CCCWC June 2017 competition results
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37 clues entered. 30 votes cast (27 competitors, 3 others).
COLLOP / SURTAX (Right & Left)
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 7 | Toby Robertson | 'Brexit values' oddly abandoned in disarray as economic burden leads to long lines in supermarket for a bit of meat | even letters anag. / L,L (leads to=initials of) in CO-OP | 51 | 2 | 5 |
2 | 14 | John Tozer | "Even parts of Brexit values must change" – the Treasury may want this scrap with Conservatives' lead zero and election over | anag. of even letters (def. the T may want this); C + 0 + poll rev. (def. scrap); ref. Hammond's 'soft Brexit' stance | 29 | 2 | 4 |
3 | 24 | Satyen Nabar | Not a cool lap dance! Roll of fat almost certain to impose additional burden | (COOLLAP – A)*; SUR(-e) + TAX | 26.5 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 2 | James Hall | A morsel of fish with tail removed served up French-style on bits of tagliatelle and followed by gateaux to finish (more added to the bill!) | Break comes after "up": POLLOC(k) reversed ("served up"); SUR (French for on) + TA (initial letters) + X | 26 | 4 | 3 |
5 | 8 | Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Business head withdrawing cut, additional charge almost certain to strain | CO(business)+LLOP(reversal of POLL=head); def:cut//def:additonal charge; SUR(almost certain=SURe)+TAX(to strain) | 23 | 4 | 3 |
5 | 15 | ALLAN SCOTT | Extra duty almost certain to make heavy demands on abstract painter, mainly over small piece | sur(e) + tax: Polloc(k) (rev) | 23 | 1 | 2 |
7 | 10 | Anthony Nannini | Company head to back cut for extra duty on French sticks, we are told (6 6) | Co + poll reversed + definition "cut", for = result indicator, definition "extra duty" on French= sur, + homophone (we are told),tacks=(tax) sticks. | 15.5 | 1 | 3 |
7 | 28 | James McGaughey | Rasher supermarket stocking lines from Paris on trial, all initially by way of increasing revenue | Collop: 'rasher' CO-OP stocking LL Surtax: SUR (from Paris, on) TA (trial all, initially) X (by) 'way of increasing revenue' | 15.5 | 2 | |
9 | 29 | Luciano Ward | Right in USA upset by additional levy rasher leaders of liberal legislature introduced as part of 'collectivist enterprise' | SURTAX: def = additional levy; RT in USA* + X ('by' as in 2 X 4 = 8); COLLOP: def = rasher (as in bacon); L+L in CO-OP | 15 | 2 | 4 |
10 | 16 | Tim Anderson | Extra impost is almost certain initially to cut American regional meat lines in supermarket | sur(e) + t(o) + ax; ll in Co-op. | 13.5 | 1 | 2 |
11 | 27 | Piece of meat fifty pounds in shop sure winner, cut reportedly for sort of money big earners may pay | LL in Co-op, 'cert axe' | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
12 | 21 | It's said knight approaches another duty officer to cut slice of bacon | SURTAX: def = "another duty"; homophone of SIR TACKS (knight approaches). COLLOP: def = "slice of bacon", COL[onel] + LOP. | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | 23 | Maybe a rasher officer cut an additional duty on French turbojet initially, then American chopper. | Def. ("maybe a rasher")/col(onel) + lop = cut; def. ("an additional duty")/sur (=on [French])+ t + ax (American axe = chopper = helicopter). | 11 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | 17 | Extra levy almost certain to cut a small item from college operation | 'Extra levy' = definition for SURTAX. 'almost certain' = 'sure' without last letter + 'to' = 't' + 'cut' = 'ax'. 'a small item' = definition for COLLOP which comes from 'college' = 'coll' + 'operation' = 'op'. | 10 | 3 | 4 | |
15 | 32 | Small company backed vote withdrawing American right to their cut in additional duty. | Small (noun = a small thing = COLLOP) company = CO – backed vote = POLL (rev) – withdrawing American = US (rev) – right = RT – their cut = AX (American spelling of AXE)– additional duty = SURTAX | 9.5 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | 11 | Company lorry's first to cut off scrap firm that's reduced rate on extra load | CO+L+LOP; def=scrap; firm(sure)reduced=SUR+TAX(rate); Surtax=extra load | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
17 | 9 | Company head returning some small part of extra charge on demand | CO + POLL< ; SUR + TAX | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
17 | 35 | Spin cool LP, "A Slice of Meat", yielding primarily the pure at heart sax, for an added charge. | collop: anag(spin) of cool+lp + def; surtax: anag(yielding) of t+ur+sax + def *("charge" is also used as "a strong feeling of pleasure or emotion") | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
19 | 1 | A bit of a hunch has policeman arresting over fifties on a charge not quite certain to stick; it's a painful duty (6;6) | Hunch is a chunk of something – collop is a small chunk or slice. C(O LL)OP; On TAX stick SUR(e) – def a painful duty | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
19 | 13 | Election over and Corbyn's side upset a bit almost certainly at times about what billionaires should pay? | poll o = over C rev upset = overturned COLLOP = a bit; sur(e) + at X = times anag about = in motion, SURTAX is what the rich pay | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
19 | 20 | I hear a man adds extra duty before work. Colleague makes a little something. | 1) homophone SIR+TACKS ("man adds"). def="extra duty". 2) "Before work colleague" = COLL+OP makes def. "a little something". | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | 26 | Pen lines dissecting part-duty of the rich | Pen= COOP lines = LL dissecting = insertion indicator LL in COOP = COLLOP , part = definition for collop / Duty of the rich = CD for SURTAX | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
22 | 34 | Small section of local clubs rejected vote of confidence, mostly over a vote to charge more? | COLLOP: def = "small section of local" (i.e. dialect word); C + rev (POLL + O) [of = O] / SURTAX: def = "to charge more"; rev TRUS[t] + A + X | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
22 | 36 | Supermarket accepts two pounds to shred penal code! | LL in CO-OP = collop = shred; penal [very severe (C)] tax code | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
25 | 37 | University arts complex cross charges company head returning carving | SURTAX: UARTS* + X def:charges COLLOP: CO + POLL< def:carving | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
26 | 4 | Additional rate overcharge reversed: painter is missing the last piece of flesh! | Surtax = Double definition; reversed: pollock* minus k = collop; definition = piece of flesh; *ref: Painter Jackson Pollock; surface suggests customer's sarcastic reaction to removal of additional charge from an already expensive bill for paintwork. | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
26 | 33 | Small portion of company line to cut back additional burden on income – somehow ax most of trust | COLLOP: CO + L + LOP SRTAX: AX + TRUS[t] anagram | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
28 | 22 | Lions Ur taxidermist stuffed for an additional fee: a piece of flesh from captured pollock's back. | surtax=(lion)s ur tax(idermist)+def. collop=def + polloc(ks) {In Mesopotamia the lion hunt was the royal sport & fish were important symbolically & as food} | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
29 | 25 | Officer cut portion of meat cess recovered from complex at Rushmore (6,6) | Left: COLLOP – COL (Officer) LOP (cut) . Def: Portion of meat Right : SURTAX. Def: CESS Reverse hidden word clue with "from " as indicator that solution is hidden and recovered as the reversal indicator. Solution is hidden In (compleX AT RUShmore)<——— | 3 | 1 | ||
30 | 3 | Additional demand from volatile ex-star eating last of fondu cold, rejecting Mexican chicken slice | XSTAR* 'eating' U; C/POLLO (Mexican chicken) reversed; definitions – Additional demand (SURTAX) and slice (COLLOP) | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
30 | 6 | Back in 1854, close by Sevastopol, location for a rasher additional charge almost certain to lead to trouble? | COLLOP(rev); SUR(e) + TAX (to trouble) & surface ref (of sorts) to the Charge of the Light Brigade | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
32 | 5 | As a starter, deli trimmed cold chop – small portion Sir Brad's picked up for an extra charge | COLd+LOP/SUR TAX (Sir tack's hom.) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | 18 | Extra VAT, for instance, for the North American chopper for the colonel to chop the slice of bacon. | Extra VAT for instance (SURTAX) for (SUR) the North (T) American chopper (AX) colonel (COL) to chop (LOP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | 30 | Slice of prime lamb, first potatoes and fresh salad after unsmoked salmon starters followed by crustless tart with mixed centre, nutty is extra charge. | Slice (collop) of prime lamb (l) first potatoes (p)+ fresh (cool) salad (anag: LPCOOL = collop) after unsmoked salmon starters (us)followed by crustless tart with mixed centre (tart – t + x) nutty (anag: USARTX = surtax)= def | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
33 | 31 | Sliced meat set in centre of cooked oysters has additional charge, extra sauces ordered cease being free. | s(collop)s = cooked oysters.….extra sauces (anag) less CEASE being free. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
36 | 12 | Cross after Australian half performed additional duty commanding officer cut back a little bit | X after anagram of AUSTR = additional duty; CO + POLL back = a little bit | 0.5 | 3 | 2 | |
37 | 19 | Final levy on French meat slice | surtax: "sur" = "on" in French, tax=levy, "final" = position indicator; collop = meat slice | 0 | 0 | 5 |