CCCWC July 2021 competition results
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69 clues entered. 57 votes cast (53 competitors, 4 others).
MACARONI
A first-time winner this month – in fact Joe only started competing in April and has hit top spot already with a neat anagram clue whose component parts formed a really good surface story – well done Joe!
John Appleton was a little way back in 2nd place, a comp. anag. giving him his first podium of this year.
Simon Griew wastes no time in following up his maiden podium of last month by grabbing third spot with a clue that has a nicely deceptive definition.
Another competitor who only started this year has gained a maiden podium – congrats to Adam Vellender – may it be the first of many.
Final placing goes to Satyen gaining his second podium of the year with a semi-&lit clue.
Well done and thanks to all…on to August!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | Joe Rees | Tuck, Marian and co made merry | anagram of MARIAN+CO Tuck=food=def (Ref Robin Hood and the Merry Men) | 52.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 68 | John Appleton | Use this, cooking a main course? | Comp. anag. &lit; USEMACARONI* = AMAINCOURSE | 40.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 46 | Simon Griew | Micra on rank accepts a fare in Rome | A in (MICRA ON)*; def = fare in Rome | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 32 | Adam Vellender | I'm an orca worrying a penguin (8) | (IMANORCA)* | 33.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | Satyen Nabar | Dish, a Roman one, mixed with a bit of cheese | anag of A ROMAN I C(-heese) | 30.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Mark Jordan | A main or starter of cheesy cooked pasta | Anagram (indicated by cooked) of A MAIN OR + C (first letter of cheesy). Defined by pasta (and the clue as a whole). | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Seerat Hazir | A man oddly chic or affected? (8) | Anagram &lit: A-MAN-C(h)I(c)-OR* | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | Chris Spathis | Elbows on kitchen table, maid carved onions in half (8) | CD referencing pasta shape; MA(id) CAR(ved) ONI(ons) | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 50 | SimonBlow | New Romantic: A timeless dandy (8) | * ROMANTICA – T (timeless) Dandy = definition | 26.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Jeffery Robinson | Dandy French leader pinching a rabbi's bottom | MAC<A>RON/I | 23.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 30 | I am a corn derivative | Anagram and all-in-one | 22 | 2 | 7 | |
| 12 | 47 | Missing intro, harmonica played medley | (h).. ARMONICA* anagrind=played def=medley | 21.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 69 | Use this pasta to set up a main course (8) | Composite anagram (&lit) [use MACARONI (this pasta) = amaincourse*] | 21.5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 14 | 8 | A Romanic dish? | anag. & lit. | 19 | 6 | 1 | |
| 15 | 43 | Losing Juliett in Majorca badly affected young man | Losing Juliett (J in Nato phonetic alphabet) in Majorca (anagram fodder) badly (anagrind) affected young man (definition) | 18.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16 | 15 | Could Armani & Co make Yankee Doodle's cap? | (ARMANICO)* Armani fashion designers etc, Yankee Doodle nursery rhyme, …."put a feather in his cap and called it macaroni." | 18 | 3 | 2 | |
| 17 | 1 | A dandy Italian dish | Double meaning: A dandy = Italian dish (macaroni) | 15.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | 57 | Penguin feather in dandy's cap? (8) | Definition / Cryptic definition. Penguin – def. Feather in dandy's cap? – cryptic def ref 'Yankee Doodle dandy' who 'stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni'. | 15.5 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 35 | Image-conscious guy running a Micra? No | *A MICRA NO; Def. Image-conscious guy | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
| 20 | 6 | A manic or terribly affected man | (A MANIC OR)*; "affected man" = macaroni (defn) | 14 | 5 | 1 | |
| 21 | 10 | A timeless, romantic, delightful dish (8) | AROMAN(-t)IC* | 12.5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 22 | 38 | It provides orca with main meal | anag (provides*) ORCA + MAIN (&lit). Main meal (from high seas = main) | 12 | 2 | 5 | |
| 23 | 51 | No time for a romantic, freshly prepared Italian meal | AROMANTIC* – T (time), anagrind: freshly prepared, def: Italian meal | 11.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 24 | 21 | Dish from Romania, cooked with a bit of cheese | (ROMANIA + C[heese])* cooked | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 55 | Pasta is a Marconi invention | Anagram of "a Marconi" | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | 41 | Krafty Italian dish created by Marconi, a screwball. | Krafty Italian dish (def. Krafty mispelled to evoke Kraft Foods); Marconi a (anag fodder); screwball (anag ind) | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 64 | Spanish shrimp I prepared for an Italian dish | Spanish shrimp=camaron + I anagram for macaroni | 10 | 1 | 3 | |
| 28 | 19 | Dandy French President, one to squash leader of Angleterre? | A in Macron I | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | 37 | It is served in Roma with a cheese topping 8) | Anagram of {INROMA+A+ C(heese)} Anag indicator (Served – ref : Chambers Crossword dictionary ). . Defintion: whole clue &lit | 9.5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 28 | 49 | Mum roughly broke iron dish | Mum = MA, roughly = CA, broke iron = RONI = a dish of MACARONI | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | 2 | A Macron trip to Italy goes down well in Rome? | A Macron (anag)..I = Italy. | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 32 | 7 | A Roman innovative chef originally cooked ——— (8) | (A ROMAN IC)* &Lit | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33 | 29 | French President imports top grade Italian pasta. | Anagram -Macron ( French President ) + Ai( top grade ) | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | 40 | It's in the category of spaghetti western music (with an unusual use of ocarina) | It's in the category of spaghetti (i.e. pasta)= def.; western music = M(usic) + OCARINA*; ref. _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ theme music. | 8 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | 25 | Fancy fellow seen reading LeGuin or a Camus in reverse | Reverse telescopic. leguIN OR A CAMus. Definition: fancy fellow | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 35 | 45 | Mad American love for energy food (8) | [American + o – e (love for energy)]* indicated by mad. Direct – food. | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 35 | 66 | Swell time away having a romantic trip | AROMAN[t]IC* | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | 16 | Dandy comic ran a funny edition without copyright (8) | Anagram of COMI(c)RAN A | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| 38 | 62 | Source of carbohydrates in Romania, possibly | C in ROMANIA*. Possibly – Anagram indicator. &lit. | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| 40 | 39 | Italian food regurgitated in Spain, or a Cambodian delicacy? | spaIN OR A CAMbodian reversed | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 28 | French leader picked an Indian dish (8) | Macron around A + I | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 41 | 42 | Listless romantic ails, mad for Italian dish | Anagram of [ROMANTIC AILS] minus [LIST], mad is the anagrind, Italian dish is the definition. | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 41 | 65 | Suffering corona, am I losing oxygen in confusion? | Anagram CORONA AM I losing O; confusion = definition | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 44 | 13 | Claim a car on insurance going around Italian course | claiM A CAR ON Insurance; Indicator: going around; Def: Italian course | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 27 | For starters , maybe a cheese accompaniment reminiscent of Northern Italy (8) | For starters = take initial letters + definition | 5.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 46 | 36 | In turn I’m fashionable or an eccentric perhaps | in or a cam, rev., & lit.; eccentric = type of cam (in mechanics) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 47 | 14 | Computer with artificial intelligence point is an alternative to being held back by tubes | Mac + A (reverse N + or) I | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | 26 | Food coming in tubes held over mouths fed to manic nuts | rev of ORA(mouths) inside MANIC*; def: food coming in tubes | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 48 | 31 | I am crazy about veteran French actress’s pasta | (IAM)* about CARON | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 48 | 63 | Spaghetti western; camera: one-shot; noir | Spaghetti = MACARONI | western camera = MAC | one = A | shot noir = anagram of noir = RONI | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 51 | 11 | Arts degree leads to failing comic strip in Dandy | Def: Dandy. MA (Arts degree) leads CARTOON-TO ("to" failing "comic strip", failing=deserting), in=I’. Ref: "The Dandy" comic | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 51 | 17 | Dandy French actress Leslie plunged into her spring | MA(CARON)I | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 51 | 24 | Extravagant man from second part of eighteenth century having a primarily feminine and modish cut | [MAN FROM I C]* (I = second part of eIghteenth; C = century from Chambers) surrounding A, less F & M. &Lit | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 54 | 33 | I'm gyrating around a famous danseuse, which is dandy for someone about 300 years old! | MI reversed around A + CARON (ref Leslie Caron); def = dandy (from 18th Century; see Chambers) | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 54 | 52 | Old dandy could become crazy erotomaniac if didn't have broken toe | (EROTOMANIAC – TOE)* | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | 60 | Piece of film: a car on inner tubes | Hidden word; definition = trubes | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 57 | 34 | I'm on a noisy overbearing carriage affording tube fare (8) | Anag (noisy) of IMONA containing (overbearing) CAR (carriage). Definition = tube fare | 1.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 58 | 9 | A Romanic mixture, possibly served with cheese. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 58 | 48 | Mother Hubbard and I make brief comical appearance in Dandy (8) | MA RON (Hubbard)and I insert C(omical) A(ppearance); MACARONI is a US equivalent for Dandy – a fancy or foppishly dressed man – Dandy is or was also the name of a UK children's comic. Mother Hubbard features in a nursery rhyme. Ron Hubbard was a US SF writer who also founded Scientology. | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | 53 | Pasta delivered by Citroen, perhaps, running in Parisian spring. | "MACARONI" from ["PARISIAN SPRING" = "MAI"] enveloping ["CITROEN, PERHAPS" = "CAR"] + ["RUNNING" = "ON"]. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 61 | 22 | Dish of Italian ice cream one has after churning this cheese | Comp anag | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 61 | 54 | Pasta – French President consuming ace rations essentially | MACRON around A(ce) + (rat)I(ons) | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 61 | 61 | Short tube train I'm on, squeezing inside one carriage | (I'm on)* including a car; train = vb. imperative | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 64 | 5 | A Manc man on rood; cannibal primes some pasta | Definition "some pasta". AMANCMANONROODCANNIBAL's prime-number-position letters. (Prime numbers are called "primes".) | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 64 | 12 | Camera shot without energy – love new one taken with "cheese"? (8) | Definition: taken with "cheese"?; SHOT = anagrind; (CAMERA – E (without energy))* + O (love) + N (new) + I (one) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 64 | 44 | Lush needs no end of booze with Americano cocktail! | *Americano (ind by cocktail) less e; lush=extravagant/alcoholic | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 64 | 56 | Penguin and I follow article in Jupiter. | Macaroni penguin. Jupiter is nickname for Emmanuel Macron containing "A" followed by"I". | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 64 | 58 | Penguin mass a drunk driver's rammed into with side of Ferrari | Penguin: CAR in (M, A, ON) + I | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 64 | 59 | Pie in the sky to make this kind of dough? | DD. Pie in the sky (something fanciful) and kind of dough (pasta) = macaroni (from Chambers) | 0 | 1 | 1 |