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From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
Subject: PCWC 9 Results
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 16:49:58 GMT
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The winning clue for PCWC 9, chosen by the readers of rec.puzzles.crosswords,
was #18:

Dedicate to thankless one hoarding gold and uranium (10)

by Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu), who will be moderating
the next PCWC.

The winner of the maximum standard deviation award was Guy Jacobson 
(guy@ulysses.att.com) whose clue #17 garnered high votes and low votes
but not a whole lot of in-between votes.

The cluers who had more than 60% of the possible points:

1) #18, Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)

2) #12, Steven Grady (grady@lotus.com)
  In Rome, soothsayer stirred tea for initiate (10)

3) #14, Mark Meyerson (mdm@usna.navy.mil)
  Drunk iguana, true initiate (10)  [The moderator gives this the Zen Award]

4) #7, Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
  Open two universities in a great turmoil  (10)

5) #17, Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
  Invest in gold and uranium-filled jar (10)

6) #6, Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
  In short, August uranium price is set up (10)

Obviously, uranium is near and dear to many readers of this newsgroup.

A few bonus clues submitted by entrants:
  Move true iguana to place in office (10)
  Popular symbol for Golden Gate holds tour which neglects to start (10)

Comments will be posted in another article.  Complete results in
excruciating detail follow:

There were 18 clues and 20 voters; maximum total 340.0

Scores:

	Clue	total	 %max	rank	  mean	 st.dev	 median
	----	-----	 ----	----	  ----	 ------	 ------
	  1	174.0	 51.2	  9	  8.70	  3.46	  7.75
	  2	 86.0	 25.3	 18	  4.30	  4.20	  2.75
	  3	149.0	 43.8	 11	  7.45	  4.40	  7.50
	  4	110.0	 32.4	 17	  5.50	  4.73	  4.25
	  5	124.5	 36.6	 16	  6.22	  3.80	  6.00
	  6	210.5	 61.9	  6	 10.53	  3.65	 12.00
	  7	218.5	 64.3	  4	 10.93	  4.88	 12.50
	  8	136.5	 40.1	 14	  6.83	  4.29	  6.75
	  9	157.0	 46.2	 10	  7.85	  4.32	  8.00
	 10	184.0	 54.1	  7	  9.20	  4.82	 10.75
	 11	144.5	 42.5	 12	  7.22	  5.52	  8.00
	 12	228.5	 67.2	  2	 11.43	  4.00	 12.25
	 13	128.0	 37.6	 15	  6.40	  4.22	  6.25
	 14	224.0	 65.9	  3	 11.20	  4.14	 11.75
	 15	140.5	 41.3	 13	  7.03	  4.50	  6.50
	 16	181.5	 53.4	  8	  9.07	  4.10	  9.25
	 17	215.0	 63.2	  5	 10.75	  6.38	 15.00
	 18	248.0	 72.9	  1	 12.40	  4.71	 13.50

Vote distribution histograms:

           4 |               X                   
           3 |               X                   
           2 |          X    X    X              
           1 |   X     XXX  XXX  XX  XXXX X X    
Clue #1      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |XX X XX            X               
           1 |XXXXXXXX  X X  X   X   X       X   
Clue #2      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |               X                   
           2 |      X   X    X                   
           1 | X XX X  XX  X XXX    X XXX   XX   
Clue #3      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |  X                                
           2 |  X   X      X                     
           1 |XXXXX XX  X XX XX    X   X    X X  
Clue #4      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |            X                      
           2 |     X      X  XX                  
           1 | X XXXXX  X XX XX  X X     X  X    
Clue #5      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                        XX         
           2 |            X           XX  X X    
           1 |     X X    XX    X XX XXX XX X    
Clue #6      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |               X               X   
           2 |               X         X     XXX 
           1 |  X   X  XX    XX     X  XX X  XXX 
Clue #7      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |    X    X        X                
           1 | XX XX X XX X  XXXX X X  X X    X  
Clue #8      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |                X        X  X      
           1 |  XXXX X X X X XXXX X X  X  X X    
Clue #9      |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                        X          
           2 |      X                 XX     X   
           1 |X    XXX  X  X  X  XX  XXXX    X X 
Clue #10     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 | X  X                   X          
           1 |XXX XXXX       X XX X X XX  X   X X
Clue #11     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                            X      
           2 |            X       X       X   X  
           1 |        X X X X    XXX  XX XX X XXX
Clue #12     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |X    X    X  X                     
           1 |X    XXXX X XXXX XXX X         XX  
Clue #13     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |                  X   X X      X   
           1 |     X  X X  X    XX  XXXXX   XXXXX
Clue #14     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |     X    X           X            
           1 | X XXXX  XX X XXX X X X   X    XX  
Clue #15     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                   
           3 |                                   
           2 |            X X          X    X    
           1 |      XXXXX X X  X  XXXXXX    X   X
Clue #16     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                                X  
           3 |                                X X
           2 |   X                          X X X
           1 |  XXX  X XX X             X   XXXXX
Clue #17     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

           4 |                         X         
           3 |                         X      X X
           2 |                         X     XX X
           1 | X     X X     X    X    XX X XXX X
Clue #18     |___________________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7


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