CCCWC October 2008 competition results
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49 clues entered. 37 votes cast (33 competitors, 4 others).
DOOLALLY (Misprints)
The general consensus appeared to be that this was a good set of clues this month! However, there were only ever two clues in contention for top spot and they jockeyed for position all the way through the voting – and it ended up being very close! So commiserations to Margaret for just missing out, but hearty congratulations to Brian for joining the elite few who have "defended the trophy"! He's the man in form, and the one to beat!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 | Brian Douglas | With a dental problem returning can filling wait? | Defn: 'with a (d)mental problem' OOL (loo rev.) in DALLY (returning 'can' filling 'wait') | 67 | 7 |
| 2 | 48 | Margaret Irvine | Toy ducks left inside bath | BATH for BATS; Dally=toy, with OOL inside, def=bats | 65.5 | 6 |
| 3 | 17 | Vinod Raman | Dad, loyal old drunk | Dad, a misprint of Mad; loyalold* | 37 | 2 |
| 4 | 35 | Michael Semple | Loyal old mongrel is off its lead. | Loyal old – anagram. Mongrel – anagram indicator. Should read 'off its head'. | 33 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jenny Mackenzie | Bankers delay over facilities in recession | Bonkers (misprint def), dally around loo (2 meanings of facilities: agreed amounts for borrowing/lavatory), in recession indicates reversal. | 31 | 2 |
| 6 | 32 | Arnold Peace | Lock outside toilet up while away | Def = Lock = LOCO.(To)while away(vb)= DALLY(outside) toilet=LOO(up); D-OOL-ALLY. NB: Down clue. | 30 | 4 |
| 7 | 29 | Andrew Varney | Hail fellow man | ma[d/n]; dool2 (= hail3) ally | 25 | 3 |
| 8 | 27 | Tom Borland | Had boring delay on Circle Line | Definition 'Mad'; OOL ('on Circle Line') inside DALLY=delay. | 21.5 | 2 |
| 9 | 34 | Richard Saunders | Losing wayward desire, do oldies really like a natter? | Like a hatter? DO OL[DIES RE]ALLY | 18.5 | 4 |
| 10 | 38 | mark oshin | Many a supporter standing behind Aberdeen's goal | [zany]; ALLY standing behind DOOL [goal (Scot)] | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | Bankers procrastinate, holding back cash interminably | bonkers; loo(t) rev. in dally; ref. credit crisis | 16.5 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Bankers, as just shown, advance lolly recklessly. | do (ditto) + anagram incl. a; ref. the financial crisis. B(o)nkers. | 14.5 | 4 | |
| 13 | 13 | Bankers unite following Gordon's grief. | Misp bonkers | 13 | 3 | |
| 13 | 33 | Loiter around bog after circling loch | LOCO: LOO reversed in DALLY | 13 | ||
| 15 | 23 | "Game over, everyone" – in terms of overpaid and greedy bankers. | (loo)rev + all in d + y Misprint = bonkers | 11.5 | 3 | |
| 16 | 11 | Bankers in catastrophe shortly given pounds by supportive state | bonkers; doo(m) + L + ally (ref. liquidity crisis) | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 17 | 30 | Heads back inside lounge and up the hall | (Heads =) loo reversed inside Dally (= lounge.) Up the hall= up the wall= def. | 9 | 1 | |
| 18 | 26 | Goal for Celtic? McCoist: "Rats!" | bats, dool + Ally | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | 28 | Had dutiful officers on leave anticipated lengthy layovers? Yes, originally | Mad misprinted as "Had"; initial letters of dutiful…Yes | 8 | ||
| 18 | 39 | Med party — one involved with dodgy lolly! | Mad. DO (party) + LOLLY* inc A. Ref Osborne party funding scandal on 'superyacht' in the Mediterranean (Med) | 8 | 1 | |
| 21 | 43 | Old alloy may result from having a lead imbalance | Anag : Def – "having a HEAD imbalance" | 7.5 | 2 | |
| 22 | 5 | Bankers cheat former friend – Darling’s first to go | (bOnkers) – DO OL(d) ALLY | 6.5 | 2 | |
| 23 | 1 | Bad party – Oscar left with friend | Def = bad (for mad), DO (party) + O (Oscar) + L (left) + ALLY (friend) | 6 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Faff about outside school, half cut and barfing | bar(k)ing; = d(ool)ally | 6 | ||
| 23 | 36 | Manager MacLeod is after a Scottish goal. Absolutely, Motty | P misprinted. Dool = goal(Scot) + Ally (MacLeod) former manager Motty = John Motson, BBC football commentator | 6 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Bankers in Britain finally secured necessary backing – and all by losing billions! | Bankers/bonkers. B(ritain) + (secure)D + OOL (=LOO/necessary (see Chambers) backwards) + ALL + BY – B – B ("losing billions") | 5.5 | 5 | |
| 27 | 14 | Cad's love note is devoured by beautiful girl | DOOLALLY=MAD misprint as CAD, O,LA (love note) in DOLLY (beautiful girl) | 5 | 1 | |
| 27 | 18 | Delay to bonus allocation? Every second counts for investment bankers | Bonkers: O, O, L (2nds) "for investment" = for being surrounded by DALLY | 5 | 2 | |
| 27 | 45 | Puts John back in play (8) | doolally = nuts = puts (n misprint) John = loo = ool (back = indicator) play = dally (in = indicator) | 5 | 1 | |
| 30 | 9 | Bankers hang around outside disabled loo | BONKERS; DALLY outside anag of LOO | 4 | 1 | |
| 30 | 37 | Man to loiter around toilet on the way back | Misprint: MAN/MAD; DALLY around LOO reversed | 4 | ||
| 30 | 40 | Mental state of many loyal old jockeys | many/zany; anag | 4 | 1 | |
| 30 | 41 | Nuns do nothing to novice and friend. | NUNS misprint of NUTS – crazy. | 4 | ||
| 34 | 4 | Bankers carry on pocketing money having fallen short all round | loo(t) reversed in dally; banks bailout; bonkers | 2.5 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Complimentary sweetmeats served with e.g. Coke (not Cocaine), delicious! | Complimentary sweetmeats = DOLLY with (C)OLA deliCious==deliRious==definition | 2.5 | ||
| 34 | 46 | Round the bend a Rolls Royce has crashed out of the rally; o lord, it's mangled! | "Round the bend" is the synonym for Doolally. Remove RR from the anagram: "rally o lord" and re-arrange. | 2.5 | 2 | |
| 37 | 22 | Fatherless female, nothing like her sheepish mother, but exactly like her udder one, has a look round for lad | DO(OL+A)LLY (a+lo rev.)[mad] Dolly the sheep derived from a Devon ewe's udder cell fused with a Blackface ewe's egg cell from which the chromosomal DNA had been removed. Thus, Dolly became the genetic clone of the Devon ewe. [Without question, the clue is much too long, but as a biologist, I couldn't resist the Dolly puns. A sheep trick? Ewe said it!] | 2 | 3 | |
| 37 | 24 | Gay young girl nearly embraces old friend | Gay=misprint for fay. 'Young girl nearly'=DOL(L) embracing old=O…friend=ALLY | 2 | ||
| 37 | 31 | Is Almodovar's 'Ello Dolly somehow being released without cuts? | nuts misprinted as "cuts"; Do(ola)lly | 2 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Fad party circuit left everyone tipsy in the end | Fad=misprint for Mad,party=DO,circuit=O,left=L,everyone=ALL, tipsY in the end=Y | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 41 | 7 | Bankers dither and head back in. | Misprint is "bankers" (for bonkers). DALLY about LOO reversed (head = loo) | 1 | ||
| 41 | 8 | Bankers fashioning old alloy | Bonkers + OLD ALLOY* | 1 | ||
| 41 | 42 | Old alloy became ropey. | Ropey/dopey. Ropey – an alternative spelling of ropy (Chambers). | 1 | 1 | |
| 44 | 2 | Bad play, Loot – most of it's about penetrating | (Mad/Bad):dally (= play) around (Loo(t))rev.; ref. Joe Orton's play Loot, an "endless parade of mental and physical perversion" | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 45 | 15 | Carp fever: ducks left in wait | Defn. CAMP FEVER: ducks(OO), left(L), wait(DALLY) | 0 | 2 | |
| 45 | 19 | Dental work needed on lady with two molars (no iron pins needed) | Def Mental. Anag of LADY + OL twice, Mars as alchemical iron removed | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | 25 | Gaza toilet backs up in waste | D(OOL)ALLY / GA(Z)A for GA(G)A definition | 0 | ||
| 45 | 44 | Parking pile-up sadly left EU lollipop lady legless | Barking pile-up sadly left EU lollipop lady legless Barking = Essex town + crazy (def.); (EU lollipop lady)* -(pile-up)*; sadly + legless = anaginds. | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | 47 | "The Office" returns in "Carry On Tacky!" | Wacky; LOO rev. in DALLY(carry on); tacky=in bad taste; office=lavatory | 0 |