I thank all members who submitted clues for the titled word.
Bombadil
They having a bit of sugar leave a taste of sweetness! (8)
They, having a bit of sugar, leave a taste of sweetness (8) (Revised) DES(S)ERT(S)
A brave exercise in writing a CD.
I had difficulty in working out the WP in the first attempt. The punctuation in the
revised version leaves us with no doubt as to what is going on. We atart off with
the reqd word. My only comment is that the word has more than a bit of sugar - I
am joking, of course, for 'a bit of sugar' doesn't mean just one but some. The EM
I accept as one that might be considered legit.
The statement of the clue even any child might know. Even if the child has not atarted talking but only makes noises and utters a few words would know the truth. My son told me the other day that his toddler son would come to him when he taking tiffin and ask for a bit of puri or dosai if that is the tiffin of the day. If it is idli, the child would just turn away, not being interested in the bland stuff.
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Sowmya
They often finish a meal (8)
CD. Clue works but it's rather vague and it can hardly be solved cold. Only
after we have got some crossingscan we guess the solution. Also, the meal must
be a formal dinner or at least a kalyana saappaadu where we finish with
desserts. At home it's likely to be thayir saadham.
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Deepak Gopinath.
Final course rats drowned in a ship on the contrary (8)
Def is OK and is not a dead give-away.
'Rats' here are not the rodents but the v. DESERTS. Ship is SS or S. Statement is
RATS drowned in ship. DESERT ins'd in SS. 'On the contrary' means it's the
other way around - S (ship) is ins'd in DESERTS.
Some punctuation mark is required between 'ship' and 'on the contrary'.
Also, perhaps after 'course'. Otherwise, what are 'final course rats'?
Good word breakup. The wordplay idea isn't executed most properly.
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Nadathur Rajan
Mere sweet dishes like these without sulphur are what is deserved (8)
DESSERTS
(mere=)JUST + DES[-s]ERTS = what are deserved (JUST DESERTS)
The clue-writer has saved me a lot of typing by going all out in his
explanation.The clue works and we dos ee where he comes from for his
wordplay but I am unable to classify it. Surface reading must be plausible: do
we ever 'add sulphur' during the process of making a sweet dish?
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Ramki Krishnan
Quits eating basically sugary sweets (8)
Quits = DESERTS
eating = container ind
basically sugary = S
sweets = def
Neat wordplay. Works very well: the container, the ins ind, del fodder and del
ind - everything gels well.
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Richard
Spoilt dress set for post-meal sweet stuff (8)
Wordplay works well in this anag clue. Surface reading is weak. We may spoil
our dress during a meal but I don't think we take out a spoilt dress set for a meal
or a course therein. The def is too elaborate making it possible to guess the
answer without any subsidiary ind.
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C. G. Bhargav
Saints entering Sahara say not right to look for ice-cream and cake (8)
Saints=SS
Sahara say = DESERT
not right = anag. indicator
(SS+DESERT) = DESSERTS
Defn. Ice-cream and cake
The clue-writer has saved me a lot of typing by giving full explanation. WP
works but surface reading is strange. We can indeed look for ince-cream in a
desert if it is kept properly stored there. I like 'not right' as anag ind.
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Vasant
Rested , had a s-sunday maybe (8)
DE(SS)ERTS*
Rather casually written. Some more work is needed to produce a clue with the
word breakup. The WP does not seem to come through quite properly in the
submitted version. Wonder if what was had was 'sundae'.
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Padmanabhan
A drop of sugar in arid regions is sweet.
Though the given word is known, I would expect the enu to make it a complete
clue.
We can understand a 'drop of milk or honey or ghee' but not' a drop of sugar'. A
little sugar, some sugar, a bit of sugar,,, some such might be OK. 'Arid regions'
for 'deserts' is good. 'Sweet' as def is OK.
Finally,
I like the clues of Bombadil and Sowmya.
The most favourite of mine is Ramki's.
Excuse sought for any omissions/errors made inadvertently.
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