From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Subject: PCWC 9 Ballot
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: 
 			PCWC 9 Ballot
Organization: NCAR/UCAR
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:31:06 GMT

OK, folks, the clues for PCWC 9 are all in.  It's time to vote for
your favorites.  (Both clue submitters and non-submitters are allowed
to vote.)  The remaining relevant dates for PCWC 9 are:

  Monday    1 February 23:59 MST   Deadline for receipt of PCWC 9 votes
  Tuesday   2 February             I'll post an annotated list of the
                                   best-loved clues for PCWC 9.

MODERATOR'S NOTE:  I'd like to point out that even though many cluers
grumbled and groaned about the difficulty of the word, I received what
may be a record number of entries.  So there.  

Also, please note that I've made a bit of a change to the normal 
procedure for recording comments.  If you want me to pass a comment 
to a cluer, please follow the format I've requested.

This post is divided into three parts.

 A) a list of all the clues for the word without explanations
 B) the same list annotated with the author's explanations
 C) instructions on how to vote, and on the scoring

ALL CLUES, WITHOUT EXPLANATIONS

1) Mysteriously augur in tea leaves - begin anew. (10)

2) In early Australia, guru ate too many sheep to start things properly (10)

3) To start the ceremony, you must be hidden in gold framework (10)

4) Prophet, amid wild reaction, cedes unbounded force to initiate 
   a new ruler (10)

5) To induct guru, I ate an oddness (10)

6) In short, August uranium price is set up (10)

7) Open two universities in a great turmoil  (10)

8) Begin, in forecast, with what sounds like an octet (10)

9) Begin in first 2/3 of month, and be worth something at end (10)

10) Gone North from New Guinea - a turn to start with (10)

11) Begin to ruin French cake mix (10)

12) In Rome, soothsayer stirred tea for initiate (10)

13) The soothsayer lunched in front of the ceremony (10)

14) Drunk iguana, true initiate (10)

15) Dedicate after July with universal esteem (10)

16) Institute in state dropped from August rank (10)

17) Invest in gold and uranium-filled jar (10)

18) Dedicate to thankless one hoarding gold and uranium (10)

ALL CLUES FOR 'INAUGURATE' WITH AUTHORS' EXPLANATIONS:

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1) Mysteriously augur in tea leaves - begin anew. (10)

	mysteriously = anagram indicator   
	augurintea anagrammed = inaugurate
	leaves = makes
	begin anew = definition
--------------------------------------------------
2) In early Australia, guru ate too many sheep to start things properly (10)
	                     -------------- ------------------------
	IN AU       GURU ATE       -U              definition
--------------------------------------------------
3) To start the ceremony, you must be hidden in gold framework (10)

        To start the ceremony - definition
        you - indicates U
        must be hidden - hide the U in the following
        in gold framework - IN AU GRATE --> IN+AU+G(U)RATE
--------------------------------------------------
4) Prophet, amid wild reaction, cedes unbounded force to initiate 
   a new ruler (10)

	Prophet = AUGUR
	amid = container follows
	wild reaction = anag(reaction) = IN ATE ORC
	cedes unbounded force = remove (f|orc|e) = remove ORC
	  (You can remove the ORC before anagramming reaction if you like)
	initiate a new ruler = def.
--------------------------------------------------
5) To induct guru, I ate an oddness (10)

        ["guru, I ate an" anag.]
--------------------------------------------------
6) In short, August uranium price is set up (10)

	IN+AUG(short August)+U+RATE = "set up"
--------------------------------------------------
7) Open two universities in a great turmoil  (10)

       Open = defn
       two universities =  UU
       turmoil = anagram indicator  UU + INAGREAT = INAUGURATE
--------------------------------------------------
8) Begin, in forecast, with what sounds like an octet (10)

        "Begin" = inaugurate; "in" = "in", "forecast" = "augur",
        "octet" = "eight" (homophone)
--------------------------------------------------
9) Begin in first 2/3 of month, and be worth something at end (10)

	Begin = INAUGURATE
	in = IN
	first 2/3 of month = AUGU(st)
	be worth something = RATE
	and ... at end = place RATE after IN AUGU
--------------------------------------------------
10) Gone North from New Guinea - a turn to start with (10)

          ANAG " Guinea - a turn " less " N " (Gone North)
          ANAG TRIGGER - " New "
          Defn INAUGURATE - " To start with <something> "
--------------------------------------------------
11) Begin to ruin French cake mix (10)

        BEGIN = defn
	RUIN + 
	GATEAU     (French cake)
	mix (i.e. anagram) = INAUGURATE
--------------------------------------------------
12) In Rome, soothsayer stirred tea for initiate (10)

        Initiate: definition
	in: IN
        Rome soothsayer: AUGUR
        stirred tea: TEA anag.
        IN + AUGUR + ATE
--------------------------------------------------
13) The soothsayer lunched in front of the ceremony (10)

        soothsayer=AUGUR lunched=ATE in=IN
        front(placement clue for IN) ceremony=INAUGURATE
--------------------------------------------------
14) Drunk iguana, true initiate (10)
 
        Drunk iguana true = INAUGURATE (anagram)
        initiate = defn
--------------------------------------------------
15) Dedicate after July with universal esteem (10)

        dedicate = definition
        after July = IN AUG
        universal = U
        esteem = RATE
--------------------------------------------------
16) Institute in state dropped from August rank (10).

        Institute = defn; IN + (AUGUST-ST) + (RATE = rank)
--------------------------------------------------
17) Invest in gold and uranium-filled jar (10)

        def. = IN + AU + [U inside GRATE]
        "Invest" means INAUGURATE in the sense of "induct into office";
        AU and U are the chemical symbols for gold and uranium;
        "jar" means GRATE as in "make a harsh sound"
--------------------------------------------------
18) Dedicate to thankless one hoarding gold and uranium (10)

        INGRATE (thankless one) hoarding AU (gold)
        and U (uranium) = IN(AU)G(U)RATE = dedicate
--------------------------------------------------

VOTING:

In this posting all the submitted clues are identified by a single
number.  To vote, send me a piece of Email (please make sure the string
"PCWC" or "pcwc" appears in the subject, to make life easier for me) that 
looks something like this:

Kind moderator,

Here's how I felt about the entries to PCWC 9

---------------------------------------------
3 7
5 4 1
8 2 6
---------------------------------------------

         W. J. Clinton

         bill@ovaloffice.whitehouse.gov


This specifies a partial ranking of the clue numbers, with

3 = 7 > 5 = 4 = 1 > 8 = 2 = 6 

The first line contains the numbers of the clues you like best; the
second line those you like second best, etc.  Within a line, list
clues numbers that you like about equally well in any order.  Any clue
numbers that don't appear in your ranking will be added at the end on
a line by themselves; all equal and worse than any that you did list.
If you are lazy, you can just send me a single number of the clue
you like best; note, however, that the greater an effort you make
to differentiate between all the clues, the more accurate the results
will be.  If you list a number more than once, you will be sent
to the farm, immediately.

Should you wish to make critical comments regarding any or all of the
clues, your comments will be sent along to the authors anonymously
provided that you preceed *each* line of your comments with the 
clue number and right parenthesis, as in the following example:

12) I thought that the obscure meaning of the word used made this
12) clue much too difficult for a dumb solver such as myself.

Please note that the lines with clue numbers in your voting should be
bracketed by lines with only dashes, to facilitate automatic
tabulation of the scores.

Both clue submitters and non-submitters are allowed to vote.  You ARE
allowed to vote for your own clue, but please try to be honest.  Of
course, one vote per person; DON'T use multiple accounts or aliases to
stuff the ballot box or encourage your cronies and cohorts to vote for
your clue just so you can win.
SCORING:

The scoring will be as in tournaments, with 1 point for each better
ranking and 1/2 point for a tie.  So, for example, based only on the
votes of Mr. Clinton above, the scoring (assuming there were 8 entries)
would be

Clue  Pts.
 1     4
 2     1
 3     6 1/2
 4     4
 5     4
 6     1
 7     6 1/2
 8     1

The total scores will be the sum of the scores from all voters.  The
moderator does not vote.

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