WG 67 announcement: 'Sixes and sevens'

[Luciano Ward]

Many thanks to Mark for moderating WG 66.

Welcome to WG 67: ‘Sixes and sevens’.

'At sixes and sevens' means in a state of disarray. For WG 67, please write a cryptic clue where the definition in the clue is an anagram of the true definition. The definition in your clue should be just one word.

Here is an example:

Composer's written about a horse (5)

BACH about A = BEACH
HORSE anagram = SHORE = BEACH

Up to three entries, please.

The deadline for entries is end of day, Friday the 18th of February.

Good luck,

Inocula

[Luciano Ward]

Well, my clue doesn't work, but you get the idea...

Composer's written about Eastern horse (5)

BACH about E = BEACH

[Duke]

Search for grain of relief within throbbing pains (6)

Meat from tule elk, avidly marinated, entrances (4)

Sister lives in state of leisure (6)

[Luciano Ward]

Thanks to Duke, Duke, and Duke for entering WG 67, and apologies for the delay.

I fear that my instructions for the competition were not clear, in that my intentions were that the definition in the clue had to be an anagram of the real definition (HORSE = SHORE, which defines BEACH), and not an anagram of the entered answer.

With that in mind…

DUKE:

Search for grain of relief within throbbing pains (6)

SPRAIN: this one I don’t get. I suspect the answer is SPRAIN, but can’t see how the definition works.

Meat from tule elk, avidly marinated, entrances (4)

TEAM: first letters, though the wordplay should have led to something like SIDE

Sister lives in state of leisure (6)

RESIST: IS in REST, though the wordplay should have led to something like OPPOSE

[Duke]

On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:06:16 AM UTC-8, Luciano Ward wrote:
> Thanks to Duke, Duke, and Duke for entering WG 67, and apologies for the delay.
>
> I fear that my instructions for the competition were not clear, in that my intentions were that the definition in the clue had to be an anagram of the real definition (HORSE = SHORE, which defines BEACH), and not an anagram of the entered answer.
>
> With that in mind…
>
> DUKE:
> Search for grain of relief within throbbing pains (6)
> SPRAIN: this one I don’t get. I suspect the answer is SPRAIN, but can’t see how the definition works.

With my misunderstanding of the goal, this one is A(R)CHES, which anagrams to SEARCH.

Luciano: Do you want to try again? Should I run the next WG?

[Luciano Ward]

Repeated thanks to Duke, Duke, and Duke for entering WG 67, and apologies for the delay.

As indicated before: I fear that my instructions for the competition were not clear, in that my intentions were that the definition in the clue had to be an anagram of the real definition (HORSE = SHORE, which defines BEACH), and not an anagram of the entered answer.

With that in mind…

DUKE:

Search for grain of relief within throbbing pains (6)

ARCHES: R in ACHES, though the wordplay should have led to something like VAULTS

Meat from tule elk, avidly marinated, entrances (4)
TEAM: first letters, though the wordplay should have led to something like SIDE

Sister lives in state of leisure (6)
RESIST: IS in REST, though the wordplay should have led to something like OPPOSE

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I have an idea for WG 68, and will post it soon.