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1ACCWC#435 - ACT OF GOD (10)

Total Clues: 29 Total Voters: 31

# Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments
1 Textrous Natural disaster got a doc worried about the onset of fatalities (3,2,3) 3318Def: Natural disaster, GOTADOC* about F
2 @LowdownCryptic Piece of glass in processed cat food is a hazard (3,2,3) 2918Def is hazard; G (piece of glass) in CAT FOOD* (processed)
3 Ratna Rao Tsunami perhaps , primarily affecting coastal towns, often fierce, getting overly destructive (3,2,3) 2412Acrostic clue , tsunami perhaps is def
4 Lakshmi Vaidyanathan Cat food scattered around entrance of gate. It's a disaster (3,2,3) 2012Def- it's a disaster, scattered- anagram indicator for cat food, around- containment indicator for g , entrance of- 1st letter picking indicator for g from gate
5 Satyen Nabar Terrible fog at dock - largely unexpected natural event (3,2,3) 1812anag of FOG AT DOC(-k); terrible= anag ind, largely= last letter deletion, defn= unexpected natural event
6 @qpheevr E.g., a landslide exactly in the middle of westbound trail (3,2,3) 168Def.: “e.g., a landslide”. “exACTly in the middle” = ACT; “of” = OF; “trail” = DOG (verb); “westbound” = reversal indic. (in an across entry)
7 Anjali Vaidya Leaders of all communities together organized festive gatherings on Diwali ,making it a divine event (3,2,3) 1511Defn : divine event. Leaders of indicates first letter of every word “all communities…..Diwali”
8 Veera Raghavan First of all, approach concerned town officials for guidance on day of natural disaster (3,2,3) 159Acrostic clue. - good clue..but ''of'' seems to be extra..(also w/p of def)
9 Suyash Roongta Ordered CD with endless footage of Katrina, for one (3,2,3) 1410Anagram of CD + FOOTAG (endless footage). Anagrind - ordered. Def - Katrina, for one. Katrina - hurricane (and also famous Indian actor). - not sure if ''of '' works as a connector between wordplay to def
10 N Anantakrishnan Mix of cat and dog? An accident of nature! (3,2,,3) 1410(Of cat dog)* Mix (verb) - anag ind. Def - an accident of nature
11 Perhaps, Katrina Kaif got OCD treatment by spending 1K (3,2,3) 127Defn by example (Katrina) ; {KAIF GOT OCD}* - {I K} - 😀
- nice clue...but after fodder, ''treated'' works as anagrind.
12 Extract of "Godot" reveals an unexpected disaster (3,2,3) 127Exr(ACT OF GOD)ot, "reveals" is the containment indicator, "an unexpected disaster" is the definition.
13 Cat food cooked with a bit of garlic is, naturally, a disaster! (3,2,3) 118Cat food = fodder; cooked = anagram indicator; with: connector; a bit of Garlic = G; naturally a disaster = definition of ACT OF GOD = (CAT FOOD G)*
14 Wild cat and mad dog escorting old fellow? It's a miracle!(3,2,3) 107Defn: Miracle. Anno: (CAT*)(O)(F)(DOG*). Wild and Mad are anagrinds. Old: O. Fellow: F
15 His work is creating cat, dog, even wolf (3,2,3) 106Definition: His work; Anagrind: creating; even wolf: of; (cat dog of)*: Act of God
16 Damages from floods perhaps part of contract of godowns (3,2,3) 85Definition by example (damages from floods is an example of 'act of god'), hidden word (contrACT OF GODowns)
17 Changing tailless cats for dogs is a catastrophe 73Anagram of CAT(s) FO(r) DOG(s)
18 Natural consequence of cat and dog fights? (3,2,3) 65Def: Natural consequence? Punny Def. Anno. OF CAT DOG*
19 Cat pounded old female hound on its head - what a tragedy! (3,2,3) 65CAT*(pounded) O, F, DOG(hound)<<< (on its head reversal Ind in a down clue) Def: What a tragedy !
20 Blurry footage , almost entirely about compact disc is a disaster (3,2,3) 44(FOOTAGE-E +CD)* - i think CD would have to be together, for this to work
21 Rotten German cat food causes disaster (3,2,3) 44Def - disaster, rotten - anagram indicator, cat+food+g(German) = act of god
22 Contaminated cat food besieging government in a state of emergency 43Anagram of CAT FOOD containing G (GOVERNMENT); Anagrind: CONTAMINATED; Container Indicator: BESIEGING; Def: A STATE OF EMERGENCY
23 Good fact about Sachin Tendulkar's century, say (3,2,3) 33Good fact* + CD (maybe??)
24 Good cat food swept away by Biparjoy, say(3,2,3) 33Defn is Biparjoy say, Anagram of g cat food
25 Heartily eats food with grated cheese on top. Apparently it's a disaster (3,2,3) 22Heartily eats - e(AT)s, grated cheese on top (G,C), Apparently - Anagrind indicator, Disaster (Defn) - (AT + FOOD + GC)*
26 Divine shaming? (3,2,3) 11CD.
27 Strangely good fact: nobody was responsible. 03Anagram. Definition on right.
28 Miraculous fact, good fortune! 03Defn: Fortune; fodder: fact good; anagrind: miraculous
29 Miracle and doing by Bhagwan 0DD - I think that for a DD to be really satisfying, the two Ds need to be more different than this