From: tomd@bali.amd.com (Tom Deneau)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords
Subject: CWC16 -- complete list for word 1
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:54:06 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX

If you don't want to see what the clued word was
for CWC16, skip this article now.
^L
The following is the complete list of the CWC16
entries for word 1.  There was quite
a variety of clue constructions.
Most of the charades were one-of-a-kind.
B
Although the total number of entries, 17, was not as high
as some earlier contests (probably due in part
to holidays, etc),  I was pleased to see
some new names among the entrants.

I awarded first place to:

Storm beaten, we dare the wind. (9)

	Submitted by Mark S. Manasse (msm@src.dec.com).
	Smooth reading, and nice anagram indicator (although
	I would have preferred "winds").



Other Anagrams
-----------------

He watered, tossed, and seasoned. (9)
	I assumed the object was salad but does one water a salad?


Ted, we hear, somehow managed to get through. (9)

	Decent straight anagram, but for me, the
	presence of the proper name in the anagram
	tends to give it away.


Hidden clues.
-------------
I was surprised there were no hidden clues
of the form ____w eat here d____

Rode out in awe at her edict. (9)
	Honorable mention.  Nice Hidden clue.

Worn out, we asked, "Can we look inside or are we at her edge?" (9)

	Too many extra words.



WEED-HEART charades
-------------------
The only charade pattern that showed up more
than once was:
	[WEED outside anagrammed HEART)]
The following three clues were of that form


Toughened weed gets a heart transplant. (9)

	Honorable mention.  I guess "weed" here in
	the surface reading means "obnoxious person"? 

Seasoned heart in pot?  (9)
	I don't think "seasoned" can be both the definition
	and the anagram indicator unless the whole clue
	reads as the definition.


Heart of weed broken, and worn. (9)

	I didn't see how the clue indicated that heart was
	enclosed by weed.


Other Charades
--------------
Left off the leeward sailing? (9)
	[THE LEEWARD minus L, anagrammed]
	Honorable mention.  Good &lit clue.

Eat into the place at which decay starts -- it's worn. (9)
	[EAT inside WHERE + D]

	I wish the dash break could have been
	avoided, making the surface reading smoother.
	Otherwise, a nice charade clue.

Married outside, feather without a cap worn (9)
	[WED outside EATHER]
	The surface reading didn't make enough sense for me.

Survived ordeal and therein strangely awed  (9)
	[THERE inside WEAD(anagrammed AWED)]
	I wish the "in" indicator had been a separate word.

At this point we split, united, endured  (9)
	[AT+HERE inside WED]
	I wish the superfluous "we" hadn't been there.

We, with heart-broken journalist, have been exposed.(9)
	[WE + ATHER(anagram of HEART) + ED]

	The surface reading could be a bit smoother.

Hit, for example, by hurricane Andrew -- the East, not North, in disorder (9)
	ANDREW+THE+E-N anagrammed

	Nice and topical.
	Surface reading could be smoother
        East -> E, then anagram becomes slightly indirect.
 
"Take her to the altar" describes what the Wolf wanted to do
 when he saw that Little Red Riding Hood rode out (9)
	[WED outside EAT HER]

	Conjures an interesting picture.  A bit long, though.

We heard alien, confused, came through the storm.  (9)
	[WE+HEARD+ET anagrammed]

	Oops. An indirect anagram.
	The surface reading is choppy also.

 Tom Deneau                    {uunet, cs.utexas.edu!ames}!amdcad!cayman!tomd
 Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX     +1 512 462 4952     tom.deneau@AMD.COM