CCCWC June 2021 competition results
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61 clues entered. 45 votes cast (43 competitors, 2 others).
NELSON / PRINCE (Right & Left)
A very clear winner this month. Tom executes a wonderful example of the double clue. Beautifully concise, a seamless join, combining to create a credible surface. Worthy winner.
Second place and a first podium placing goes to Simon Griew. Some similarities to the winner with a little bit of added cheekiness. Congratulations on the debut podium, Simon.
Another debut in third place. Not only a first podium, but also a debut entry from Phil Stephenson, who rather cleverly clued the PRINCE element to line up nicely with NELSON. Well done and welcome, Phil.
Mr Tozer bags 4th place with an intricate tale of an inept thespian, using a rather cheeky definition for NELSON!
Charlie Oakley takes 5th spot, first podium since a debut 4th placing last year.
Thanks to everyone for your extra efforts in this special challenge…on to July!
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 23 | Tom Borland | Hold lens trained on Royal pair, finding nice shot | Nelson: *LENS + ON, def. Hold; Prince: PR (pair) + *NICE; def. Royal | 78 | 0 | 5 |
2 | 36 | Simon Griew | Man perched high directed lens towards royal figure pinching woman’s bottom | NELSON: def = man perched high, (lens)* + on; PRINCE: def = royal (as noun), n in price (figure) – down clue. No particular royal in my mind of course! | 42.5 | 3 | 3 |
3 | 12 | Phil Stephenson | Epic struggles with Royal Navy, historic leader who made Napoleon's sides lose at sea? | PRINCE/NELSON. anag. inc. RN/anag. inc. N,n & lit. | 39.5 | 3 | 5 |
4 | 32 | John Tozer | Leader of company in rep playing Hamlet maybe fluffed lines, missing one, just after he did it with Hamilton | anag. of c(ompany) in rep; anag. of l(i)nes + on (just after); refs. Prince of Denmark, Emma Hamilton; did it, i.e. had sex | 34 | 2 | 5 |
5 | 54 | Charlie Oakley | Royal Navy splits fee it deducted from insolent disorganised Admiral | Royal – Definition, N(avy) splits – insertion indicator, fee – PRICE / INSOLENT – IT = NSOLEN* – fodder, disorganised = anagrind, Admiral = definition. Nelson was never an actual Admiral but a vice-admiral, however using that as the definition would seem obscure. | 31.5 | 5 | 5 |
6 | 20 | Dhirendra Tripathi | Hold different lens on royal's nice PR spinning | Nelson – Hold different lens on (lens as something that facilitates and influences perception, Merriam-Webster) – Definition: hold. Wordplay: [lens]* indicated by different + on. Prince – royal's nice PR spinning – Definition: royal. Wordplay: [nice PR]* indicated by spinning. | 29.5 | 3 | 4 |
7 | 51 | Don Manley | Royal Navy – in charge, one's admiral, slain finally at sea | N in price; anag incl.l,n & lit. | 26 | 3 | 3 |
8 | 34 | Chris Spathis | Lock limits of noise levels on guitarist's audio tracks (6/6) | N/E + L/S + on == prints homophone | 24 | 4 | 6 |
9 | 11 | Vinit Wankhede | Crown's deceitfully nice PR turns lens on an unlucky figure | Crown~def, deceitfully nice PR = NICEPR* / turns lens on= LENSON*, an unlucky figure~def | 20 | 1 | 6 |
10 | 16 | John Appleton | Hamlet maybe drunk nice port, wanting to hold Horatio? | PRINCE: Def = "Hamlet maybe"; (NICEPORT)* -TO NELSON: Double def. | 19.5 | 4 | 5 |
11 | 42 | One’s left shot at end of action, noble leader worth embracing | (*ONES+L ind by shot)+N; N in PRICE(worth)&lit; noble leader=Prince; ref dying Nelson attended to by Hardy at end of battle | 19 | 3 | 7 | |
12 | 7 | Breaking news – sadly lose ship's captain, Bounty has new man in charge | LOSE* in NN (def: ship's captain) PRICE installs N (def: man in charge) | 18 | 2 | 6 | |
13 | 9 | Colonel’s onsite guards hold singer in church after psalter ends (6/6) | 1) NELSON. Definition: Hold Wordplay: Hidden Indicator: Guards 2) PRINCE: Def: Singer, Wordplay: Charade PsalteR ends IN CE (Church of England) | 16 | 0 | 5 | |
13 | 39 | Monarch's pincer movement crushed guts of insolent admiral | PINCER*; (-i)NSOLEN(-t)* | 16 | 5 | 4 | |
13 | 48 | Root strikes IPL big shot in flannels on 111 (6, 6) | Principle less IPL; ref. England cricket captain Joe Root, Indian Premier League. (flan)NELS + ON; ref cricket score of 111, known as Nelson | 16 | 3 | 6 | |
16 | 28 | How much is it to adopt new royal name? Finally, palace reveal it's on hold | new = N, inside how much is it = PRICE; royal = def. | name = N, finally palace reveal it's = last letters: …E …L …S, on = ON (given); hold = def. | 13.5 | 2 | 4 | |
17 | 35 | London columnist's gas about extremely luckless Harry, say's, cost maintaining Meghan ultimately | NEON around L(uckles)S + PRICE around (Megha)N | 13 | 2 | 4 | |
18 | 14 | Gas about extremely lecherous Admiral Vincent possibly guarding new member of Royal Family | NEON around L(echerou)S / PRICE around N(ew) | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
18 | 49 | Royal charge had new admiral lose badly in nation's borders | Royal: Definition for PRINCE, charge=PRICE, new=N admiral: Definition for NELSON, lose badly=LOSE*, nation's borders=NN | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
18 | 60 | Will possibly new cost-cutting title hold London's top columnist? | Will possibly = prince; new cost-cutting=N inside PRICE=prince; title=prince; hold=Nelson; London's top columnist?=Nelson | 11 | 2 | 4 | |
21 | 25 | Hold train in tunnel so nasty brick damage gets probed by technician conclusively | NELSON: hidden (train = sequence); def = hold / PRINCE: N in PRICE (damage, cost); def = brick (prince, good guy) | 10.5 | 1 | 5 | |
22 | 19 | Hold back some casinos lending monetary value without new head of state in Monaco | Hold – def for Nelson, back – reversal indicator, some – containment indicator, casiNOS LENding, monetary value (PRICE) without N(ew), head of state in Monaco – def for Prince. Casinos and Monaco go well together | 10 | 1 | 3 | |
23 | 47 | Public relations during ‘Catholic’ furore ultimately may create issue for leader occupying No.10, extremely licentious man famous for his column (6,6) | Public Relation (PR) + during (IN) + Catholic (C) + last letter of furorE. Issue for leader (def Prince). External letters of LicentiouS in NEON (element no. 10) . Man famous for his column (def Nelson) Surface allusions to Boris Johnson (incl. wedding in Westminster Cathedral and Telegraph column). | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
23 | 61 | Willie for one statue, being elevated, almost audibly impresses lad at palace | NELSON: DBE/D (singer/bloke on column) // PRINCE: "~prints". 'Almost' for the loose homophone. | 9 | 0 | 5 | |
25 | 4 | Admiral Halsey essentially captured by noble royal. Ransom demanded? No. | Definition is "admiral": _LS_ captured by NEON (a noble gas). Definition is "royal": PRICE demanded N. | 8.5 | 0 | 3 | |
25 | 43 | Pincer movement by Royal Naval Officer channels onlookers inwards | Anagram (movement) of PINCER. Definition = royal. Definition = Naval Officer, hidden (inwards) chaNELS ONlookers | 8.5 | 1 | 5 | |
27 | 55 | Royal nipper making right move in wrestling match? Hold on – lens is blurred! | Royal = def (R); nipper = pincer, R moves in Wrestling match hold = def (L) ; (on lens)* | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | |
28 | 58 | Springfield Elementary student turned lens on public relations firm acquiring drugs for R&B star | Springfield Elementary student = NELSON, [LENS ON]*; PR + INC + E, R&B star = PRINCE | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
29 | 37 | Mandela, maybe, appears in panels on a royal who's a royal without a ship (6/6) | Mandela, maybe, = NELSON (definition by example for Nelson Mandela); APPEARS IN = telescopic indicator for paNELS ON; A royal = PRINCE (definition); A royal without a ship = PRINCESS – SS | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
30 | 13 | For example, ‘Hamlet’ creates an impression for the audience in Newcastle by layering severed heads about Horatio’s conclusion | For example, ‘Hamlet’ – def of Prince / creates an impression for the audience – homophone of ‘prints’ / in Newcastle – NE / by – link / layering severed heads – L[ayering] S[evered] / about – ON / Horatio’s conclusion – def of Nelson | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
30 | 22 | Hold in ring on lens developing photos for dictator and queen’s son | Hold in ring – definition of NELSON; on lens developing- anagram of “on lens”; photos for dictator- homophone of prints; queen’s son – definition of PRINCE | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
30 | 29 | In kennels only hold something outstanding: a pinscher mongrel has gone astray. | NELSON: kenNELS ONly, definition "hold". PRINCE: Anag APINSCHER – HAS, definition "something outstanding". | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
30 | 38 | Member of royal family’s new charge about hold of channels online (6,6) | Left is Prince . Def: Member of royal family. PRICE (charge) about N(ew). Right is NELSON. Def: Hold. Hidden word (telescopic) in chan(NELS ON)line. Indicator “of” | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
34 | 5 | An admiral called 111, worried apprentice had lost tape a senior royal made | An admiral = def. exemplar; called 111 = NELSON (cricket slang). (APPRENTICE-TAPE)*, a senior royal = def.. | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
34 | 57 | Sounds like death toll is concerning for Admiral Newton , overwhelmed by damage for future monarch (6 :6) | Sounds like= homophone ind , Knell = Nel , is concerning = 's on….. + definition, Newton = n , overwhelmed by = containment indicator, damage = price + definition | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
36 | 18 | He may rule out pincer strike in favour of facing down large numbers about fallen officer | "He may rule"=PRINCE / PINCER* // "strike in favour of facing down"=delete PRO of PRONE ('pro'='in favour' as adverb, Chambers) "large"=L "numbers about"=NOS reversed proNE+L+SON / "fallen officer"=NELSON | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | |
36 | 21 | Hold Horatio, Harry… Charming | DD & DD | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | |
36 | 56 | Royal photographs, reportedly ones shot with night lens, primarily in Lancashire town | Royal = def (noun); photographs reportedly = homophone indicator + prints (for 'prince'); ones shot with night lens primarily = ones + n + l (anag fodder) + shot (anagrind); in = linkword to def; Lancashire town = def (Nelson) | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | |
39 | 6 | As new line's put on hold Harry's only a symbolic person now (6,6) | Nelson is a wrestling hold; EL – railway line in Chicago; Prince Harry – the artist formerly known as Prince changed his name to a love symbol. Line = line of succession to the throne. | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
39 | 24 | Hold sign about extremely lawless entitled son of man ultimately in charge | NELSON: def: hold ("nelson" is a wrestling hold); NEON (sign) around (about) LawlesS (extremely …). PRINCE: def: entitled son; maN (… ultimately) in PRICE (charge). | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
39 | 41 | One topping column has nice PR about Charles. | Nelson's column…Nice PR (anag) / Prince Charles. | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
39 | 46 | Prominence of warning sign ignored by him, sacked through personnel mismanagement. | Warning sign ignored by prince: prOMinENce. Sacked “through” (or “per” leaves) “sonnel”, (mismanagement*) | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
43 | 26 | Hold up lesson, half-heartedly spar, ignoring the odds, with nice bendy ruler | NELSON [hold]/PRINCE [ruler]: LES(s)ON* [up anagrind] + [(s)P(a)R/NICE]* [bendy anagrind] | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
43 | 31 | Leader in newspaper's picked up famous columnist’s points about keeping editorial limits | Leader=PRINCE, newspaper's picked up=PRINT'S homophone / famous columnist=NELSON (pun def: column in Trafalgar Sq), points=N&S, about=ON, editorial limits=EL. | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | |
43 | 44 | Pincer movement gave this old leader hold colonels once held | Anagram of pincer, Chambers gives prince as a leader (obsolete). Nelson, a wrestling hold, contained by coloNELS ONce. | 2.5 | 2 | 5 | |
43 | 50 | Royal in church following public relations disaster for lesson requiring change of direction and getting a grip | PRINCE: Royal (definition) in CE following pr / NELSON: disaster for (anagrind) lesson* with n for s, getting "a grip" i.e. wrestling hold | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | |
43 | 59 | Victorious admiral destroyed French salt (no great man) in pincer movement | "Victorious" is cryptic too, just for fun. French for "salt no" is "sel non", then *. Prince=great man. pincer*. Join is between "no" and "great" | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
48 | 8 | Camera found on island with no lens by nice PR agent of royal bearing… | Nelson: anag. "no lens" – {Nelson Island } Prince: anag. "nice PR" – {Royal bearing- prince } | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
48 | 45 | Pincer movement makes sovereign hold on after lines cut island off (6,6) | Anagram of PINCER makes prince. Nelson (hold): anagram of LINES -I + ON | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
50 | 2 | A singer makes sound impression on a columnist: ELO's involved in two numbers | Prince = a singer/makes sound impression = prints (homophone)/Nelson = "a columnist" (ie Nelson's column)/Electric Light Orchestra's (= ELO + s) + n + n (= two numbers) anag. | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
50 | 40 | Non-smoker pens letter to hold pulmonologist responsible primarily – spoiling nice Hamlet, say | Nelson – NS around EL (letter) + ON (=to in Chambers) Definition "hold". Prince – PR = PR (first letters of: pulmonologist responsible) + NICE* (anagrind spoiling) Definition "Hamlet, say" Reference: Hamlet cigars | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
52 | 1 | A royal knight in charge marches from Lourdes, besieged by none running amok in a stronghold | knight (N) in charge (PRICE) / anagram of NONE* containing L(-ourde)S (marches – borders) | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
52 | 3 | Accomplished leader trained lens on tracks, rumoured to be of outstanding specimen | Nelson is the accomplished leader; trained is the anagrind for 'lens on'; 'rumoured to be' indicates a homophone, of tracks = 'prints'; an outstanding specimen is one definition of prince (Macquarie dict 'someone or something that is chief or pre-eminent in any class) group') | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
52 | 15 | Hamlet in Copenhagen battle was an armed strong hold leading to victory | Hamlet (PRINCE of Denmark)/ in Copenhagen battle was an armed strong hold (NELSON – a strong arm hold in wrestling) leading to victory. Ref. Vice-Admiral Nelson's involvement in the Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
52 | 30 | King's son, a very popular musician and Emma Hamilton's lover, is featured in "Tunnel Songs | Double definition for PRINCE – King's son and legendary musician; NELSON was Emma Hamilton's lover and the word "is featured" in "TunNEL SONgs"; "and" is the join | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
52 | 33 | Learn about a king's missing son and hold press conference, pouring out heart, when running out of time to find him? | A) NELSON (Learn … hold): def. 'hold' (wrestling); wordplay (LEARN – A R) reversed + SON // B) PRINCE (press … him?): def. 'him?' (referring back to 'king's … son') ; wordplay: PRINT + C(onferenc)E – T | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
52 | 52 | Royal Navy in cost cutting refusal, letter primarily says, heading from newly decorated admiral (6;6) | Royal (PRINCE) = Navy (N) in cost (PRICE). Cutting refusal (NO), {letter (EL) primarily says (S)}, heading from newly (N) = decorated admiral (NELSON) | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
58 | 53 | Royal Navy probing charge acting silent without placing it on hold | PRINCE: N(navy) inside PRICE(charge), def:Royal; NELSON: anag of SILENT-IT + ON, def:hold | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
59 | 10 | "Could be rainier!" spin in Conservative East Lancashire town, wrestling control from former captain (6&6) | Def (Prince) =rainier (as in Prince Rainier of Monaco) spin =PR IN Conservative = C East = E Triple def (Nelson) = Lancashire town, wrestling control. Former caotain | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
59 | 17 | Harry’s reward: holding Megan’s foot whilst Lionel’s on the box entertaining Rockefeller | Harry = Pri(n)ce and container Lio(nel's+on) = Rockefeller | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
59 | 27 | Horatio was left in the wild endless poem by Shakespeare, and was neither the first nor last character in the stirring epic, 'Hamlet'. | "wild endless poem by Shakespeare" = anagram of SONNE(T) plus L ("left") which gives NELSON ("Horatio"). N is the first character of "neither", and R is the last character of "nor" which, stirred with "epic", gives PRINCE (which is what "Hamlet" was). | 0 | 0 | 7 |