CCCWC July 2018 competition results
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54 clues entered. 44 votes cast (42 competitors, 2 others).
VINDALOO
This one turned out to be probably the closest competition ever! With a diversity of interesting clueing devices on show the points were spread far and wide. The final outcome was a tie for first place – so congratulations to Nick and Neelima for being the double cream that rose to the top. Nick with a well-disguised definition and Neelima constructing one of the comp. anag. &lits. First time at the top – albeit jointly – for both and in fact a debut entry from Neelima so well done indeed!
Toby was just 2 points back in 3rd and continued his consistent run with his comp. anag. &lit.
A mere 1 point further back in 4th was Vinit, following up his podium finish of last month with another Top 5 spot. Well done!
5th place goes to Allan with the clue that made me (and I suspect others!) chuckle most.
Thanks to all for making it such an interesting contest!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | Nick Smith | Six and dancing, John Curry! | VI + AND (anag) + John = LOO. The Olympic star took up skating at 6. | 33 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 45 | Neelima | This and rice makes one drool in advance (8) | Composite anagram, (Vindaloo and rice)* = (i drool in advance)*, def=this, anagram indicator=makes, one=i | 33 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 24 | Toby Robertson | Indian food lover shows constitution of iron, fed this? | comp. anag. &lit (indianfoodlover*=ironfedvindaloo, constitution=composition) | 31 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 47 | Vinit Wankhede | Very popular curry – old and quintessentially Goan! (8) | & lit…. V (very) + IN (popular) + Anagram of OLD+ (g)OA(n). Curry as verb = anagrind. This cross-cultural dish originated in Goa which was then a Portuguese colony. | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | ALLAN SCOTT | First to visit a lavatory after eating Indian curry | v(isit)-Ind-a + loo | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 48 | David McKie | Very popular spicy dish, regularly taken "to go"? | V + IN + DAL + O + O and lit | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 13 | Jeffery Robinson | Diverting via London briefly for hot meal | VIALONDO(n)* | 24.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 38 | Tom Borland | Potential source of runs in Oval ground India love | IND (India) in *OVAL + O (love); def. Potential source of runs | 24.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 22 | Andy Smith | Have wind, bloody guts churning from this! | Anag of (AV + IN + LOOD). Experiential &lit. | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 51 | Luciano Ward | What might be very hot served alongside a bit of dhal and potato? | V + IN (hot, popular) + D(hal) + ALOO (potato in Indian cooking) | 18.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | Active volcano I'd not climbed originally, it's very hot | VOLCANOID* – C | 18 | 3 | 1 | |
| 12 | 6 | Avoid hint of lemon on cooked dish | Definition is 'dish'. Anagram of AVOID + L (hint of lemon) + ON. 'cooked' is anagram indicator. | 17.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | 17 | Fabulous! I do love no end an Indian curry | (I DO LOVe AN)* | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 30 | Nice wine, dhal starter and Indian potatoes to accompany this? | VIN ("wine" in French, eg from Nice) + D[hal] + ALOO (Indian potatoes); semi &lit. | 16.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 9 | Devotionals set aside in preparation for curry | Anag with 'set' subtracted | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 43 | So, Oval with India playing — is a ——— on offer? | comp. anag.& lit. | 14.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | 23 | Indian curry dish begins with French wine and finishes with Dutch-Hindi potato. | Def +vin+d+aloo | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 26 | Love hot marinading? This nightmare might result. | LOVEHOTMARINADING anag of NIGHTMAREVINDALOO | 13 | 2 | 5 | |
| 17 | 28 | Mankad nabs youth backing up and this could be lunch in India | LAD reversed (backing up) in VINOO. (VIN DAL OO). Reference to Vinoo Mankad's run out (as bowler) of the backing-up non-striker Bill Brown on 13 Dec 1947 in the second test at Sydney. | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 37 | Perhaps Ivan when entertaining date, can make a spicy dish (8) | IVAN* (Perhaps Ivan) around (when entertaining) D (date) + LOO (can) | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 52 | What's very hot, leaving posterior needing a lavatory? | V + [H]IND + A LOO; &lit | 11.5 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 29 | New ovoidal shaped dish. | (N OVOIDAL)* def = dish, for ovoidal the Oxford Dictionary gives "(of a plane figure) oval, with one end more pointed than the other". | 11 | 2 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Ali G's on the toilet after very hot curry (8) | Ali G's on the toilet = in da loo (he used "da" for "the") after very = v at the start + definition | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | 16 | Exotic food: French wine and Dutch potato | VIN + D + ALOO | 10 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Din around a toilet after very spicy curry | V (very) + DIN* + A + LOO; around= anag ind | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| 26 | 12 | Dish to take away is hot – first you need a drink, then a toilet! | DISH minus IS H after VIN (wine – see Chambers) then A LOO; tongue in cheek &lit | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 | 31 | Northernmost Estonian island gets spicy Indian curry dish. (8) | VAINDLOO (NORTHERNMOST ESTONIAN ISLAND) ANAGRAMS to VINDALOO (INDIAN CURRY DISH). | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 28 | 27 | Love Island? There is nothing in it after the French left in a tizzy but it can still be hot stuff (8) | Anagram of LOVEISLAND + 0 – LES | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 39 | Retiring boy is into Spanish wine, duck and spicy Indian curry | Retiring boy (reversal of lad or DAL) is into Spanish wine (VINO) [that is VIN(DAL)O], duck (O), giving VINDALOO (spicy Indian curry) | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 49 | Victory in a game inspires England at last (not everyone's hot favourite) | d in V in a loo (card game); ref. World Cup; inspire = draw in | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 53 | Wine bottles old boy returned for an Indian | VIN (O LAD<) O …. ((O LAD) returned in VINO) (‘bottles' functions as a verb) ‘Indian’ = Indian meal (informal) | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 7 | Cause of motion from oval window being unlimited? | Anag of OVAL+(w)INDO(w). Motion = poo. Oval window = bum hole. | 5 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Dish, hot (very) Indian potato | V + Ind. + aloo | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 20 | Five seek a toilet removing trace of foul curry | V + FIND A LOO – F(oul) | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 32 | 40 | Ruby, oval-shaped, mounted in diamond ring | (OVAL)* astride IN D(diamond) + O(ring); def: Ruby (Murray) | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 36 | 2 | A very Indian potato gravy from Goa. | (V)very (IND)Indian (ALOO)potato DEF: gravy from Goa. NB. Indian chefs always refer to the sauce as gravy. | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 37 | 1 | A hot dish asks for bog-standard wine. | Def/"vin de loo" (homophone…ish). | 4 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Dodgy load of cheap wine going around…Burns the mouth, apparently? | VIN(dalo)O…VINO / cheap wine…(anag) load. | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 39 | 8 | Curry: very hot day one's necessary | V+IN(hot/currently fashionable)+D+A+LOO(necessary); curry may keep one cool in hot weather | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | 18 | Famous Indian cricketer eating food, a Goan dish (8) | Wordplay: VINOO (Vinoo Mankad famous Indian all-rounder) around (eating) DAL (a staple food in South Asia) Definition: A Goan dish. | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | 32 | Number five at the wicket, a young man making a comeback, gets a pair | Number (sometng that numbs) def. five (V), at the wicket = IN, young man = Lad, making a comeback (reverse) = DAL, gets a pair = O,O | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| 39 | 41 | See home-boy that flipping loves hot-stuff! | see = v, home = in, boy = lad, that flipping = reversal indicator, loves = 00, hot-stuff = def | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | 4 | After oval windows renovation, cardinals are taken out for a meal | anagram of oval windows, removal of cardinals (WWS), definition a meal | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 43 | 25 | It can be hot, very, India can. One might pass out (8) | V(ery) IND(i)A LOO: can=LOO; one might pass out remove 1=I (one of them); def: It can be hot | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 44 | Tangy curry dish knocked back belonged to "shampoo" lad Niven. | Def + rev in shampOO LAD NIVen (*David Niven affectionately called champagne "shampoo".) | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 46 | Upwardly mobile John loves to eat Indian curry | John-LAV Upwardly mobile (reversal for LAV), loves – OO, Indian – IND, curry – defintion | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 47 | 21 | "French wine in aged ale"(John Curry) (8) | Direct = curry.VIN=French wine;DA=ageD Ale(in = container indicator);LOO=John | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 54 | Wine with crushed ladoo is hot stuff (8) | VIN=anag. of ladoo (Indian confection, sp. var. of laddu) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | 33 | Old boy, back surrounded by Italian wine, is hot stuff (8) | O(ld) LAD (back DAL O) in VINO = VINDALOO = hot stuff (food) | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | 36 | Otto's flatus alarmingly leads to Otto's evacuation, shifting this? | Otto's flatus (= VIND) + alarmingly leads (= AL) + Otto's evacuation (= OO) = VINDALOO. Def: "shifting this" = "eating or consuming this" (vindaloo, well-known for causing digestive problems). Also, optional: (*this = SH1T). | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | 50 | Vidal Sassoon used to make spicy dish without sauce | Vidal Sassoon minus sass (sauce) is anagram fodder / used to make is indicator and spicy dish definition | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 52 | 14 | Divine curry that is devoured is mostly chilli, we hear | DIVINE* (curry – anag ind) – I E (That is – devoured for deletion) + ALOO(-F) (mostly chilly. hp of Chilli) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 34 | Old people are evicted from camp in North, making room for a W.C. – needed after eating this? | VINDOLANDA – (O + LAND$ + A [= are$]) + A LOO; "camp" = "ancient fortified site"$. $ = see Chambers. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 52 | 35 | Onion, almost completely fried with a drop of vinegar and stuffed with peas curry (8) | Definition : Curry; Anagram of (ONIO(-n)+V) around DAL peas | 0 | 0 | 1 |