Clue contest No 8
Tue 1 Aug 2023, set byFez
Introduction
It's August, school's out and this month's word is VACATION. Good luck!
Submit your best cryptic clue for
VACATION
Results
# | Setter | Clue | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nova Scotia not so bad for a holiday (8) Def: a holiday. Anagram (bad) of NOVA SCOTIA without (not) SO | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 29 | ||
| 2 | This makes Mayday my holiday (8) Removal of inside letters (vacation) turns 'Mayday' into 'my' | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Holiday sex ban reversed after cava drunk (8) Def: holiday — NO IT reversed after CAVA* | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Withdrawal: leaving EU's not working in this period? (8) (E)VAC(U)ATION = def. (not working in this period) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Leave very battered raincoat missing hood (8) Leave = def; V + [r]AINCOAT* (battered); hood = upper part (down clue) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Work's over. Goes out for a break (8) (8) Work - Vocation, Over - o, V(-o+a)cation, Break (Definition) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Leave country, heading off after cleaner (8) Leave = def, nATION after VAC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | One positively charged after museum's clearance (8) One positively charged (cation) after museum (va) clearance (Definition) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9 | One that's charged after accountant infringes tax holiday (8) One charged - ION after CA (accountant) inserted in (infringes) VAT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Mix of Cava and tonic - no end to alcoholic's leisure (8) *CAVA TONIC - C (end of alcoholic) "leisure" | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Break against Australia's cracking performance (8) def break against(versus)> V + Australia>A cracking (insertion) performance>ACTION =V+AC{A}TION | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Break out Cava, then it's back to working (8) Anagram of CAVA, then IT<, then ON | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Majorca ends up as Ma's holiday (8) Vacation = Majorca -> Ma (cryptic wordplay) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Holiday across the pond - Virginia to California? Sadly not I! (8) Vacation = holiday in USA (across the pond); VA = Virginia, CA = California, 'not I' anagram = tion | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Relaxing time away in van with cat I love (8) Defn: "Relaxing time away" = VA(CAT + I + O)N | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Virginia, Tom and I, working at times between terms (8) VA (Virginia) + (Tom)CAT + I + ON (working) = times between terms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Calling over becomes a break (8) Vocation O becomes A. Def break. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Break device that draws me from mobile? (8) Cryptic device 'VACATION' might extract letters 'ME' from 'MobilE' def = Break | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Leaderless country supports hoover holiday (8) In a down clue, (n)ATION (leaderless country) follows (supports) hoover (VAC) = VACATION (holiday) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Holiday getaway where a cryptic setter finds a'a in Aruba (8) Revenge clue: VACATION of Aruba results in aa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 21 | No sex on account before a very reflective break (8) Reversal (reflective) of NO IT (sex) on AC (account) before A V(ery); def = break | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | If, during work, only ambition’s left instead of love, then leave (8) V[O>A[mbition]CATION / leave = definition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Is Gardener having a tonic ready for a Welcome Break (8) Gardener = Ava + tonic ( anagram ) Welcome Break = vacation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Stay somewhere in the US, or leave? (8) DD, US verbal usage for the first | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Leaving two states, not to return. I'm in! (8) Leaving (definition), VA + CA (states) + I in NOT(reversed) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | *edit - deleted* (8) *error* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |