CCCWC March 2019 competition results
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50 clues entered. 39 votes cast (35 competitors, 4 others).
NARCISSUS
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Steve Randall | Self-admirer rubbishes hint of collusion with Russians | anagram of C with Russians | 53 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 14 | Pete Milne | Graciousness without ego possibly represented by him? No! | Anagram of GRACIOUSNESS minus (anagram of) EGO. Semi-&lit. According to myth, Narcissus was neither gracious nor without ego. | 33 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | Nigel Lack | Beautiful boy shuns a skin cure, acne oddly disappearing in reflection! | eNcA eRuC nIkS a SnUhS – odd letters disappearing in reverse. | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Barbara Moscovich | A type of complex flower | double def: psychological disorder (Narcissus complex) and flower | 29.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 24 | Barry Solomons | Leading communist in Russian Revolution, Stalin initially was really self-obsessed. | Nar(c)issu..(s)…Russian (anag) c/communist..S/talin. | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 44 | Satyen Nabar | Silly Republican ass in US beginning to crow, he's self-obsessed | (R+ASS IN US+C)* | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 36 | ALLAN SCOTT | Poor Russians catching cold in plant | C in anag of Russians | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 31 | jimmosco@uwo.ca | One vain Greek drove 100 Russians crazy | One vain Greek (def); drove…crazy (anagr. ind); [C (100) + RUSSIANS]* = Narcissus | 23 | 0 | |
| 9 | 37 | John Tozer | Racing about in cars? Suspect he fancies himself | anag. + sus | 21.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 4 | Kevin Brown | Ass incurs beating – he's a classic egoist | (ass incurs)* | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 34 | Plant near rock – it's a squash, oddly | DEF = PLANT; odd letters of NeArRoCkItSaSqUaSh. Squash is a fruit in parts of the world (see Chambers) | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 22 | I can be seen after March essentially on banks of streams in reflective sun | (arc + i + ss) in sun (rev); and lit. | 16.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 13 | 7 | Bloom’s Odyssean arc is suspenseful, gripping! (9) | Def: Bloom (flower); Wordplay: Hidden, odysseaN ARC IS SUSpenseful, indicated by “gripping”; Surface: referencing Joyce’s Ulysses | 16 | 1 | 4 | |
| 14 | 49 | With monstrous ego being projected, graciousness would seem abnormal for me | anag. less anag. & lit. | 14 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 25 | Legendary egotist: "I'm borne by rainbows to Society – the sun revolves around me" | N(ARC(I)S+S)US (sun rev.) | 12.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 50 | Youth obsessed with self-image: drug agent is suspicious. | Ref to Greek legend: NARC+IS+SUS. | 11.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | 13 | Fault lead to Chernobyl in Russia’s nuclear plant | *C+RUSSIAS+N | 10.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 17 | 15 | Grass is South American plant | NARC IS S US | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | 42 | Self-obsessed youth's potential graciousness ignoring warped ego | GRACIOUSNESS* less EGO* | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | 38 | Russians caught out man who disturbed Echo (9) | anag RUSSIANS C as in Greek myth | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 43 | Self-regarding type in crass party, leading United States | *IN CRASS + US; def. Self-regarding type | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 32 | Originator of Noah's arc? is not half smart – and he knows he's smart! | N + ARC + IS + SUS(SED); re 6th-placed clue in Feb comp | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 12 | Egocentric old lady loses her head to drugs cop | MISSUS (wife = old lady) with NARC (drugs cop) instead of M (head of MISSUS); def = egocentric (noun) | 7 | 2 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Greek hunter incurs ass kicking! (9) | Direct = Greek hunter; anagram of "incurs ass"; kicking = indicator. | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 30 | One loving image back to work out after crashing in car | SSUS<= (reversal of work out) after IN CAR* | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 6 | Beginning to need car, I suss out classic Hunter | NCARISUSS* [Hillman Hunter classic car] | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 27 | Narc is suspect in flower heist. (9) | The flower NARCISSUS is contained within (or taken from as in a robbery or heist) "NARC IS SUSPECT". | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 28 | On reflection, he was delighted to have confused 100 Russians | Narcissus (myth) was delighted with his reflection, confused = anagram, C (hundred) RUSSIANS | 6 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Dealt with scars in America? On reflection, the Greek lad liked what he saw. | Anagram of SCARS IN US; anagrind = dealt with | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 20 | His death a suicide on reflection, cop involved with drugs beheaded wife | narc, (m)issus | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 21 | His moving reflections on a flower were well observed. | His (i.e. Narcissus's) moving reflections on a flow-er were well observed (often looked at). . | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 29 | On reflection, I'm hooked | Greek myth – fell in love with his own refection. | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | 35 | Poisoned with CS, Russian thinks he looks good | Anagram (poisoned) of CS Russian => thinks he looks good (def) | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | 45 | Student body includes a right cissy (mostly a chap who’s besotted with himself) | NUS contains A + R(ight) + most of CISSY | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 47 | Undercover agent is not entirely shrewd, a vain character (9) | NARC IS SUS(-S), def= a vain character | 5 | 1 | ||
| 36 | 1 | A bloomer means a drugs agent is being held on suspicion. | Def./narc + is +sus. | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 10 | Cult leader embraced by foolish Russians is an extreme self-lover! (9) | Cult leader = C , embraced by = surroundind* , foolish = anagrind , Russians = fodder , an extreme self-lover = defintion : C in RUSSIANS*. (Eerie similarity … Putin and Rasputin!) | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 48 | Vain youth is object of police enquiry after return of sizeable haul – that’s fishy! | (IS + SUS) after CRAN (rev.) Chambers sv sus: “a suspect” | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | 46 | The bark of Conrad Black, perhaps | Reference to Joseph Conrad's novel, The Nigger of the Narcissus, to Conrad Black, the famously angry newspaper publisher, and to Black Narcissus, the 1947 film. A bark is a 3-masted ship, which fits Conrad's description. | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 17 | He fancied himself as inspiring ridiculously cruel iron maidens, stabbing poles, and utensils for evisceration | ((AS around RCI) in NS) + US | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 26 | Making a comeback, Sarandon embraces Chris after dropping husband, an extremely self-centred guy | SUSAN (Sarandon) <<<< = NASUS around {(C(-h)RIS)}*. Def: an extremely self-centred guy | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 42 | 3 | An egotistical boy drug cop I discover is backward. | Drug cop (NARC) I (SUSS) backward | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 39 | Scars in us upset one pining for his own reflection!(9) | Scarsinus* Anagram fodder/ upset is Anagram indicator/ one pining for own reflection is Definition | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 19 | He , with awareness so wept upon reflection (9) | He definition , upon reflection = reversal indicator , wordplay sus = awareness , sic = so , ran = wept. Narcissus wept at the sight of his own reflection. | 1 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 8 | Constant visual sensor seen madly in love with him | comp. anag. C VISUAL SENSOR gives LOVE NARCISSUS, anagrind "seen madly in" | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 45 | 18 | He loved to see one crane interminably at a reflection | &Lit clue Reversal of (at a reflection) see (suss) I (one/myself) crane-e | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 47 | 9 | Could be Jonquil found flash business card deb dropped | Could be Jonquil found = def.. flash = * ((business card) -(deb))* (jonquil is a species of narcissus) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 23 | I understand about leading seamen going round hugging a bit of crumpet – on reflection I'm delighted | I – rev of SUSS – firstly (leading) we have: RN< about A with C giving (I SUSS<) after N(A)R C – so: N(A)R C I SSUS – "on reflection I'm delighted" is the slightly cryptic and possibly misdirecting def | 0 | 1 | ||
| 47 | 33 | Perhaps in scars, chic society gets a symbol of self-admiration (9) | Direct – a symbol of self-admiration. [IN SCARS]* anagram ind. – perhaps + U (chic) + S (society) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 41 | Selfie devotee managed to return to Channel Isles, taking suspect back | Selfie (one's own image) devotee (one consistently interested in [Chambers]) – def: managed – ran – to return ( back = nar) to Channel Isles – CI – taking suspect (suss [Chambers]) back = ssus | 0 | 0 |