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From: boek@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Christopher Boek)
Subject: PCWC11 results
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 05:30:29 GMT
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	P C W C 1 1   R E S U L T S

Hi all. 
The ballots are all in for PCWC 11, and the winner is clue no. 4.

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 4. Note how often one traverses the channel (9)

The author was Matt Hudelson (hudelson@math.washington.edu)
who doesn't want to moderate.
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With honourable mentions to 13, 11, 16 and 5.

 13. How often is French incomplete about what Spanish finally say? (9)
	Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com) (no moderate)

 11. Get upset when ocean sounds like a radio setting (9)
	Clay Colwell (archmage@vnet.ibm.com) (moderate)

 16. Endless sequence infused into young one over period (9)
	Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)

 5. Audible abnormality during ocean rhythm measurement (9) 
	Brian Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
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Thus the moderator for next round (PCWC12) will be Clay Colwell.


There were 16 clues and 11 voters; maximum total 165.0

Scores:

	Clue	total	 %max	rank	  mean	 st.dev	 median
	----	-----	 ----	----	  ----	 ------	 ------
	  1	 56.5	 34.2	 15	  5.14	  4.11	  5.00
	  2	 86.0	 52.1	  9	  7.82	  2.73	  7.50
	  3	 61.5	 37.3	 14	  5.59	  4.95	  3.50
	  4	108.5	 65.8	  1	  9.86	  3.80	  9.00
	  5	 96.5	 58.5	  5	  8.77	  4.17	  7.50
	  6	 89.5	 54.2	  6	  8.14	  3.30	  7.50
	  7	 88.5	 53.6	 7-8	  8.05	  4.38	  7.50
	  8	 71.5	 43.3	 11	  6.50	  3.97	  4.50
	  9	 84.0	 50.9	 10	  7.64	  3.44	  7.50
	 10	 55.0	 33.3	 16	  5.00	  4.23	  5.00
	 11	101.0	 61.2	  3	  9.18	  3.30	  7.50
	 12	 62.0	 37.6	 13	  5.64	  3.84	  5.00
	 13	107.5	 65.2	  2	  9.77	  3.06	 10.50
	 14	 88.5	 53.6	 7-8	  8.05	  2.84	  8.50
	 15	 63.0	 38.2	 12	  5.73	  3.71	  5.00
	 16	100.5	 60.9	  4	  9.14	  4.59	  8.50

Vote distribution histograms:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

           3 |X              X               
           2 |X              X               
           1 |X  X  X   X    X     X   X     
Clue #10     |_______________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

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

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

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

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

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

           3 |                               
           2 |                             X 
           1 |    XX    X    XXXX         XXX
Clue #16     |_______________________________
                                  1 1 1 1 1 1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

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Comments for clues for the word (FREQUENCY) follow:

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 1. Fancy losing a queer screwed up in listening area (9)

From: bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk (Bob Gregory)

 I don't care what Chambers says, "listening area" is not an
 adequate definition.  And the surface reading makes little
 sense, too.

 "In" should precede, not follow, "fancy losing a".
 "Area" seems inaccurate in the definition.  And I don't understand
 the surface reading.

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 2. Cook without disturbing queen a hundred times every hour (9)

From: jose@math.duke.edu (Greg Lawler)

 "every hour" 's specificness messes up the definition.  Also,
 "without" means "surrounding" only when it's an adverb, so it
 can't really take "disturbing queen" as an object in the charade.
 Still a well above-average clue.

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 3. How often does a fancy queer lack a small ass? (9)

From: dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann)

 A small ass is not "a" in my book.

 I liked this the best because it was mine.

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 4. Note how often one traverses the channel (9)

From: Matthew Hudelson <hudelson@math.washington.edu>

 The "one traverses" part doesn't fit the definition.  Who is "one"?

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 5. Audible abnormality during ocean rhythm measurement (9) 

From: bcs@sc.harris.com (Brian Spollen)

 Multi-word soundalikes are hard to do, because the accentuation
 is likely to be wrong, as it is here.  Also, clueing three what
 are really there independent soundalikes by a single "audibly"
 is awkward.

 Good job!  My only quibble: "measurement" is not the same as
 the thing being measured, e.g., the frequency.

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 6. Radio channel reports on licentious musician Jones (9)

Mark Meyerson (mdm@usna.navy.mil)
 
 The stress in the word "Quincy" is at odds with the homophone.
 And, the solver is required to come up with a little special knowledge.

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 7. How often Hertz measures this! (9)

From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)

 These two definitions are too similar and, more seriously, there is no
 sense shift in the surface reading.

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 8. Monstrosity prevails. EEEEE....tell how often! (9)

From: Leon T. Garretson <garretso@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu>

 At least in my dialect of English, two out of four letters in "wins"
 fail to match the supposedly corresponding sounds in "frequency".
 I don't care for the scream, either.

 The surface reading is pretty strained.  And "wins" is not quite
 right; should be "wince".

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 9. How often do you hear "Release the medical examiner" on TV? (9)

-- Mark Manasse (msm@src.dec.com)

 As in clue 5, the accentuation in the multiple words is wrong, and as
 in clue 8, the I sound is wrong.  Perhaps because I used to watch
 "Quincy, M.E." myself, I liked the surface reading enough that
 I forgave these flaws and ranked the clue third, next after my
 favorite and my own. 

 The stress in the word "Quincy" is at odds with the homophone.
 And the special knowledge needed is particular to a limited TV audience.

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 10. How often a distorted loud cry engulfs H.R.M. in dishabille! (9)

From: CARNEYE@BoysTown.ORG (Edward Carney)

 It's not great to have two different anagram processes in the same
 clue.  You'd do better to string "loud cry queen" together and then
 you don't even need "engulfs".   "dishabille" (sp.) doesn't
 work well for me as an anagram indicator.

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 11. Get upset when ocean sounds like a radio setting (9)

From: "Clay Colwell" <archmage@vnet.ibm.com>

 The same triple soundalike as clue 5 brings the same complaint
 of awkwardness.  And this one doesn't have a nice surface
 reading either.

 Good clue, especially the surface reading (suggesting white noise).
 It would be better if "sounds like" preceded, not followed, the
 homophone.

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 12. 100 Girl Scouts missing in Guernsey; French queen swims the Channel (9)

From: bergmann@blaca1.SINet.SLB.COM

 Much too intricate.

 Thought this was a real headline from "Weekly World News"

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 13. How often is French incomplete about what Spanish finally say? (9)

	-- Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)

 Surface reading is awkward, and I detest the jargon "finally say" for
 "last letter of 'say'".

 Good charade for a hard word.  I don't quite follow "incomplete"
 in the surface reading.

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 14. "How often dost heartless query fence with bewildered answer" (9)

From: Mike Rahilly <Mike.Rahilly@dbce.csiro.au>

 A nice clue, but "with" and "answer" don't seem to really belong.,

 A little wordy, especially the "with bewildered", in which the
 "with" separates the anagram indicator from its raw material.

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 15. An inarticulate fancy about a less than saintly request for timely 
     reciprocation (9)

-- E. A. Halevi (chr04ha@vmsa.technion.ac.il)

 Rather complicated, and how are we supposed to know that "inarticulate"
 means to delete the A rather than some other modification?

 Just too "fancy".  "Articulate", despite its etymology, doesn't
 mean "consisting of articles". "Timely reciprocation" is a
 *real* stretch.  "Frequency" is the reciprocal of "period";
 "time" is just the units that period is measured in.

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 16. Endless sequence infused into young one over period (9)

-- Guy (guy@ulysses.att.com)

 Smooth surface reading and flawless construction.
 The winner.

 Pretty good charade, but I never figured out "sequence" in the
 surface reading.  Is this young one being injected with chromosomes?
 Also, "endless" can be taken to mean "remove last letter".
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