From: tomd@bali.amd.com (Tom Deneau)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords
Subject: CWC16 -- complete list for word 2
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:58:54 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX

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skip this article now.
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The following is the complete list of the CWC16
entries for word 2.

Although the total number of entries, 18, 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

Former temp worked for free.  (6)
	[EX+(TEMP anagrammed)]

	Submitted by Matt Hudelson.
	Nice and short and reads well.



[EX + (MP in ET)] Charades
--------------------------
The following clues were of the [EX + (MP in ET)] variety


Former army cop in film need not satisfy requirements.(6)

	Film = ET seemed too general.

The ex-P.M. was torn apart and eaten by a monster for not paying taxes. (6)

	Conjures an interesting picture.
	But it's a bit long and  ET = monster??

Reformed alien takes in British pol free of charge (6)

	The surface reading didn't feel natural for me.


Hidden Clues
------------
There was lots of sex in the hidden clues.  Unfortunately,
most of it was of the empty variety :-( 


In sex, emptiness is free. (6)

	Hon Mention of the empty sex category.

Heart of sex empty, but free.   (6)

	I couldn't see what "but" was doing in the clue.

Sex: empty, hiding excuse (6)

	The surface reading felt choppy.

In sex, empty release is found.	(6)

	Definition not at end.  I would have preferred 
	Found in sex, empty release.


Index empty - content free. (6)

	Hon. Mention.  It was nice to learn that something
	else could be empty besides sex.


Other Clues
------------
Old flame getting me back (up to a point) is not liable. (6)
	[EX+(ME reversed) + PT]
	Hon mention.  Decent charade clue.
	Strangely, this was the only clue for either CWC16
	word using a reversal as part of its construction.


Former wife (famous auntie part time) is excused (6)
	[EX + EM + PT]

	I liked the "famous auntie" indicator.
	The surface reading could flow better, though.

Delilah, perhaps, has a haircut outside after former husband is excused. (6)
	[TEMPTRESS - TRESS = EMPT after EX]
	Too indirect, I felt.

Excused from gym after exam left Third Year without energy. (6)
	[PT following EXAM-A outside E]
	Complicated charade.  Surface reading is not that smooth.


Men pay taxes?  That misrepresents an ______, say (6)
	[MEN PAY TAXES anagrammed = AN EXEMPT SAY]

	I haven't seen clues with blanks before.
	Otherwise a kind of interesting extended anagram.

Excused, they leave, with one replaced by returning in the afternoon (6)
	[EXEUNT (they leave) - UN + PM]

	pretty indirect.
	one = UN?   also surface reading not clear.

Divorcee, mostly empty, but not liable.  (6)
	[EX + EMPTy]

	An empty divorcee?

"Not in the game" (except lost a hundred and won a thousand!) (6)
	[EXCEPT - C outside M]

	C wasn't replaced by M so "won" here has to mean
	that EXEPT holds M, which seems a stretch.
	Also the surface reading was choppy

Protected sex is vacuous-it has neither beginning nor end (6)
	[sEX EMPTy minus it's beginning and end]

	The word "is" seems superfluous and misleading.
	Also protected isn't quite the right definition.



 Tom Deneau                    {uunet, cs.utexas.edu!ames}!amdcad!cayman!tomd
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