This evaluation is now closed, thank you if you took part. On average the 60 people who took part correctly identified 70% of the clues.
I have marked the ENIGMA clues with an E.
| Q1. (BROTHER) | (E) Double berth is awkward around rising gold (7) Sibling getting soup with hesitation (7) |
| Q2. (DISCARDED) | Dad’s cider mistakenly thrown out (9) (E) Tossed wild cards in past (9) |
| Q3. (DRAGON) | (E) Note that groan is wild and berserk (6) Something boring about fire-breathing monster (6) |
| Q4. (EVENT) | (E) Issue proceeding (5) Incident involving head of English before opening (5) |
| Q5. (EXPRESS) | Fast, say (7) (E) Limited by mean (7) |
| Q6. (LAPSE) | (E) Slip plate above boiled peas (5) Slight error in peals, possibly (5) |
| Q7. (LESSON) | Period of instruction for the French boy (6) (E) Notice that large noses are runny (6) |
| Q8. (MALE) | (E) Place back run above direction (4) Man getting post, we hear (4) |
| Q9. (PRISON) | One boy following pair from jail (6) (E) Ward fresh rips above back number (6) |
| Q10. (PROPOSE) | (E) Maintain falling tincture in twisted rope (7) Suggest a professional model (7) |
| Q11. (RAP) | Knock a style of music (3) (E) Snap slam (3) |
| Q12. (REALM) | Royal, male, astray in kingdom (5) (E) Ground and cooked meal following recipe (5) |
| Q13. (SADDLE) | (E) Form charge (6) Seat for rider with burden (6) |
| Q14. (SORT) | Kind royal taken in by drunkard (4) (E) File is separate (4) |
| Q15. (SURE) | (E) Convinced potential user (4) User out, convinced (4) |
| Q16. (ATOMIC) | (E) False coat around state to compact (6) Thrown in a moat one’s cold on a small scale (6) |
| Q17. (CHARACTER) | (E) Light broken arch above spilled crate (9) Letter or card (9) |
| Q18. (DECORUM) | (E) Pseudo code and singular virtue (7) Artistic style with odd dignity (7) |
| Q19. (ENACT) | (E) Comb back then time order (5) Stick around with time to play (5) |
| Q20. (EXPANSE) | (E) Sweep area (7) Stretch in river that’s without vessels (7) |
| Q21. (HOARD) | (E) Save to stack (5) Stockpile found in house on a road (5) |
| Q22. (OGLING) | Go back with Heather giving nasty looks (6) (E) Insulting and criminal gin after odd log (6) |
| Q23. (REHEARSAL) | (E) Sketch moving share in poor earl (9) Catches held in actual practice (9) |
| Q24. (RURAL) | Game bird mostly turning up in the country (5) (E) Metropolitan country (5) |
| Q25. (SCION) | That is something carrying a charge for a descendant (5) (E) Twig that coins are lost (5) |
| Q26. (SEWER) | Second vessel becomes a drain (5) (E) Drain fresh ewers (5) |
| Q27. (SOLID) | Betrayed but holding one to be sound (5) (E) Firm penny after essential oils (5) |
| Q28. (STYGIAN) | Gloomy, and staying unsettled (7) (E) Fiendish and strange saying around true (7) |
| Q29. (TILLER) | (E) Excited trill around note to key (6) Territory inherited by sick, arable farmer (6) |
| Q30. (UNNOTICED) | (E) Unseen and scattered noun before running edict (9) Continued to become neglected (9) |
David Hardcastle 