CCCWC June 2016 competition results
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51 clues entered. 39 votes cast (35 competitors, 4 others).
TECHNOJUNKIE
It's that man again! Dave Parfitt continues his fine run of form and claims his third win this year! A beautifully constructed anagram with a lovely surface reading. Hearty congratulations Dave.
Just a whisker behind the winner, Toby is another showing some decent form and returns to the podium after his win in March – nice anagram again, and a topical surface. Well done Toby.
Kenneth, using the same anagram as Toby, was just squeezed back into a very close third – second podium of the year.
A little bit of a gap back to 4th spot, John Tozer maintains his consistent campaign.
Finally a new name for the Top 5 – Ramki, in just his third competition, manages to secure 5th place. Well done Ramki, and welcome!
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 42 | Dave Parfitt | One craving latest wizardry makes JK continue her novel (not Rowling's first) | JKCONTINUEHER anag. minus R; wizardry = 'Very impressive or ingenious technology or devices' (Oxford) | 50 | 0 | 2 |
2 | 23 | Toby Robertson | He's used every device to rid the Union Jack of a crumbling Europe | (THEUNIONJACK –A)* + E[urope] | 48.5 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 16 | Kenneth Horne | Fly the Union Jack over Europe, though not a fan of recent developments. | Fly* THE UNION JACK over E(urope) , though not (A) >> TECHNOJUNKIE – A + def. | 47.5 | 1 | 7 |
4 | 24 | John Tozer | "I'M LOVIN' IT!" Notice he's nuts about food from McDonald's? | junk (food) in anag.; IT = information technology | 28.5 | 0 | 3 |
5 | 46 | Ramki Krishnan | Silly ethnic joke about a French person who loves gizmos (12) | Silly = anagrind for ETHNICJOKE, about => container indicator, a French = UN, def = person who loves gizmos (ETHNICJOKE* around UN) | 27.5 | 1 | |
6 | 22 | Tim Moorey | Heck! June and time for travelling? 'No' for me, I'm glued to my screen! | anag with no replacing me | 19.5 | 1 | 2 |
7 | 45 | Simon Shaw | Should UK join EC then rebel, that might make one preoccupied with every new development | Anagram; ref. Brexit | 17 | 0 | 2 |
8 | 14 | Andy Smith | Disarray in the UK once Johnson's premier? I'm obsessed with it from a capital perspective! | (IN THE UK ONCE J)*; uncapitalized def'n (it => IT) | 16 | 2 | 3 |
9 | 4 | Paul Coulter | Addict who craves more and more speed? | Cryptic def. | 15.5 | 0 | 6 |
9 | 49 | Dhirendra Tripathi | The nun joke I cracked, initially tickled the gadget freak (12) | Definition: gadget freak Wordplay: [the nun joke i + c (cracked initially)]* anagram indicator tickled. Comment: nun joke is used conversationally here and means a joke about nun(s) which I hope is acceptable wording for this competition. | 15.5 | 0 | 1 |
11 | 21 | HE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT! | IT = Information Technology. (Clue all in caps to disguise the 'IT'.) | 14.5 | 0 | 4 | |
12 | 7 | Being into computers, would he notice glitch after input of garbage? | Techno(junk)ie…..(anag) he notice…junk = garbage. | 13.5 | 2 | 6 | |
12 | 27 | In-joke leads to his name unaccountably being replaced by DS Mac nut? | Anag. INJOKE+HNU by TEC (= detective = DS); definition = 'Mac nut?'; reference to DS Macnutt (Ximenes). I couldn't resist. | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | |
14 | 32 | "Junk it!", he once cracked; now he is obsessed with IT. | anag(cracked)of junkitheonce + def (IT=information technology; esp. computerised or electronic.) | 13 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | 41 | O June, kitchen's a mess — because of all those gadgets I bought? | Anag O JUNE KITCHEN. | 12 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | 50 | Time to reflect about new addict — the gadget freak | T + ECHO around N + JUNKIE | 12 | 0 | 4 | |
17 | 43 | Replacing knee-joint, much money must be spent for one with all the latest developments | *knee-joint (m)uch i.e. m (money) spent (shed) | 10.5 | 1 | ||
18 | 13 | Digital-Age addict is high on ecstasy, THC, heroin, and meth (but not cocaine) | def: Digital-Age addict; high(ON E THC)=TECHNO; heroin=JUNK; meth (but not cocaine)=I[c]E | 10 | 3 | 5 | |
19 | 15 | Entice UK John Hop to be an addict. (12) | ANAGRAM (HOP) "ENTICEUKJOHN" TO FORM TECHNOJUNKIE (ADDICT). "JOHN HOP" IS A SLANG TERM FOR POLICEMAN. | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
19 | 35 | Modelling Nike, John's cute – he's always after new gear | (NIKE JOHN CUTE)*; 's = has. | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
21 | 11 | Computer geek found distasteful ethnic joke about headless nun. | "Computer geek" = straight definition. Anagram "ethnic joke" around (n)un. | 8.5 | 2 | 4 | |
22 | 12 | Cop ransacked john, uncovered "comparatively malodorous" individual hooked on tablets, etc. | TEC + JOHN* + (f)UNKIE(r); def refers to tablet computers | 7.5 | 3 | 5 | |
22 | 36 | Nice Hunt joke broadcast? I just love IT! | anag., ref, Jeremy Hunt accidentally being referred to with C replacing H on Today programme in 2010 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | |
24 | 8 | Chuck entertained by music that's obsessive | TECHNO<junk>IE [Techno music; obsessive, noun] | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
24 | 9 | Computer fan that is installed at end of houseboat. | Computer fan (def.): then TECHNO is a music style akin to "house", JUNK is a kind of boat, "I.E."="that is" "installed at end" of word. | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
24 | 34 | Maybe fry in nice hot June – around the 11th. | def = maybe fry (Stephen Fry, a well known technojunkie) in (anag: nice hot June + k (the eleventh (letter))) around=anagrind – fodder arranged around k | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
27 | 2 | A loud denial that Sherlock uses opium? Actually, he can't get enough of it! | Aloud, "Tec no junkie." IT = information technology | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
27 | 3 | Addict rolled joint unchecked almost, not having cocaine. | (JOINT + UNCHE[C]KE[D])* | 5.5 | 0 | 4 | |
27 | 40 | Novelty fan blown on juice then put in cocktail (12) | Anagram (blown) of ON JUICE THEN with K inserted | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | |
30 | 31 | John, Kat, and Eunice are mad – not one loony about gizmos, widgets, and such. | Anagram (John Kat Eunice) – (0ne) A. | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
30 | 51 | User chasing latest piece of kit, installing new memory? | &lit user(junkie) chasing ki(t) installing new(n) memory(echo) | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
32 | 19 | Geek decoded the "Coke" in about a month (12) | THECOKEIN* around JUN (a month). Decoded in sense of changed or converted as anagrind. Geek is the definition.Surface refers to the legend of mysterious Coca-Cola formula.. | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | |
33 | 20 | Geek's notice, he deciphers, contains spam | *NOTICE+HE incl JUNK(spam); notice=message=e-mail?; deciphers=translates | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
33 | 30 | Jobs, presumably, break the ice without spinning on heroin | (Steve) Jobs = technojunkie, presumably. Break – anagram indicator: (THEICE) without (outside) spinning ON (NO) heroin (JUNK) | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
33 | 44 | School without heroin, as example, produces computer enthusiast (12) | Direct = computer enthusiast. TECH = school, NO = without, JUNK = heroin, IE = as example. | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
33 | 48 | The con unfolded, unwanted e-mails that is, for a computer enthusiast. | Anag. The con/techno. Unwanted e-mails = junk, that is = i.e. Def. computer enthusiast | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
37 | 10 | Computer freak has irregularity: unjoint cheek (12) | direct = computer freak; unjoint cheek = anagram (irregularity = anagram indicator) | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
37 | 28 | iPhone user? | user = junkie | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
39 | 1 | A fetiche lacking feet; stumbles, possessing no junk. What a geek! | anag (stumbles) of fetiche-f around "nojunk") + def. (A fetiche is a person who is the object of an obsessive fixation, such as with feet.) | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
39 | 6 | As pollster with all the latest gadgets, perhaps, initially judging UK in the EC? No, out! | *J UK IN THE EC NO and ref to "Brexit". Out as anagram indicator. European Community (EC) is an alternative older name for the EU. | 2.5 | 2 | 5 | |
39 | 37 | niche nut joke cracked up obsessive gadget geek | Anagram of 'niche nut joke'; anagrind = cracked up; definition = obsessive gadget geek | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | |
42 | 26 | In the end, dead clear: jock, mad about computers essentially | (IN THE EN JOCK)* around U; &lit; dead clear = D(dead) freed from END; U from compUters (essentially); jock = enthusiast in a specified activity (eg computer jock) ref OED | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
43 | 29 | Jobs, maybe, after college? That's to follow, no nonsense. | Def (Steve Jobs)/ie after tech + no + junk. | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
43 | 38 | Notice and gutlessly judge hunk working – an IT nerd | NOTICE J(udg)E HUNK (anagram) | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
43 | 39 | Notice he is wrong about discarded goods, and he is no Luddite | Anagram of NOTICEHE (indicator – is wrong) around (about) JUNK (discarded goods) | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | |
46 | 5 | An innovator in spirit Juncker mostly has a drop of Haig last thing at night – i.e. no Horlicks (12) | anag (Horlicks) of JUNCKE(r) H(aig) (nigh)T IE NO – ref: Jean-Claude Juncker's fondness for booze. | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
47 | 18 | Garbage music that's written by IT Poindexter ? (12) | Garbage music = Technojunk + that's (ie) written by (next to} IT Poindexter? (computer nerd ?) = definition | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
47 | 47 | The con is on: Japan's crazy nuke taking in international gadget obsessive | Anag (on = drunk) THE CON + J + anag NUKE taking in I; defn = gadget enthusiast | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |
49 | 17 | Gadget freak programmer claims to be a health nut at heart! | Gadget freak (defn) programmer (techie) claims to be a health nut (No Junk) at heart (inserted)! | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
49 | 25 | 'I'm not addicted,' the narc insists. 'It's just a little smack.' He most certainly is! | Tec (detective) + H (heroin) no junkie | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
49 | 33 | Lament of marooned old Chinese salt when hemmed in by ice? The silly geek | "NO JUNK" inside ICETHE*. Geek also = "a strange or eccentric person" (Chambers). | 0 | 0 | 3 |