CCCWC January 2017 competition results
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57 clues entered. 40 votes cast (38 competitors, 2 others).
CASHMERE
A new year and a new name at the top. Congratulations to Satyen, who achieved a couple of podium finishes last year, but this is the first time at the top of the pile! A simple but effective clue that engineered a nicely misleading definition.
In second place we have another newbie. First time entrant Michael Kindred scores with another misleading definition – a well-worn classic, butt it went down well! Welcome Michael and well done!
Last year's champion Dave P gets straight on the scoreboard with some typically nifty wordplay. Another strong year beckons?
Steve's a regular podium visitor and he kicks off the year well with a surface reading that deflected from the material we were actually looking for.
Toby completes the podium which means that is his fourth in a row – perhaps he is going to give Dave an even tougher run for his money this year!
Well done to everyone for a good start to 2017 – on to February!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Satyen Nabar | A schemer spins a fine yarn | (ASCHEMER)* | 68.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 | Michael Kindred | Cream he's churned for butter | Anagram of 'cream he's'. Anagram indicator ='churned' Butter is definition = goat. | 47 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 | Dave Parfitt | Chain stores like nothing more than a desirable fabric | CH (chain) around AS (like) + MERE (nothing more than) | 45.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Steve Randall | Country singer sticking to simple material | (Johnny) CASH + MERE (simple) | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 48 | Toby Robertson | To keep me loose 50% of cereal has to be fibre | ME in CER[eal]HAS* ('loose'=anag.) [Cashmere is a natural (animal) fibre] | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 26 | John Appleton | Legal argument surrounding Her Majesty the Queen – it's woolly | CASE around HM ER | 22.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 14 | Todd Konkel | Fine wool used to alter hems with care | (HEMS + CARE)* | 19.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | 57 | Tim Moorey | Woven merchandise no doubt Indians originally exported | anag less n D I &lit; woven = fabricated, contrived | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 54 | David McKie | Woolly merchandise India's exported? | Comp anag (MERCHANDISE less IND) & lit. | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 34 | Anthony Nannini | Money, nothing more, is the fabric of society (8) | Cash+mere a material for the better off | 13.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 16 | Hair dishevelled? Search me! | Hair = definition, dishevelled = anagram indicator, Search me! – anagram fodder | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 11 | 23 | It's the hair cream he's worried about. | Def. "hair" anag "cream hes" | 12.5 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 30 | Material Archimedes translated I'd unfortunately overlooked | Archimedes* minus I'd* | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | 31 | Material from suit worn by queen a couple of times | suit = case. CAS (HM ER) E. material = definition | 12 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 32 | Mercer has an array of this, right? | Anag + R | 12 | 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 4 | An outline of Cecilia followed by the Sound of Silence: pure, soft stuff | ca + sh + mere (pure) with disinformation from apparent musical reference to Simon and Garfunkel | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 55 | Worry about ridiculous hems exposing something hairy | anag. in care | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| 18 | 39 | Only after folding will this keep you warm? (8) | MERE (only) after CASH (folding) – def:From "Will this keep you warm?" "this" keys the answer. | 10 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | 38 | Notes simple material for sweaters | Charade: Notes=CASH, Simple=MERE. Material for sweaters=definition | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 15 | Goat's down: hairy, sheer, cozy material tops llama's ultimately. | Def; anag (hairy) of sheer + c(ozy) + m(aterial) + (llam)a | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 20 | 40 | Only after money for sweater. | only=mere after money=cash | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | 18 | Has council’s first swimming pool worn down? | anag. HAS+C[ouncil] (swimming = anagrind) + MERE (pool); worn down? = cryptic definition; | 7.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 22 | 19 | Hermès knit, answer to cold northerly? | *HERMES + A (answer) + C (cold), rev.; Down clue | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 24 | 27 | Let's give M & S a cheer after designing these fine woolly jumpers? | M + S a cheer (anag)…cashmere/fine wool | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 | 20 | I can blanket Her Majesty The Queen in case her same cold appears anew | HM ER in CASE, anag with c, & lit; ref recent royal indisposition | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 | 33 | Money, just a cold comfort? (8) | (Money) CASH + MERE (just) a cold comfort?= definition. | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| 25 | 36 | Mum and me objectively care about nanny’s outward material wellbeing | CA (SH + ME) RE, nanny(goat) | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 28 | 13 | Fine wool obtainable with ready money only (8) | CASH+MERE | 5.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 29 | 42 | Scream? He did, for it was extremely hairy! | anag SCREAM HE (do for = ruin in Chambers) | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 43 | "Search me! I don't know what wool!" (8) | "SEARCHME" ANAGRAMMED ("I DON'T KNOW WHAT" IS ANAGRAM INDICATOR) , DEFINITION WOOL = CASHMERE. | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 | 11 | Fine cloth to wrap dead body, concealing remains (male) | CERE round ASH M | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | 12 | Fine clothing for the Queen now, and again when lying in state | HM (the Queen now, as things are) + ER (the Queen again) in CASE (state) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | 46 | Sweater, perhaps, salvaged from cream she spilt. | Anag + cashmere=garment. | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 50 | Without doubt, meerschaum can be moulded into a very fine soft product. | MEERSCHA*(UM) | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 | 9 | Fabric box conceals two queens (8) | CASE conceals HM + ER | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 22 | I'm warm and fuzzy and bursting with charm, see | anag. | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 51 | Wool fuzzy? Search me!(8) | direct = Wool; cashmere = anagram of "search me": fuzzy = indicator. | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 28 | Lolly, trivial stuff that some grown-up kids may give up? | CASH (lolly) + MERE (trivial) | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| 38 | 44 | Shaky man, lacking nerves at first, starts cutting sheer goat's hair. | anagram(shaky) of ma(n) +c +sheer; definition | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 49 | With no suggestion of doubt, meerschaum's transformed into a soft material. | Meerschaum anagram, less "um". | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 56 | Worry about second ripped hem in fleece | [CARE around S] containing (HEM)* | 3 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 35 | Money, nothing more than that gets you fine wool garment (8) | Definition: fine wool garment Wordplay: CASH (money) + MERE (nothing more than) | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 42 | 41 | Plain bread first – could be butter? | plain=mere bread=cash first=posind could be butter(=goat)=definition | 2.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 44 | 37 | Notes no more than a fine undercoat | Notes (CASH) no more than (MERE); Definition: a fine undercoat; ref cashmere comes from the fine undercoat of the cashmere goat. | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 45 | 21 | I'm very soft – quietly, I'm put into care | CA(SH+ME)RE | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 46 | 5 | Came about square bit of hessian, concerned with material | CAME (about) S(=square) H(essian) + RE=concerned with def=material | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 46 | 10 | Fake tan with this fabric might be accepted in Manchester | (TAN CASHMERE)* =(MANCHESTER + A)* | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 46 | 24 | It's used to make material or money. It's not important | money – CASH, it's not important – MERE | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | 29 | Male in suit is wearing a certain female's soft woolly knickers, etc. | H(M)ER in CASE; suit = case (lawsuit); def = soft woolly knickers, etc. | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 50 | 1 | A schemer arranges for the fabric got from the goat's wool | Anagram of A+SCHEMER arranges (anagram indicator) is CASHMERE, which is the fabric got from the goat's wool | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 50 | 3 | America blocked for Middle East where the chips are down (8) | CASH: the chips; are: ARE; A: America; ME: Middle East; down: Defintion; Surface related to recent immigration restrictions. | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 50 | 17 | Harem's chief clobber? Take off if hot! | *HAREMS+CHIEF ind by clobber(clothing) less *IF+H(hot); Kashmir being chiefly Muslim then harem dress could be cashmere | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 50 | 25 | just enough for a popular method of payment | mere= def.just enough, popular method of payment=cash.Cashmere.2parts | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 50 | 45 | Sounds like Led Zep material? | Kashmir is one of the band's best-known songs; material = fabric | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 50 | 47 | The wrappings of Cassandra’s present, Mark interposed, evoke an expensive fabric | M(ark) in (C(assandr)AS+HERE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | 52 | Woolen bought with readies. Simple! | Charade – cash + mere | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 50 | 53 | Woolly fabric regularly hems end of nape | &lit referring to material of cashmere scarf [Woolly = vague/hazy as anagrind; fodder = (f)A(b)R(i)C/HEMS/E] | 0 | 2 | 2 |