CCCWC January 2019 competition results
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52 clues entered. 40 votes cast (34 competitors, 6 others).
PINK
A close contest to start the year. Hidden clues don't usually cut the mustard, but on the other hand humour is often well received! So congrats go to Don Manley for kicking off 2019 with a win, meaning he also joins the elite few who have managed wins in consecutive months, as he won the Christmas special at the end of last year – well done Don!
Vinit was a mere smidgeon behind in second, with a surface that set an intriguing scene leaving me curious to know the full story!
What's this? Another hidden in 3rd spot, but understandably as the hidden indicator fitted in so neatly with the surface reading – well done to John Appleton.
Nick Smith then just a 1/2 point back in 4th with another interesting and different treatment and Pete Milne completes the podium with what is his 3rd top 5 finish in a row!
Pink certainly offered a wide choice of definitions and treatments so well done to all who took up the challenge!
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 49 | Don Manley | What's hidden by chap in kilt gets one looking slightly embarrassed maybe! | hidden | 38.5 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 16 | Vinit Wankhede | Gay groom runs away (4) | Gay – definition, groom – PRINK , runs – R , away – sub ind.; PRINK – R | 36 | 0 | |
3 | 40 | John Appleton | Scallop stocked by shop in Knightsbridge | def = Scallop; hidden in sho[P IN K]nightsbridge | 35 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 22 | Nick Smith | Maybe Floyd Patterson's first tattoo? | P + INK | 34.5 | 1 | 3 |
5 | 21 | Pete Milne | Knock back a little drink, getting drunk at last | NIP reversed (back) + K (drunk at last). Def = knock (as in an engine pinking). | 28.5 | 0 | 2 |
6 | 20 | Rod Harling | It's a bit risqué tucking gymslip in knickers | hidden, pink(1) | 27.5 | 0 | 2 |
7 | 5 | Peter Robinson | At a table for six, potted salmon perhaps? | At a (say, snooker) table, the ball potted to score six (points) is (the) pink (def): salmon is one of several shades of pink (double def) | 25 | 2 | 1 |
8 | 46 | Robin Gilbert | The sound of a chaffinch at home in park | Def. Chambers (3). IN in PK | 24.5 | 2 | 1 |
9 | 17 | Steve Randall | Highest degree helps to fill gap in knowledge | hidden clue | 23 | 1 | |
10 | 34 | Robert Vere | Rare colour | Cryptic definition | 22 | 3 | 3 |
11 | 30 | Pot in snooker, frequently pocketed | P{ot}I{ns}N{oo}K{er}; &lit | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
12 | 48 | What provides middle of lapel with colour? | P (middle of lapel) + INK (colour); &lit. | 17 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | 14 | Flushed after knocking back dram puts end to drink | NIP rev + K | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | 24 | Nip back to see Kew's premier flower | PIN+Kew | 13.5 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | 10 | Cut a little blue flower on the left | Quadruple definition (pink = cut; a little blue (slightly pornographic (Chambers)); flower; on the left (politically)) | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
16 | 8 | Chess tactic near kingside is somewhat rare (4) | Chess tactic (=PIN) + kingside (=K); def: "somewhat rare" (as in meat) | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | |
17 | 11 | Drop of purple writing fluid? No, somewhat blue | P + INK | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | 41 | Select conservative to become nationalist peer | PICK, C to become N; pink = peer (Chambers, pink6) | 11 | 4 | ||
19 | 23 | Neighbours of Ohm,Kelvin and Rose | Neighbours of OHM -> PIN ( in the alphabet ) Kelvin = K Rose = PINK | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
19 | 31 | Power couple, needing no introduction, rose (4) | P (-L)INK, P(power), Link(couple), needing no introduction = deletion indicator, def:rose | 10 | 1 | ||
19 | 33 | Quietly indicate bar with a bit left | P + WINK – W; definition relating to socialism | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | 7 | Cambodia pursues target of driving on the left | pin (golf) + K; political left | 9 | 0 | ||
22 | 15 | From deep in Keats’ melancholy glen springs forth the shade of Shakespeare. Ah, sweet William! | Hidden word (deeP IN Keats’); FROM (hidden indicator); SHADE = both a ghost and a colour (eg pink); SWEET WILLIAM (= pink (flower) | 9 | 1 | ||
22 | 50 | What's pocketed by Trump, in Kochi? | Hidden & lit, and ref snooker player Judd Trump. | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
25 | 42 | Shade makes knocking sound. | Double meaning : Pink is a colour shade and a word for a knocking sound made by an engine | 8.5 | 0 | ||
26 | 39 | Salmon you keep in keepnet keeps its colour. | Basic run-on "keeP IN Keep…" | 8 | 0 | ||
26 | 44 | Slip-up in kedgeree includes scallop. | Hidden: def scallop. | 8 | 1 | ||
26 | 45 | Table topper is a real six-pointer! | The pink ball on a snooker table is worth 6 points; "Six-pointer" is a football cliché, where a winning team denies three points to a close rival in addition to securing three points for itself. | 8 | 0 | ||
26 | 51 | What's seen to bloom fills suntrap in Kew. | Genre of flowers…fills suntraP IN Kew… | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
30 | 28 | Penny Black could become red soon (4) | Penny = p , + black = ink, + definition , having Socialist leanings | 7 | 4 | ||
30 | 37 | Rose smiles in Rupert's bed (4) | From The Old Vicarage Grantchester by Rupert Brooke. And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink. Def is Rose | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
32 | 2 | A private detective’s little finger that’s missing | little finger = PINKIE … that’s missing PINK (- IE). PINK (def) = a private detective (from Pinkerton Detective Agency) | 5 | 0 | ||
32 | 4 | American singer from 70s music scene got number one after leaving university | PUNK around I –U; def: American singer – she is a hugely successful pop star, with multiple chart topping hits worldwide. | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
32 | 29 | Pop singer Prince – was he above publicity? | P+INK | 5 | 0 | ||
35 | 35 | Rose daughter plucked for papa – exotic kind (4) | def: rose; kind* (-d+p) [papa: p nato alphabet] | 4.5 | 0 | ||
35 | 36 | Rose quietly as wife dropped an amorous hint (4) | Def: Rose Anno: P (-w)INK | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
35 | 43 | Shocking, perhaps, for Floyd's predecessor | Double def: Shocking, perhaps, = pink (shade of); for = link word to second definition; Floyd's predecessor = pink (as in Pink Floyd). Surface story: could relate to any Floyd, famous or otherwise. | 4.5 | 1 | ||
38 | 1 | 22 ÷ 7 + n + 1,000 = height. | 22÷7 (pi) + n (number in maths/algebra) + 1,000 (k). Height = definition | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
38 | 13 | Extreme furore when prince kills good man | STINK with P(prince) for ST(good man); defn= extreme, topical ref to incident in Middle East | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
40 | 3 | A rose by another name would smell as sweet william | double def (with apologies to the Bard) | 3 | 0 | ||
40 | 52 | You'll find peripherals first, before printing fluid, just a little to the left. | P + ink/def. ("slightly socialistic" [Chambers]) | 3 | 1 | ||
42 | 18 | Hold royal as peak of perfection (4) | Definition: peak of perfection (in the sense of the highest form or degree); Wordplay: PIN (hold) + K (royal) | 2.5 | 0 | ||
43 | 32 | Prime circular number not known (4) | direct = prime. pi = circular number (applicable to circles!); nk = not known (per Free Dictionary and others). | 2 | 0 | ||
44 | 9 | Chipmunk if not much adjusted will emit a series of pinging sounds | (Chipmunk – much)* anagrind = adjusted, def = emit a series of pinging sounds, old aeroplanes can have this problem | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
45 | 12 | Either fish or fowl or good natural killer | Pink = fish or fowl. good = pi + nk = natural killer | 1 | 1 | ||
45 | 19 | In this I will be well somewhat blue (4) | Well = In the pink. Pink = somewhat blue | 1 | 0 | ||
45 | 38 | Rose’s soft wrinkled skin does not have a single spot (4) | Rose = Definition/ soft=p/ wrinkled is anagram indicator/ does not have a single spot is indicator to delete s / skin*-s / p ink* | 1 | 1 | ||
48 | 27 | Peak in cut? | IN inside PK(peak); also DD(peak and cut are two separate meanings for PINK), hence &lit; surface referring to scenarios like official spending, power shedding, … | 0.5 | 0 | ||
48 | 47 | Ultimately, Trump invited North Korean leaders’ knock (4) | P+acrostic I N K . Def : Blink (ref Chambers) | 0.5 | 0 | ||
50 | 6 | Bill’s blinking small for a finch. | Pink = blinking (Shakespeare), = small (Shakespeare), = (chaf [finch]) (which has a large bill). Bill’s = Shakespeare’s | 0 | 0 | ||
50 | 25 | Not in other words, Lily's little finger. | Not (remove)'in other words'= id est = ie. little finger = pinkie. Brought together with Lily the Pink, the No.1 song by The Scaffold | 0 | 0 | ||
50 | 26 | One described by men as perfection | P<I>N/K; chessmen | 0 | 0 |