CCCWC May 2021 competition results
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66 clues entered. 60 votes cast (52 competitors, 8 others).
TOERAG
Obviously I shall be expecting quite a few "little something extras" in my Christmas cards this year from those entrants who also take part in the Azed clue writing competitions…
…yes, a quite extraordinary coincidence in that the clue word was also chosen by Azed for his own June puzzle, so you had a good head start if you do the Azed as well! It will be interesting to see if any of our clues make it into the Azed list…
As far as our own competition goes, hearty congrats to Peter Milne for gaining top spot – what do we love? A little bit of smut in our favourite clues! Peter's second podium of the year.
Anthony Nannini bagged second place with a straightforward anagram; his first placing of the year.
Third place goes to Nathan Townsend, to follow up his win in February – a neat anag. &lit.
Fourth spot goes to Tom Borland for another neat anag. &lit (with a subtraction). Tom is a known Azed regular, so it will be interesting to see if his clue pops up there later this month.
Great to see Vinod Raman, one of our stalwarts, grab his first podium finish in nearly 12 years – persistence pays off – another neat subtractive anagram.
Thanks to everyone as ever – keep an eye on those Azed results next week, and good luck with this month's Right and Left clue!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Pete Milne | Love great wobbly bum | Anagram of O(love)+GREAT | 62 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 | Anthony Nannini | Dog got ear treated (6) | Dog = def (despicable person) got ear = anagram fodder , treated = anagram indicator. | 52 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 37 | Nathan Townshend | Nothing great about him! | O GREAT * | 42 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 35 | Tom Borland | No fellow of great rank | *O(F) GREAT; rank = foul; &lit. | 41 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 15 | Vinod Raman | Despicable person misbehaving at orgies is kicked out (6) | Def: Despicable person, Anagrind: misbehaving, Anagram Fodder: (at orgies – is)* | 40 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 44 | Dave Williams | Rascal Paddy’s first to be dropped from ‘Top Gear’ revamp | (TO[P]GEAR)* (ref. Paddy McGuinness, Top Gear presenter) | 39.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 41 | Terry Neale | Outrage when university expelled drunken miscreant | Outrage when university expelled = anagram fodder with u removed; drunken = anagram indicator; miscreant = definition. | 37.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | Peter Cargill | Bad egg, rat, good-for-nothing | *EGG+RAT replacing G for O; three definitions &lit | 31.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 22 | Dhirendra Tripathi | Great novel about love for beast (6) | [GREAT]* (novel) about O (love). Direct: beast. | 31.5 | 4 | |
| 10 | 33 | Jane Fitzpatrick | Lowlife features in great novel about love | novel is the anagrind, anagram of 'great' and 'o' | 29.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | Angry Top Gear presenter initially dismissed for annoying person | Angry – anagram indicator, TOPGEAR-P(resenter) – anagram fodder. Annoying person – definition. | 28.5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 12 | 43 | Queen has toga adjusted to cover bum | ER (Queen) covered by TOGA*; Def = bum (vagrant) | 28 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 | 24 | Greta nastily laid into by old bum | O in anag., ref. G.Thunberg and D.Trump | 18.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 13 | 55 | Tatty footgear’s revealing of me | comp. anag. & lit.; footgear ~ of toerag | 18.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 15 | 31 | Labour's leader can quit tolerating party that's down and out! | TO(l)ERA(tin)G. Party etc as definition | 18 | 2 | 3 | |
| 16 | 7 | Bum got sorted – about time! | GOT* around ERA | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | 45 | Rascal's got reformed over time | Rascal = definition. got reformed = GOT*, over = containment ind*, time = ERA. (GOT* around ERA) | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 51 | Scoundrel got hauled up – about time! (6) | <<TO(ERA)G, Def=scoundrel, got=GOT, hauled up = reversal indicator, about = container indicator, time=ERA | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | 46 | Reform or get a bad name | Reform (anagram indicator) or get a (anagram fodder) bad name (definition) | 15.5 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 1 | A Roget possibility for "ratbag" | (A Roget)* & lit. | 15 | 0 | 4 | |
| 21 | 63 | Vagabond going through large tin shed (6) | TO(L)ERA(TIN)G | 14.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | 4 | Awful rat with ego, perhaps | Anagram (RAT+EGO) & Lit | 13 | 2 | 3 | |
| 22 | 30 | Initially, Tories' ousted "expert" ranted against Government. Is he someone to despise? | Initial letters spell TOERAG, Chambers definition, DESPICABLE PERSON | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | 61 | Unfortunate bubbly shortage quietly buried | (SHORTAGE)* – SH; def = unfortunate (noun, as in beggar) | 13 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 | 50 | Schmo that ends up with gear in tatters? (6) | &Lit – Last letters of schmO thaT reversed by [GEAR]* | 12 | 4 | 4 | |
| 26 | 54 | Tagore’s composition – “Beggar Woman” (6) | Anagram TAGORE*. Def: Beggar Woman. “Beggar Woman” (Bhikarini in vernacular) is a well known (and first published ) short story of Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Laureate at the age of 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | |
| 26 | 57 | Tory leader suffering rage after latest fiasco – contemptible person (6) | T (Tory leader) + anagram (suffering) of RAGE after O (latest fiasco). Definition = contemptible person | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 28 | 64 | Who actually makes random call at your gate? | TOERAG+ACTUALLY anag of CALL AT YOUR GATE. | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 29 | 42 | Primarily tramp, or even rather a git? | First letters of Tramp Or Even Rather A Git; &lit | 8.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 30 | 47 | Reverend Spooner's file name for a despicable sort of fellow (6) | Spooner of TOERAG= ROW (FILE) TAG (NAME) | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 | 23 | Great wins Oscar after playing villain (6) | O in anagram of "Great" | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 | 10 | China's leader avoided care, got revealed as a despicable person | (CAREGOT)* less C(-hina) | 7 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 34 | MOBO finally awarded to 'great' Dizzee Rascal (6) | MOBO finally – O, awarded to – inserted in – 'great' – fodder, Dizzee – anagrind, Rascal – def. Dizzee Rascal is a UK Grime / Hip Hop artist who has won several MOBO awards (Music of Black Origin) | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 34 | 18 | Down and outer insult quickly turns to rage | Down and outer (ie bum) insult (def); turns (anag ind); to rage(*) | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 35 | 14 | Despicable man creates outrage, not classy. | (OUTRAGE – U)* | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 35 | 26 | Heel, part of the foot to make fun of | synonym, TOE + RAG | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 66 | Wretched heartless goadster! | (GOADSTER – DS)* &lit. | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 38 | 9 | Canter before Grand National leaves Ornate unsettled | Def. Canter (=beggar [Chambers]). before G [N leaves anag(ORNATE)]. Ornate is the name of a racehorse. | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 38 | 13 | Despicable fellow manhandles garrote heartlessly. | gar(r)ote* | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 38 | 19 | Dr. Scholl’s dressing for a bum foot? | Dr. Scholl, well known for foot care products; and lit. joke | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 38 | 56 | The content of a Hirohito era gyoza is despicable (6) | 'toerag' is contained in the phrase 'Hirohito era gyoza | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 42 | 62 | Vagabond captured in revolution served several years inside | GOT (captured) reversed, with ERA inside | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 43 | 12 | Cummings, say, reported by FT for inappropriate frottage (6) | TOERAG + FT = anag(FROTTAGE) Reported by = written next to | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 43 | 48 | Rogue badger follows beginnings of trail outside earth | T/O/E/RAG [to badger] | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 43 | 52 | Sort of rogue with a striking uniform for end of feet? | (ROGuE+A+T)* getting rid of the U (uniform) for the T (end of feeT) &lit | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | 36 | Nobody is exceptionally great about nothing (6) | Def: nobody. GREAT* (exceptionally …) around (about) O (nothing). | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 46 | 40 | One who grates is maybe nothing great (6) | Definition = One who grates; Anagram indicator = maybe; Anagram fodder = O [nothing] + GREAT | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 48 | 6 | Base one's composition on note about love | RAG on TE about O. def "base one" | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 49 | 28 | Horrible man got back without maturity (6) | Def: Horrible man. (GOT)<- around AGE (maturity) | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 50 | 20 | Epithet describing nameless one? Right! | TAG(epithet) outside O(n)E R; &lit | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | 65 | Worthless fellow got back, receiving time inside. | Def, worthless fellow=toerag. "got" reversed… "era" = time inside ( to era g ) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 16 | Despicable person omitted essential truth from manufactured outrage (6) | U ('essential truth') omitted from anagram of OUTRAGE; definition is 'despicable person' | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | 29 | Horror books sent back by online newspaper | Horror = definition. Books sent back = OT reversed. by = next to. Online newspaper = E-rag | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 54 | 8 | Bum note organist played in tons edited out (6) | Anagram of (no)TEORGA(nist) | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 54 | 21 | Go thee roam, homeless vagrant! (6) | Definition: Homeless vagrant. Wordplay: Anagram. Fodder: GOTHEEROAM less HOME. anagram indicator: vagrant. Side note: Go as a substitute for Hie in Hie thee! Hope it works. | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 54 | 27 | Heel-and-toe leg-pull | Heel – def / and – link / TOE / leg-pull – RAG | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 54 | 59 | Tramp's dog biting Old English and Rottweiler's tail | TAG (=dog) containing OE and (rottweile)R | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 58 | 2 | A rogue, tramp to a T, not posh! (6) | T+(AROGUE)*-U / AROGUE*, tramp – anagram indicator (verb), to a T = T+ (T is adjoining), not – deletion indicator, posh = U (Upper class), T+(a rogue)* – U = TOERAG &lit | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | 49 | Saw troubled Greta Garbo becoming a worthless person | (Greta)* garb (clothe or cover) "o" | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 58 | 53 | Surprisingly great to take time for miscreant. (6) | Anagram great to – t | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 58 | 60 | Travelog: Avoiding Romans, touring heel. | TRAVELOG with Roman numerals removed, anagrammed (=touring). Definition is "heel". Reference to the "heel" of Italy's "boot". | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 62 | 11 | Contemptible type shot goat when Brenda came in | Contemptible type = def; GOAT* (shot = anagrind); Brenda = ER (Private Eye term for the Queen) … so: TO ER AG | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 62 | 25 | Heel of digital sock. | Def: heel. Digital sock = toe rag. Digital sock has separate toes. Rag = any item of clothing. (Collins) | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 62 | 38 | Oik celebrated job at tabloid newspaper | Charade – celebrated job at tabloid = toe (cf 1992 Sun headline 'Toe Job to No Job) + rag/newspaper | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 62 | 39 | Old foot-wrapper for a vagrant? It's Tagore's version | Double definition – old foot-wrapper and vagrant – from anagram (version) of Tagore | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 62 | 58 | Tramp around area of land obtained outside (6) | rev(G(ARE)OT)- An "are" (more commonly used in continental European countries) is a measure of area , from which the better known "hectare" is derived. | 0 | 1 | 3 |