Subject: FAQ rec.puzzles.crosswords part 3/3
Date: 5 MAR 95 19:08:58
Summary: This Posting Contains a List of Frequently Asked Questions about Crosswords.
Organisation: Digital Equipment Corporation


Version: 4.11

        Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.puzzles.crosswords
                               Version 4.11

                          Compiled and edited by
               James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com)

(FAQ continued...)

   This section is dedicated to the memory of Tovah Hollander who passed
   from this life on 29 May 1994.  May she rest in peace.

(12) What are ACC, CWC, and PCWC?

   These are cryptic clue writing competitions run regularly in the
   newsgroup.  In each a word, or words, are set for which the 
   participants must write a cryptic clue(s).  Completed clues are
   E-mailed to the moderator or setter.  The author of the winning clue
   has to option of setting, and moderating, the next round of the
   competition.  The competitions don't have a final round; they just
   keep going.

   The three competitions are:

   ACC, for "Araucaria Clueing Contest", was started by Ray Steiner (and
   named by Dave Corne, the first winner).  The winner of each round
   gets to set and judge the next round.  (For those of you who don't
   know who Araucaria is, he is a famous British crossword setter who
   writes very fine puzzles and clues for the Guardian.)  The moderator
   has considerable freedom in imposing a particular task on the
   setters.  This has resulted in some ususual word combinations/phrases
   being given in the past.  It's probably the most flexible of the
   three competitions.  (FYI: Araucaria is really an elderly Yorkshire
   based Clergyman.)

   CWC, for "Clue Writing Competition", was started by Ian Gent.  Two
   words are given: one is intended to be easy to clue and the other
   more awkward.  The best single clue wins the contest though a winner
   for each word is announced.  Also, it often has a shorter time
   between the setting of words and submission deadline than ACC, but
   that is up to the person running the competition to decide.

   PCWC, for "People's Clue Writing Competition", was started by Guy
   Jacobson.  Unlike ACC and CWC, submitted clues are posted before the
   winner is judged.  Readers of the newsgroup (except for the
   moderator) then vote for their favourite clues.  The winner sets the
   next word, but the judging is always done by the people.  The ranking
   system, by which the winning clue is chosen, has come in for some
   criticism of late.

   Member of the newsgroup who don't have access to a UNIX system may
   have problems moderating the PCWC competition since the ranking
   software (which is located in the crossword archive) uses UNIX to
   tabulate the scoring.  Various people in the newsgroup have offered
   to help if this situation arises in the future.

(13) What words have been used in the above competitions?

   Here are the lists of all CWC, PCWC, and ACC words used to date
   (March 1995):

  CWC words                        PCWC words       ACC words
   1 MOUSETRAP, CONVOLVULUS         1 DEMOCRATIC     1 OPHELIA
   2 DEMONSTRATE, SCHERZO           2 RECAPITULATE   2 VALETUDINARIAN
   3 PIRATES, PISTACHIO             3 SCAPEGOAT      3 PRIDE
   4 ENTERPRISE, KARAOKE            4 LANDSLIDE      4 CHOCOLATE
   5 FLOUNDER, JERK                 5 MACEDONIA      5 MARSUPIAL
   6 INTEGRATED, PARANOIA           6 ADMINISTER     6 ACE
   7 MODERATE, UNREQUITED           7 WISTFUL        7 CONTROVERSIAL
   8 STRANGER, SHOCKED, ICED TEA    8 CARDINAL       8 CATASTROPHE
   9 ALTERNATE, RHYTHM              9 INAUGURATE     9 SUNBATHER
  10 CONSIDERABLE, KNUCKLE         10 DISCRIMINATE  10 SOFTWARE
  11 ELABORATE, JUXTAPOSE          11 FREQUENCY     11 OBESITY
  12 MISCREATION, AARDWOLF         12 PHANTASM      12 ALL SAINTS' DAY
  13 CONDIMENT, FACULTY            13 SFORZANDO     13 SEPARATE
  14 SULLEN, CHILDHOOD             14 KITTEN        14 CHASTE
  15 PICARESQUE, COLOPHON          15 RIGHT         15 CALLIPYGIAN
  16 WEATHERED, EXEMPT             16 PREHISTORIC   16 FOREPLAY
  17 STRATEGEM, SQUEEZE            17 DELIBERATE    17 INEBRIATED
  18 BULLWINKLE, ROCKY             18 CARGO         18 MONKEY-PUZZLE TREE
  19 CHINA, HONG KONG              19 MARMALADE     19 HORSERADISH
  20 AROUND, ASBESTOS              20 CAROUSEL      20 COME UP TO SCRATCH
  21 PEDESTRIAN, AZURE             21 WOODY ALLEN   21 ENFRANCHISE
  22 DELIVERY, FLIBBERTIGIBBET     22 ORDINANCE     22 TEMPERATE
  23 NINETEEN                      23 SELECT        23 WITHOUT A CLUE
  24 PRINCIPAL, CORROBORATE        24 SNOWFLAKE     24 PANDEMONIUM
  25 PIERCING, STATE OF GRACE      25 DISASTER      25 ENGAGEMENT
  26 CAROL SINGER, HOMOLOGUE       26 MADRIGALIST   26 CARICATURE
  27 TRANSPARENT, KOOKABURRA       27 SUBTERFUGE    27 PROPER
  28 RESOLUTION, EPIPHANY          28 RUMINATE      28 A SHOT IN THE DARK
  29 HELICOPTER, MACROBIOTIC       29 REINCARNATION 29 GAME SET AND MATCH
  30 ARSENIC, CYANIDE              30 METONYMY      30 DOUBLE ENTENDRE
  31 SPECTACLE, INGENUOUS          31 BASEMENT      31 MAINTENANCE
  32 REFRAIN, MALICE               32 TELEPHONE     32 SHALLOW
  33 CLARINET, KAZOO               33 SNAPSHOT      33 OVER THE HILL
  34 BLIZZARD, CLOUD               34 NEGATIVE      34 MEASURE
  35 ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONY           35 DIGEST        35 DETACHMENT
  36 LEMON, DISTRESS               36 SPRAINED      36 VOLUNTEER
  37 CARPENTER, VODKA              37 GROUNDS       37 Chosen by entrants
  38 BANDICOOT, CHINCHILLA         38 CURTAILMENT   38 ROMANCE
  39 DEGREE, NUPTIAL               39 REACTIONARY   39 Chosen by entrants
  40 MOTIVE, ARCHIPELAGO                            40 RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATOR
  41 SOLUTION, CONCENTRATE                          41 A set of five words
  42 ITINERARY, PREROGATIVE                         42 ARAUCARIA
  43 FRIENDLINESS, GASTRONOME                       43 THERAPEUTIC, SICKEN
  44 HARVEST, SOPRANO                               44 BLACK HOLE, INCANDESCENT
  45 SNORKEL, SCUBA                                 45 Chosen by entrants
  46 BIRTHPLACE, CENOTAPH                           46 LEGERDEMAIN, BARONESS
  47 PATHOGEN, BEELZEBUB                            47 Chosen by entrants
  48 MISANTHROPE, SHANGRI-LA                        48 Chosen by entrants
  49 RATTLESNAKE, CHAFF                             49 WOODSTOCK
  50 GOLDEN, QUINQUAGENARIAN                        50 SOLUTION
  51 RUMPELSTILTSKIN, DOG IN THE MANGER             51 A set of five words
  52 PARTICIPATE, RUSTLE                            52 Chosen by entrants
  53 RAVEN, WRITING DESK                            53 Chosen by entrants
  54 UNIMPORTANCE, NOTABLY                          54 Chosen by entrants
  55 BULLETIN, BOOMERANG                            55 Chosen by entrants
  56 CONGLOMERATE, MANIFEST                         56 GRADE
  57 FASCINATE, JOURNEY                             57 Chosen by entrants
  58 SUNFLOWER, CYCLONE                             58 Chosen by entrants
  59 CATACLYSM, JUPITER                             59 Chosen by entrants
  60 PERSIFLAGE, LECTERN                            60 Chosen by entrants
  61 EMPLOYMENT, CONTRACT
  62 SMOKING, DISTINGUISHED
  63 RESTRAIN, DERELICT
  64 PASSIONATELY, APATHETIC
  65 SPACECRAFT, SCREAM
  66 DIAERESIS, VOLUME CONTROL
  67 RERUN, KUMQUAT
  68 MINISTRY, COLLECTED
  69 SHANTY, GROG-BLOSSOM
  70 TREPIDATION, ENIGMAS
  71 DIAMOND, GALLERY

(14) Who has won the above competitions?

     CWC winners
     -----------

      1.  Ross Beresford (ross@bryson.demon.co.uk)
      2.  Scott Marley (hudu@well.sf.ca.us) 
      3.  Matthew Faupel (matthew@ntl02.decnet.nokia.fi)
      4.  Roger Phillips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      5.  Peter King (prking@cs.UManitoba.ca)
      6.  Fletcher Gross (gross@math.utah.edu)
      7.  Anil Nair (nair@quintus.com)
      8.  Fletcher Gross (gross@math.utah.edu)
      9.  Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)
      10. Clark C. Presson (atccp@asuvm.inre.asu.edu) - won both legs
      11. Roy Thearle (rt@ukc.ac.uk)
      12. Jeremy Holden (jholden@netcom.com)
      13. Roger Phillips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      14. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      15. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      16. Matt Hudelson (ghod@milton.u.washington.edu)
      17. Paul Asente (asente@adobe.com)
      18. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      19. David Smith (dksmith@cen.ex.ac.uk)
      20. Ilana Stern (ilana@ncar.ucar.edu)
      21. Mark S. Manasse (msm@src.dec.com)
      22. Ray Steiner (steiner@andy.bgsu.edu)
      23. Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      24. Mark Manasse (msm@src.dec.com)
      25. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      26. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      27. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      28. Roger Phillips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      29. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      30. Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      31. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com) - won both legs
      32. Roger Phillips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      33. Ilana Stern (ilana@ncar.ucar.edu)
      34. Equal first Guy Jacobson (guy@research.att.com) and
.  Ian Watson (ian@hpopd.pwd.hp.com)
      35. Mike Holly (hollyma@cray.com)
      36. Amitai Halevi (chr04ha@vmsa.technion.ac.il)
      37. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      38. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      39. Mark Oshin (care of tode@wally.uofport.edu)
      40. Amitai Halevi (chr04ha@vmsa.technion.ac.il)
      41. Kevin Tschetter (tsch0011@student.tc.umn.edu)
      42. Equal first Ryan Harding (rkh2@ukc.ac.uk) and
.  Jake Bergmann (bergmann@boston.sinet.slb.com)
      43. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      44. Brian Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      45. Clay Colwell (clayton@austin.ibm.com)
      46. Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)
      47. Ben Zimmer (ben.z@bonair.Stanford.EDU)
      48. Bob Gregory (bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk)
      49. Dirk Laurie (wskdpl@puknet.puk.ac.za)
      50. Bob Gregory (bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk)
      51. Brian Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      52. Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)
      53. Robert L Rosenberg (rrosenbe@mason1.gmu.edu)
      54. Jake Bergmann (bergmann@april.hq.ileaf.com)
      55. Bob Rosenberg (rrosenbe@mason1.gmu.edu)
      56. Brian Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      57. Todd McClary (toddm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu)

     ACC winners
     -----------

      1.  David Corne (dave@aifh.ed.ac.uk)
      2.  Roger Phillips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      3.  David Corne (dave@aifh.ed.ac.uk)
      4.  Warren Usui (aardvark@snap.la.locus.com)
      5.  Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      6.  John Dalbec (dalbec@cs.cornell.edu)
      7.  Richard Chamberlain (richard@ssd.intel.com)
      8.  Roger Philips (roger@quantime.co.uk)
      9.  Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      10. Scott Glazer (glazer@cs.cornell.edu)
      11. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      12. Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      13. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      14. Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      15. Guy Jacobson (guy@ulysses.att.com)
      16. Viresh Ratnakar (ratnakar@tortilla.cs.wisc.edu)
      17. Rhys Price Jones (rhyspj@occs.cs.oberlin.edu)
      18. Peter R. King (prking@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca)
      19. Equal first Guy Jacobson (guy@research.att.com) and 
.  Bob Gregory (bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk)
      20. Equal first Guy Jacobson (guy@research.att.com) and 
.  Mark Manasse (msm@src.dec.com)
      21. Siddhartha Chatterjee (sc@riacs.edu)
      22. Siddhartha Chatterjee (sc@riacs.edu)
      23. Ian Watson (ian@hpopd.pwd.hp.com)
      24. 'Flee' alias Felix Lee (flee@guardian.cse.psu.edu)
      25. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      26. Brian C. Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      27. Bob Gregory ((bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk)
      28. Alan Waldock (ajw@ornews.intel.com)
      29. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      30. Amitai Halevi (chr04ha@vmsa.technion.ac.il)
      31. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      32. Ilana Stern (ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu)
      33. Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
      34. Alan Waldock (ajw@ornews.intel.com)
      35. Brian C. Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      36. Tovah Hollander (tovah@onion.salad.mssm.edu)
      37. Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)
      38. Ryan Harding (rkh2@ukc.ac.uk)
      39. Noam D. Elkies (elkies@zariski.harvard.edu)
      40. Andrew Solnick (solnick@leland.stanford.edu)
      41. Ray Steiner (steiner@andy.bgsu.edu)
      42. Pat Breene (No address known??)
      43. Phil Jensen (pjensen@csi.compuserve.com)
      44. Tom Deneau (tom.deneau@amd.com)
      45. Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
      46. Bob Rosenberg (rrosenbe@mason1.gmu.edu)

     PCWC winners
     ------------

      1.  Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      2.  Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      3.  Mark S. Manasse (msm@src.dec.com)
      4.  Greg Lawler (jose@duke.edu)
      5.  Chris Quinn (quinn@ee-cf.stanford.edu)
      6.  Brian Spollen (bcs@sc.harris.com)
      7.  Uday Rajan (urajan@leland.stanford.edu)
      8.  Ilana Stern (ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu)
      9.  Ralph Kennedy (kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu)
      10. Edward Carney (carneye@boystown.org)
      11. Matt Hudelson (hudelson@math.washington.edu)
      12. Guy Jacobson (guy@research.att.com)
      13. Alan Waldock (ajw@guardian.intel.com)
      14. Guy Jacobson (guy@research.att.com)
      15. Bob Gregory (bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk) 
      16. Beacon (beacon@ccit.arizona,edu)
      17. Tom Deneau (tomd@cayman.amd.com)
      18. Paul Asente (asente@adobe.com)
      19. Felix Lee (flee@guardian.cse.psu.edu)
      20. Chris Solnordal (solnorda@dmpe.csiro.au)
      21. Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
      22. Ilana Stern (ilana@niwot.scd.ucar.edu)
      23. Dirk Laurie (wskdpl@puknet.puk.ac.za)
      24. Ilana Stern (ilana@niwot.scd.ucar.edu)
      25. Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
      26. John Bryan  (jbryan@ssd.intel.com)
      27. Merlyn LeRoy (merlyn@digibd.com)
      28. Suspended for now.
      29. Rock Pereira (rockp@gibbs.oit.unc.edu)

   The results and some comments for most runnings (except ACC1, and
   PCWC8) of all three competitions are available in the crossword
   archive.  

   If anyone has any information on ACC1 and/or PCWC8, especially the
   results of either competition, I'd appreciate a mail containing the
   details?

--

   Many thanks goes to the following who helped either wittingly, or
   unwittingly, in the compilation of this FAQ.

   Ian Gent.     (ipg@aisb.edinburgh.ac.uk)
   Ross Beresford    (ross@bryson.demon.co.uk)
   John Hutchinson   (hutch@ilmen.lanl.gov)
   Guy Jacobson.     (guy@ulysses.att.com)
   Toby Howard.     (toby@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk)
   Danial A. Asimov  (asimov@nas.nasa.gov)
   Marc Branchaud    (marcnarc@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca)
   Chris Long.     (clong@remus.rutgers.edu)
   Bob Gregory :-)   (bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk)
   Gordon Lessells   (lessellsg@ul.ie)
   Kijin Jung        (kxj6@po.cwru.edu)
   Eric J. Anderson  (eja@cs.duke.edu)
   Judith Underwood  (under@cs.cornell.edu)
   Doug Butler       (bidlb@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au)
   Roy Treadle.     (Roy.Thearle@uknet.ac.uk)
   Roger Philips     (roger@quantime.co.uk)
   David M. Tuller   (tulled@rpi.edu)
   Michael Phelps    (aspengld@cscns.com)
   Scott Stansbury   (scott@nmc.cit.cornell.edu)
   John P. Dalbec    (dalbec@cs.cornell.edu)
   Jonathan Kamens   (jik@gza.com)
   hcsarruK reteP    (kurrasch@ecn.purdue.edu)
   Andy Spooner.     (spooner@informatics.wustl.edu)
   Brad Friedman     (brad_friedman@cville.win.net)
   Ilan Berker       (berker@ivy.wpi.edu)
   Ray Steiner       (steiner@andy.bgsu.edu)
   Robert A. DeLisle (rad@crl.com)
   Phelps Gates      (phelpsg1@aol.com)
   H Asobi           (asobih@aol.com)
   Steve Johnson     (johnson@cs.wmich.edu)
   Jake Bergmann     (jbergmann@bbn.com)
   Antony Lewis      (aml1005@hermes.cam.ac.uk)
   Mike Hamilton     (mikeh@bbs.ausom.oz.au)
   Dan Sachs         (dansachs@panix.com)
   Jenn Turney       (jenn_turney@king.mathcs.wilkes.edu)
   Ilana Stern       (ilana@niwot.scd.ucar.edu)
