CCCWC September 2016 competition results
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56 clues entered. 40 votes cast (37 competitors, 3 others).
GREASEPAINT
Hearty congratulations to Anthony Nannini! One previous podium finish, but this is his first win! A simple but effective anagram that fitted in nicely with the definition, managing to avoid the more common acting surfaces. Well done Anthony, and a fairly comfortable margin of victory.
John T came closest with another neat anagram in his & lit. offering – Meryl Streep was a lovely spot!
Back in third is Steve Randall, who gains his second podium of the year with alternative anagram fodder providing a different acting story.
Barry reaches the top 5 for the 2nd month in a row with yet another anagram variation!
So it is no surprise to see 5th place go to another anagram! Welcome to Satyen – achieving his first podium finish with us.
It was very close after the top clue, and kudos to any entrant who didn''t use an anagram!
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 19 | Anthony Nannini | Faulty gene is a part of one's make-up (11) | Faulty = anagram indicator , gene is a part = anagram fodder + definition | 50 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 50 | John Tozer | Streep again unrecognisable in this? | anag. & lit.; Meryl S. | 36.5 | 2 | 5 |
3 | 8 | Steve Randall | Application to play a genie's part? | A genie's part (anag) | 30.5 | 3 | 1 |
4 | 18 | Barry Solomons | Fancy pants I agree, is what a traditional clown would wear? | (anag) pants I agree. | 28.5 | 4 | 4 |
5 | 56 | Satyen Nabar | What's worn in a pre-stage transformation? | (INAPRESTAGE)* semi &lit | 28 | 1 | |
6 | 26 | Toby Robertson | Lay it on thick when playing part as genie? | PART AS GENIE anag; semi-&lit, ref. hammy panto makeup | 23.5 | 2 | 2 |
7 | 7 | Brian Dungate | Aegean trips could be a cover-up | Aegean trips*, could be = *, a cover-up =def | 23 | 0 | |
8 | 21 | Tom Borland | Gene is a part encoding make-up of character | *GENE IS A PART; def. make-up of character | 21.5 | 3 | 1 |
9 | 52 | Jezz | Theatre foundation's comic pageantries | Theatre foundation = definition, comic = anagrind, pageantries = anagram fodder, | 19.5 | 1 | |
10 | 15 | Denis Borris | Doctor eating pears with pancake (11) | Direct = pancake. Anagram of "eating pears"; Doctor = indicator. | 18.5 | 1 | 1 |
11 | 10 | Cast agrees I should be worked into face before start of theatricals? | AGREES* + [I in PAN] + T; &lit | 18 | 2 | ||
12 | 33 | Preparation for the stage requires dramatic energy and great pains | (e & great pains)* | 17 | 0 | ||
13 | 3 | Acting in loco parentis, e.g. covering for King Lear? | A in PARENTISEG*; Acting = a (see Chambers) | 16.5 | 2 | 3 | |
14 | 37 | Shakespearian get-up? Shake 'spearian get' up! | Anag. | 13.5 | 7 | 6 | |
14 | 54 | This could render stage actor's face in rep | (STAGE A IN REP)*, render = to coat/plaster | 13.5 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | 43 | Slap is terribly exasperating if wanting kiss | EXASPERATING anag. minus X (kiss); slap = 'stage make-up' (Chambers) | 13 | 4 | 1 | |
17 | 30 | Making free gains Peter a slap | GAINSPETERA* | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
18 | 44 | Slap's exasperating when badly wanting a kiss | Anagram of EXASPERATING minus X (kiss). Def = slap | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
19 | 2 | A pre-stage transformation in features? | A PRE STAGE (anag) containing IN and lit | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | |
20 | 1 | A Musical coat of many colours worn on stage | A musical >> GREASE , coat >> PAINT + def. | 9.5 | 4 | 1 | |
20 | 36 | Seeing a part oddly, actors may put it on | fodder "seeing a part" anagrind oddly | 9.5 | 1 | ||
22 | 42 | Slap irritating pest in a rage. | SLAP = stage make-up – (PEST IN A RAGE)* | 9 | 0 | ||
22 | 55 | What luvvies lay on after a show: French bread and a drop of tea. | Def (what luvvies lay on)/pain (French bread) + t after "Grease" (= a show/musical). | 9 | 0 | ||
24 | 22 | Get arse pain – terrible – from slap. | (GETARSEPAIN)*, anagrind terrible. Defn. slap (slang for makeup) | 8.5 | 3 | 1 | |
24 | 46 | Spite and endless rage involved dramatic slap. | anag (involved) of spite + an(d) + rage. def = dramatic slap (slap = stage makeup: Chambers) | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | |
26 | 17 | Eating juicy pears smeared her makeup. | anag. | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
26 | 20 | Floppy pig ear's neat waxen stuff that's spread on hams, perhaps. | anag(floppy)pigearsneat +def | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
28 | 27 | Make up girl's at hand, to comfort model | Def – Make up, Anno: G -(Girl) + R (hand)+ EASE PAIN (to comfort)+ T (model) | 7.5 | 1 | 3 | |
29 | 9 | Awfully exasperating not having kiss with oily stuff on face | *E(X)ASPERATING | 6.5 | 2 | ||
29 | 45 | Slick, smart and true makeup (11) | GREASE (Slick) + PAIN (Smart) + T (True) | 6.5 | 0 | ||
31 | 4 | Actors' cover up producing ease in miserable parting | PARTING* around EASE | 5.5 | 1 | ||
31 | 5 | Actor's make-up applied for pageantries | reverse anag | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
33 | 39 | Slap and tickle finally stops separating after a bust-up | e in anag; stop = fill, plug & slap = stage make-up both per Chambers | 5 | 0 | ||
33 | 53 | Theatrical makeup that is derived from pageantries(11) | anag of pageantries | 5 | 2 | ||
35 | 34 | Removing Macbeth outfit finally, great thespian smeared his make-up | Macbeth outfit finally = H T; (GREAT THESPIAN – HT)* = GREASEPAINT; def.: his (thespian's) make-up | 4.5 | 2 | ||
35 | 40 | Slap and tickle in area gets chief of police arrested | Anag. (tickle = excite) IN-AREA-GETS around P | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
37 | 6 | Actress finally starting to emote sorrow, wearing substantial make-up (11) | Actress finally = S starting to emote = E sorrow = PAIN wearing = container ind substantial = GREAT make-up = def | 4 | 1 | ||
37 | 14 | Do I end up stripped off in a period stage production? | &lit: anag(in a period stage) with (do I) reversed and removed | 4 | 1 | ||
39 | 28 | "Make-up" repeating as "make up" | "Make-up" (definition – noun!) REPEATING AS (anagram fodder) "make up" (anagram indicator – verb!) | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | |
39 | 32 | Playing heartless Persian gets a slap for actor | Anagram PER(s)IAN GETS A; definition = slap for actor (slap = make-up) | 3.5 | 0 | ||
41 | 23 | How to make up pageantries? | Anag & lit | 3 | 2 | ||
42 | 16 | Drunken rats a'peeing on pancake! (11) | Pancake = direct; rats a'peeing = anagram; drunken = indicator | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
42 | 31 | Oil with colour is great around Spain having ingested recreational drug | Def: Oil with colour; GREA(S[E]PAIN)T | 2 | 0 | ||
42 | 38 | Show distress – time for some nose powder, perhaps (11) | Show = Grease; distress = pain; time = t; Grease+Pain+T; 'some nose powder perhaps' (as in powdering one's nose, i.e. makeup) is definition by example | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
42 | 49 | Strange! I ape clown for his make-up | Anagram with clown as anagrind. | 2 | 1 | ||
46 | 29 | Make-up smudged, in tears, Peg sad at heart | (IN TEARS PEG [s]A[d])* | 1.5 | 0 | ||
47 | 24 | I pant frightfully after doctor agrees for theatrical application | Two anagram indicators – frightfully and doctor: I+PANT frightfully (PAINT) after doctor AGREES (GREASE) is GREASEPAINT which is applied in the theatre | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
47 | 48 | Stage preparation disguising no ordinary part, perhaps | *STAGE PREPARATION less *O(ordinary)+PART & lit. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
49 | 11 | Covering rifle, a sniper with target right to be withdrawn | definition = covering; ASNIPERTARGET* = GREASEPAINTRT – rt = right; anagrind = rifle | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | 12 | Different head physiognomy I grant with ease! (11) | Definition: entire clue (& lit.), exclamation mark added to indicate non-standard definition. Refers to greasepaint being used to change one's appearance. Word play: [ P (head P hysiognomy) I GRANT EASE]* anagram indicator: different | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
49 | 13 | Dire stage pan — this'd gone wrong? | comp.anag.& lit., pan=face | 0 | 2 | ||
49 | 25 | Is state-dependent person suffering in great slap? | s= is; e= "a person who has no regular income or who is dependent on state benefit" (Chambers); pain = suffering; slap = stage make-up = greasepaint | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
49 | 35 | Review of "The Agony and the Ecstasy" at His Majesty's – time they put it on at the Palladium (11) | rev (PAIN EASE GR – at the word level) has ('s) T; def they put it on at the Palladium. Needs to be read as at a time in the reign of a male monarch, that theatre being currently known as *Her* Majesty's. The Palladium has double the seating capacity. | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
49 | 41 | Slap for player, Greek, to relieve discomfort on top of thigh | Slap for player = def. Greek = gr, to relieve discomfort = ease pain, top of thigh =t (down clue) | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | 47 | Stage disguise in which Potter co-star accomodates right-hand man comfortably (11) | Stage disguise [greasepaint]; Potter co-star [Grint] acommodates right-hand man [PA] comfortably [ease] | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
49 | 51 | The direction in which this point lies + juicy fruit + inch | East + grape + in {ch} | 0 | 0 | 6 |