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From: gross@math.utah.edu (Fletcher Gross)
Subject: CWC9 winners
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 06:40:50 GMT
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Here are the winning clues for CWC9:
The winning clue for the first word is

    Every other letter an "A" - bananas. (9)

and was submitted by Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com).

The winning clue for the second word is
    "Oh my heart!" is consonant with erratic pulse. (6)
which was submitted by Jeremy Holden (jholden@netcom.netcom.com).

Both of these are excellent clues but I thought the second word was
harder to clue and Jeremy's clue was more unusual so on that basis, I
selected the second clue as the overall winner. Jeremy is unable to
be the judge for CWC10 so I have asked Tom to judge the next contest.
Congratulations to both Tom and Jeremy.

Later today I will post an annotated list of all the clues submitted.
These messages will be clearly labelled as SPOILERS so if you want to
try and solve these clues, don't read those messages.

Thanks to all who sent in clues. I received a total of 20 clues for
the first word and 24 clues for the second although the second word
proved harder in terms of the quality of the clues. As always, there
were several good clues that I could have picked (and another judge
probably would have) instead of the ones I did. Several of the clues
were real surprises to me and I enjoyed the experience of judging. I
would be happy to hear from anyone who would like to discuss the
judging.

Fletcher
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