Thanks to Bruce for a copy of the announcement. James. ++ Many thanks to Doug Peterson for concocting a two-fisted challenge in ACC 113. And now, a chance for us all to quibble - ACC 114: Brush Up Your Shakespeare ================================== Welcome to the One Hundred Fourteenth Araucaria Clueing Contest. I've been invited to moderate it by the moderator of ACC 113, Doug Peterson, and I, in turn, invite you to participate in this round. The dates: First posting of this announcement: Monday, June 29, 1998 Repost of this announcement: Monday, July 6, 1998 Deadline for entries: 12:00 midnight, your time, July 13, 1998 The Rules: The most glorious artist of wordplay in our language is clearly William Shakespeare. In his Preface to Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson famously noted of Shakespeare that "Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished." I invite you to leave your work unfinished and write a clue for a Shakespeare play, or a character, that in some way describes the play or character in both the answer and the cryptic parts of the clue. Here are two examples that I hope will inspire you to do better - Regal kin wronged title character (4,4) KING LEAR (regal kin anag.) Victim of jealousy made end so tragically (9) DESDEMONA (Made end so anag.) One weakness of these clues (other than being obvious anagrams) is that they're not really very Shakespearian. Both, for example, could use words from the play, "in a storm", for King Lear, maybe, and "green-eyed monster's" victim for Desdemona.That would make the definition a little trickier, which I think would be appropriate in this type of clue. I'll allow a good deal of poetic license. An extra word here or there, partial homophones and acrostics - Shakespeare wasn't above these things, and neither will I be in moderating this competition. But the normal rules of cryptics (indicators pointing the right way, no indirect anagrams, etc. still apply). Submit your entry to me at: mckenzie@bigmultimedia.com (Do *not* post it/them to rec.puzzles.crosswords.) Each submission should contain: 1) Your entry (one per person, please). 2) A clear description of how it works (including the solutions, and documentation for obscure references); 3) Your name; 4) Your e-mail address; and 5) An indication of whether or not you are willing to moderate ACC115. (The winner of each ACC is invited to moderate the next one, if s/he is willing.) All entries must be received by midnight, your time, July 13, 1998; full results (including a list of all clues entered, with comments) will be posted soon thereafter. I will try to acknowledge each entry within 48 hours of receiving it, so if you don't receive e-mail from me within a couple of days, send your clue in again. Good Luck! Bruce P.S. I really enjoyed re-reading Johnson's preface - I have quoted the relevant section in full below. You can find the full text, and a lot more good 18th century material through links at http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/18th/j.html. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all adventures, it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his dis- quisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing atten- tion with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight, that he was content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was con- tent to lose it. Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare btw - anyone know of a full text of Johnson's Dictionary on the Web? -- James A. Lundon, DSC, Ballybrit Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway, Ireland. mailto: james dot lundon at dscie dot com. phoneto: 353+91+760541. All opinions expressed here are my own, unless otherwise mis-stated. *************** How many of the Mr. Men can you name? *************** From - Sat Nov 21 17:13:38 1998 Received: from dsc001.dscie.com (mail.dsc.ie [194.125.37.252]) by irwell.zetnet.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA14023 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:18:36 GMT Received: by DSC001 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:16:27 -0000 Message-ID: From: "Lundon, James" To: Subject: CCC (316): ACC120 announcement Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:16:23 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain X-Mozilla-Status: 2001 Thanks to Dave McK. for a copy of the announcement. Happy second birthday to the current incarnation of the CCC list. When I moved the list onto the current DSC server, for instance, CWC was at 104, ACC at 91 and PCWC at 95. How time flies... FWIW: We (the CCC brethren) are now at 70 people again. James. ++ After Halloween, I hadn't checked my e-mail for nearly a week. It was certainly a "treat" to find out that my clue had been chosen as the "trick"-iest of ACC 119 by Evan Whitney. Thank you for the honor. Of course, with this honor goes the priviledge of announcing... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X ACC 120 : "Compound Fracture" X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The One Hundred Twentieth Araucaria Clueing Contest will require setters to break a common compound word (or two word phrase) into a new two word phrase that is (preferably) etymologically unrelated to the original. The clue you create will lead to the "fractured" phrase. Here are a couple examples to (hopefully) clarify the idea : #1 : Off-white frying pan? (4,4) Off-white = EGGSHELL frying pan? = EGGS HELL #2 : Giants have success with two impressive hooters (6,4) Giants have success with two = SUPER BOWLS (i.e. the New York Giants of the National Football League have won the championship - the Super Bowl - twice) impressive hooters = SUPERB OWLS The enumeration for the clue should relate to the "fractured" phrase, and as such, so should the DEFINITION half of the clue. The CRYPTIC half of the clue should construct the phrase, which by the nature of the contest, will consist of the same string of characters as the original word/phrase. (My examples use double definitions, but any style of encryption is welcome) I am looking for well-constructed clues, but the key is in the break. You could break a compound word at it's "natural" break-point, but change the meaning of the definition : e.g. mailbox -> mail box = to fight in armor. Breaking the word/phrase at an "unnatural" point, as in my examples, can help you change the etymology & will be viewed favorably in the eyes of the judge. --------- First post of announcement : November 8th Re-post of announcement : November 18th DEADLINE : Wednesday, November 25th Submit your entries to me at : kjstorm@purdue.edu (replying to pazzocow@aol.com will get to me too) Do not post entries to rec.puzzles.crosswords Please submit only one clue per e-mail message Each submission should contain : *Your name *Your e-mail address (for acknowledgement of clue receipt only) *Whether or not you are willing to moderate ACC 121 *Your enumerated clue *Some spoiler space... *A complete description of the solution & how to solve it All entries must be received by Wednesday, November 25, 1998 Full results will be posted soon after... I've digested my seam-splitting Thanksgiving dinner :) I will attempt to acknowledge each entry within 48 hours of receiving it. If you don't receive e-mail from me, please re-submit your clue. Break a leg! -- James A. Lundon, DSC, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway, IE. james dot lundon at dscie dot com - 353+91+760541. "To be natural is such a difficult pose to keep up." O.W.