anag. \__ anagram __/     \    Defn. of      /
  indicator                   \_ callipygian  _/ 
  
          (Reference to the American rap singer named Hammer.)
  
  A nice cryptic, although the use of Hammer is a bit forced.
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  See California turn back Illinois, paying outrageously for a good seat
      _________  __________________  ___________________ _______________
  
         CA            LLI               PYGIAN               defn
  
  I've never heard the term "a good seat" before, and the initial
  "See" is sort of hanging out there; but this clue has potential.
  How about "See Alabama turn back Illinois"?  Would that work?
              C  AL            LI
  Also, if one does buy "a good seat," "callipygian" means "having
  a good seat" and not simply "a good seat," so you need to insert
  "having" which unfortunately makes the excellent surface reading
  a little bit more awkward.  Or do you really mean for "for" to
  be part of the defn and not just a linking word?  If so, I don't
  get it.
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     Be wryly, cagily plain to have beauty behind you
     \______/  \__________/ \_______________________/
        |           |                   |
    anag. clue   anagram      euphemistic definition
  
  I don't think I like the anagram indicator, and the surface
  reading doesn't make sense to me.
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  Lying CIA pal turns tail.  Heavy!
  ------------- ----- ------------
  LYING CIA PAL anag.  Tail-heavy = def!
  
  bonus
  
  Corrected lying CPA Ali for figure that got back?
  --------- -------------     -------------------- 
     anag   LYING CPA ALI     "Got back" = has large buttocks 
                              (ref. Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got
                              Back"); a figure that has large
                              buttocks = def.
  
  With respect to both these clues, callipygian does not mean having
  a large ass: it means having a nice ass.  While "nice" and "large"
  may be synonymous to some, they are not to everybody!
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  Well reared kind of girl who's professional ordered a gin after one soft "yes" 
  ----------- ------------------------------- -------------       --- ---- -----
  defn. = 	CALL			+  AGIN anag      after  I+ P + Y.
  
  A nice charade, if a little wordy.  The "kind of girl who's
  professional" really makes the surface reading much longer than
  it should be for normal English.  Second place to Tom Deneau
  (tomd@cayman.amd.com).


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