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Subject: ACC70 Results in Full 
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Thanks to everyone who entered Araucaria Cooking Contest 70!

The winner is Dirk Laurie with:

  Make this from bits of heart and ground gristle in Scotland (6)

He is able to moderate and except for a change of heart (or gristle?),
will be the moderator for ACC71.

Dirk's clue won purely due to its appeal to me and not through any 
particularly clever cryptic construction. In general, I looked 
favo(u)rably upon clues which really sounded like recipes and those
(or was there just one?) which made an attempt to conceal the 
definition part of the clue.  It looks like people found it quite 
a tough assignment.

The full set of clues now follows, with my comments preceded by a 
"#" mark.
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From: matthew@ella.mills.edu (Matthew A. Merzbacher)

Report: fake ache
The winner: endless Wagner, sparkling wine (9)

Report		=	homonym indicator
fake ache	=	sham pain
The winner	=	CHAMP +
endless Wagner	=	AGNE
sparkling wine	=	definition

# Breaking far too many rules to be seriously considered. It's not
# really a recipe and is a triple clue.  Interesting though. Is the 
# surface supposed to suggest a painkiller test?
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From: matthews@COURIER1.AERO.ORG (Anthony Matthews)

Use gas with a minced meat product (7)

Answer: SAUSAGE
USE GAS with  A (anagram, from "minced")
MEAT PRODUCT: definition

# Nothing special and the "minced" bit seems to be part of 
# both the definition and the crypic part to me.
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From: Tom.Deneau@amd.com (Tom Deneau)

Boil one noodle with thread. (4)

	Boil = ZIT (acne pimple, especially for teenagers)
		(might be USA slang?)
	one  = I
	noodle with thread = ZITI

# Zit is in common use over here too.  I like Boil=ZIT, but 
# since the definition takes up most of the clue, it doesn't 
# really seem cryptic enough!
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From: Kevin Wald <wald@math.uchicago.edu>

    Chop up a clam, a lobster tail, and one squid (8)

       squid = CALAMARI

       Chop up = anagram indicator
       a clam (anagrammed) = CALAM
       lobster tail = R
       one = I
       CALAM + A + R + I = CALAMARI

# This really does sound like a recipe and the definition is 
# restricted to the last word only (unlike the previous clue)
#              HONO(U)RABLE MENTION
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From: ab388@freenet.carleton.ca (Jules E. Lafrance)

Pousse-cafe with old Dutch brie, matchless! (8)

"Pousse-cafe" is definition.  "Dutch brie, ma" less the "tch" 
(tchless) and anagrammed (`old') gives the solution: "DRAMBUIE"

# old=anagram is a bit tenuous for me and I'll take your word 
# for the definition.  The "tchless" part is clever, but maybe
# TOO clever! 
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From: "Murray W. Smith" <msmith@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>

Named after a misleading author? Peel, add zest in Mandarin
orange very slowly. To-do fruit stalks alternate gingerly, I add rum
etc., stir, then light with brandy starter (7,7,7,6)

   ANSWER: Azimov's rhubarb tumeric flambe
   EXPLANATION: 
	The first sentence is optional depending on the degree of
difficulty (or humour) and clue length desired.
	Named indicates a proper noun, the letter after "a" - in this case
misleading - is a "z" instead of the "normal" "s". The author could be
either Isaac or Dan.
	Peel indicates removing the first letters of phrase following, 
add means put them together = A, Z, I, M. O, V, S.
	To-do and fruit stalks are double definitions of RHUBARB
	Alternate indicates secondary spelling.
	Gingerly reinforces above and also links as a double definition
	stir is anagram indicator for I rum etc. = TUMERIC ("normal
spelling" is "turmeric". Tu(r)meric is a spice in the ginger family.
	then indicates new word
	light means FLAME, with means include, brandy starter is B = FLAMBE

# WOOOOOOAAAAHHHH! This is a very long clue and seems to have a lot of
# superfluous parts in it, although it doesn't really have a definition 
# does it?  This would take a miracle to solve, although I must admit
# it would be hard to clue it in a concise fashion (anagram???)
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From: Dirk Laurie <dirk@calvyn.puk.ac.za>

  Make this from bits of heart and ground gristle in Scotland (6)

# Dirk left me to work this out, so I assume the answer is as 
# follows:
#
# An &lit initial letter clue H+A+G+G+I+S.
#
# It's a bit on the easy side, doesn't do justice to this Scots 
# delicacy and would have been better starting with "Made from" 
# but it's just too funny not to win.
#
#                 THE WINNER
#
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From: Robert Galejs (galejs@ll.mit.edu)

Take sirloin tip and broil! (5)

	broil - anagram indicator
	take + s (sirloin tip) anagrammed = steak
	&lit - The whole clue is a steak "recipe"

# I'm not entirely convinced here. I said that the ideal clue would
# be an recipe, where "cryptic cookery" would result in the same 
# thing as real cookery.  In this case, surely sirloin is steak even 
# before you cook it!  
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From: pvr@wg.icl.co.uk (Phil Rose)

A French snack comprises a large slice of Roquefort, flaming, covered
with a little Camembert. (6,6)

A French snack                      Definition
comprises                           ie this is how it's made
a large slice of Roquefort          ROQUE
flaming (ie flambe)                 MAD
covered with                        inclusion indicator
a little Camembert                  CAME

C(ROQUE+MAD)AME => CROQUE MADAME - a type of light dish in France

# A brave attempt at a difficult subject.  I like the french theme of
# the clue, but flaming=mad doesn't set me alight and "a little 
# Camembert" should really be C.
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From: bcs@sc.harris.com (Brian Spollen)

To expand in volume, place cornmeal porridge near kitchen, for instance (8)

    "to expand in volume" = mushroom (verb form)
    "place ... near" = adjoinment indicator
    "cornmeal porridge" = "mush"
    "kitchen, for instance" = "room"

# I like the use of the verbal form of mushroom, to conceal the subject,
# unlike almost every other clue submitted.  Cornmeal porridge=mush is 
# a bit strange, but nonetheless this gains an...
#              HONO(U)RABLE MENTION
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From: Hari Parameswaran <hparameswaran@houston.geoquest.slb.com>
	

mix cured ox heads and marinate without hindquarter 
to get this italian dish. (8)

ANSWER : MACARONI
	
	mix  CO = cured ox heads
        and MARINA = marinate - te (marinate without the hind quarter)
     I'm not bloody likely to eat anything made with such a recipe, though.

# It does sound a bit like a recipe(!), but I think it would have been 
# possible to clue this in a more succinct way.
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From: Evan Whitney <evan@scd.hp.com>

Replace rack on shelf without heat and have it for breakfast, typically (4,6)

	Replace = anagram indicator
	rack on shelf = anagram fodder: CORN FLAKES +H
	without heat  = -H
	have it for breakfast, typically = defn (albeit indirect): CORN FLAKES

	[Surface quibble: "rack" as in "rack of lamb" for example]

# A sound clue and one which avoids a direct definition of the item in 
# question, but it doesn't do much for me.
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From: Paul Cleary via barry@torps.apana.org.au 

Whip eight sugared albumens. Stir. Heat. Remove. Aha! But a light dessert (9)

Explanation :

Anagram (eight sugared albumens stir heat) 28 letters
Remove  (aha but a light dessert)          19 letters
= MERINGUES                                 9 letters
Whole gives & lit clue for MERINGUES.

# A difficult clue and a bit of a clumsy way of getting the 
# correct letters, but what I want to know is, how did you ever 
# come up with it? If the cryptic construction wasn't so crude 
# (Take these 28 letters, remove these 19 letters and anagram!) 
# it would be in contention.
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From: dtk <kurtzdt@musc.edu>

Make soups from scones, mom (9)

answer: consommes

SOUPS=def

SCONES MOM-anagram fodder

# Nothing wrong here, but it doesn't do anything very clever either.
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From: jbergman@oxygen.bbn.com (Jacob Bergmann)

Cantonese dish is cooked with low flame; center is coated with
syrupy stuff and Western North American pork (3,3,3,3)


     Cantonese dish                  defn: MOO GOO GAI PAN , a
                                      chicken speciality of
                                      Chinese cooking
     is cooked with                  appropriate connector for
                                      this contest theme
     low                             MOO (cattle sound)
     flame; center                   A
     is coated with                  container signal
     syrupy stuff                    GOO
     Western                         reversal signal (moving towards
                                      the left, West)
     North American                  NA
     pork                            PIG

         NAPIG reversed = GIPAN
         A into GOOGIPAN = GOOGAIPAN

# You certainly didn't make the task easy for yourself, did you?
# It's not quite as convoluted as the lengthy explanation makes it 
# appear at first, but with such a long clue the surface needs to 
# be flawless - "Western North American pork" doesn't roll off my 
# tongue, I'm afraid!
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From: SAILORJOHN@delphi.com

  Combine small amount of onion with tamale mixture until resembles pablum (7)
      Combine = charade clue indicator
      small amount of onion = "O"
      tamale mixture = anagram to "ATMEAL"
      O + ATMEAL = OATMEAL
      "pablum" = defn. of OATMEAL

# Another "nothing wrong" but "nothing great" clue.
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From: "Christopher J. Burke" <cjburke@io.com>

Dice cored apple (remove skin) (4)

Dice -- anagram indicator
cored apple -- aple  -- anagram fodder
remove skin  - peal -- definition

# I'm afraid I don't follow this.  Remove skin = Peel, surely.
# Is Peal some food item - I've only seen it in relation to bell
# ringing before?? 
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From: Kevin Wald <wald@math.uchicago.edu>

    Fry on cut or cubed piece of toasted bread (7)

       cubed piece of toasted bread = CROUTON

       Fry = anagram indicator
       on cut or (anagrammed) = CROUTON

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From: Kevin Wald <wald@math.uchicago.edu>

    Fill doughnuts with 2000 pounds Italian ice cream (7)

       Italian ice cream = TORTONI (an Italian dessert consisting
	   of ice cream mixed with almonds and rum)

       dougnuts = TORI
       2000 pounds = TON
       fill TORI with TON = TORTONI

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From: Kevin Wald <wald@math.uchicago.edu>

    Finally, you put in minced squab (blend beak and meat), potatoes,
    and cabbage, all fried together (6, 3, 6)

       meat, potatoes, and cabbage, all fried together  = BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

       minced = anagram indicator
       squab blend beak (anagrammed) = BBBLEANDSQUEAK
       Finally, you = U
       U put in BBBLEANDSQUEAK = BUBBLEANDSQUEAK

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From: ab388@freenet.carleton.ca (Jules E. Lafrance)

Appetizer created by removing potassium from pancake mixture. (6)

Explanation: "Appetizer" is definition.  Remove K (potassium) from
"pancake", and remaining letters are anagrammed (`mixture') to give
"CANAPE".
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From: ab388@freenet.carleton.ca (Jules E. Lafrance)

Liberally pinch as much as you require of these greens. (7)

Explanation: "Greens" is definition.  Anagram (`liberally') "pinch as" into
"SPINACH".
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From: ab388@freenet.carleton.ca (Jules E. Lafrance)

Explanation: "tender cut of meat" is definition.  Anagram (`puree') of "Melt
fig in" plus "on" (paste on) gives "FILET MIGNON"
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From: ab388@freenet.carleton.ca (Jules E. Lafrance)

Explanation: "Egg dish" is definition. Substitute O (oxygen, part of water)
for H (hydrogen, another) in "shuffle" and you get "SOUFFLE".
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From: "Murray W. Smith" <msmith@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>

You quickly boil kettle of fish with salt water, add chopped basil,
 serve up (13)
   ANSWER: bouillabaisse
   EXPLANATION:
	quickly indicates short form - you = U 
	kettle of fish is anagram indicator for BOIL
	salt water = SEA
	chopped is anagram indicator for BASIL
	serve up is indirect anagram indicator
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From: "Murray W. Smith" <msmith@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>

Mince red sheep, I add salt and hot pepper under mash (9,3)
   ANSWER: shepherd's pie
   EXPLANATION: 
	mince is anagram indicator for RED SHEEP I
	under mash indicates partial anagram ie: abbreviations: salt = S,
hot = H and pepper = P 
	
	*note Shepherd's pie is a dish made of minced meat seasoned and
covered with mashed potatoes, then baked.
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From: Tom.Deneau@amd.com (Tom Deneau)

Take game and sprinkle in a bit of salt. (5)

	game = G
	sprinkle = RAIN
	a bit of salt = GRAIN (also a food word)
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