CCCWC Christmas Special 2021 competition results
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46 clues entered. 47 votes cast (39 competitors, 8 others).
A Christmas Boxed Set (Anagram)
I expected some inventive anagrams for this challenge – what I was not expecting? – anagrams themed to the festive season. But there were some and those were the ones favoured by the judges!
So hearty congratulations to John Tozer who romped to victory with his suitably festive triplet! That's John's second win of the year and as we shall see shortly, stood him in good stead in the overall standings.
Charlie Oakley in second – and a second podium of the year…
Good to see Luciano back on the podium after an unduly long absence – 3rd place with the most concise effort…
Another return to the top 5 after a long absence – Paul Coulter in 4th spot…
Finally, Nathan Townsend bags a 3rd podium of the year in 5th spot…
Thanks to all for the festive frolics!
2021 ANNUAL COMPETITION RESULT
John Tozer's Christmas success means he sneaks up on the rail to snatch victory in the last few strides! Well done John on regaining the crown!
Very hard luck and commiserations to Tom Borland – leading right till the end only to lose out by a single point…but a great effort!
Richard Saunders and Simon Griew tied for third place, just a half point behind – again, well done sirs, and better luck next year!
Finally, in fifth place was Steve Hicks – a mere point further back.
Our closest competition yet for the overall standings, so good luck to all for 2022!
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 45 | John Tozer | Cue: Bring Presents / Demand Santa Hat / Turkey Dead, Chablis On Hand | Bruce Springsteen / Adam and the Ants / Ian Dury and the Blockheads | 64 | 3 | 3 |
2 | 46 | Charlie Oakley | God is in a manger, Magi ride by, Cue: Bring presents! | Imagine Dragons, Marie Digby, Bruce Springsteen… possibly representing an excerpt from a Nativity script! | 50 | 2 | 5 |
3 | 14 | Luciano Ward | 1. I SEND 2. PRESENTS 3. 2 U | SNIDE (punk rock music, it seems), SERPENTS (deathcore music, it seems), U2 (a rock and roll music ensemble, it seems) | 44 | 2 | 3 |
4 | 16 | Paul Coulter | 1. I'm a Jerk, but Listen 2. Rated Worst 3. Creep Brings Tunes | 1. Justin Timberlake 2. Rod Stewart 3. Bruce Springsteen | 39.5 | 2 | 2 |
5 | 12 | Nathan Townshend | 1: He (and a band) held your stick 2: It's food man! 3: Their tempers can scare | 1: Ian Dury and the Blockheads 2: Fats Domino 3: Manic Street Preachers | 32 | 0 | 1 |
6 | 1 | Myrtilus | 1. A Banal Duets LP, 2. Recent Pub Singers, 3. Hear Little Boys Cry | Spandau Ballet, Bruce Springsteen, The Bay City Rollers | 30 | 4 | 2 |
6 | 9 | mark webberley | 1. Fatten Yer Arse. 2. Morning Sick. 3. Total Wrecks. | 1. Ten Years After. 2. King Crimson. 3. Scott Walker. Festive overindulgence summarised in three surface clues! | 30 | 2 | 2 |
6 | 40 | AJEESH | 1.Indian Model 2.Nude Dragons 3.Just a spider | Neil Diamond, Soundgarden, Judas Priest | 30 | 2 | 1 |
9 | 17 | Mark Jordan | 1. I'm a jerk, but listen! 2. Sticky romance 3. Perturbing scenes | 1. Justin Timberlake 2. Arctic Monkeys 3. Bruce Springsteen | 27.5 | 0 | |
9 | 26 | Simon Griew | 1. Nearby priests… 2. …deny lover… 3. …more noisy bonks | Britney Spears, Don Everly, Smokey Robinson | 27.5 | 1 | 3 |
11 | 7 | 1. Deserve to win 2. I like 'em young 3. Call me at 1 | Stevie Wonder, Kylie Minogue, Metallica | 26 | 1 | 3 | |
12 | 3 | (1) A teen oaf's girl (2) tries odd gin (3) only after rehab | (1) Gloria Estefan (2) Otis Redding (3) Harry Belafonte | 21.5 | 3 | 1 | |
12 | 11 | (1) GP bent, cries nurse… (2) NHS weed potent… ….…(3) 'Dr..my piles?' | (1) Bruce Springsteen…(2) Pete Townshend… …. ……(3) Simply Red.. | 21.5 | 1 | ||
14 | 13 | 1. Hemp Noir 2. Celebrate This Life 3. Forge of Hits | 1. Morphine 2. The Celibate Rifles 3. Foo Fighters | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
15 | 30 | 1. Tale of a Singer 2. 'Rot in Hell' Song Set 3. A Bimbo Will Rise | 1. Gloria Estefan 2. The Rolling Stones 3. Robbie Williams | 18.5 | 1 | 1 | |
16 | 6 | 1. Cute Once, A Burly Old Bugger 2. Seen! Got No Thrills 3. Let Hates Be | Boy George And Culture Club, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
17 | 5 | 1. Blandest Paula 2. I'm a jerk, but listen 3. O fat male | 1. Spandau Ballet 2. Justin Timberlake 3. Meat Loaf | 14.5 | 5 | 1 | |
18 | 22 | 1. Laudable pants 2. Sweaty Ken 3. Grim showtunes | Spandau Ballet, Kanye West, Throwing Muses | 14 | 2 | ||
19 | 27 | 1) Phi: so rated 2) I suit a girl: Arachne? 3) GM Azed: anagrams flow out | Artists disclosing their favourite compilers and why: Portishead, Christina Aguilera, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 13.5 | 1 | 1 | |
19 | 37 | 1.Damn Hated Santa 2.Carols? Meh, Tripe! 3.I Jerk Tinsel at Bum | Adam and the Ants, The Proclaimers, Justin Timberlake | 13.5 | 3 | 3 | |
21 | 29 | 1. Santa’s car loan. 2. I ride strats. 3. Song by crib | Carlos Santana, Dire Straits, Bing Crosby | 12.5 | 1 | ||
21 | 31 | 1) Thankful Asian Heart 2) Crude Monk 3) Maid to Love | 1) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 2) Rod McKuen 3) Demi Lovato | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | |
21 | 34 | 1. Use my lyric (5,5) 2. Noted reviews (6,6) 3. Plectra icon (4,7) | 1. Miley Cyrus 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Eric Clapton | 12.5 | 4 | 1 | |
24 | 19 | 1. It's Food Man! 2. Reenabled 3. Deserve to Win | Fats Domino, Brenda Lee, Stevie Wonder | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
25 | 43 | 1.Use my lyric; 2. They boss pop; 3. Pests | Miley Cyrus; Pet Shop Boys; Steps | 8.5 | 1 | ||
26 | 41 | 1.Loud Divas 2. Recent pub singers 3. Get me a deal Sir! | David Soul, Bruce Springsteen, Altered Images. | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
27 | 36 | 1. Woke food really soothing 2. Six hundred stringy men 3. Extra doorstep helped | Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Teardrop Explodes | 7.5 | 1 | ||
28 | 18 | 1. IRON MAIDEN’S GAG 2. WITH YOU THEN, SON 3. INDIAN MODEL | 1. IMAGINE DRAGONS * 2. WHITNEY HOUSTON* 3. NEIL DIAMOND* | 6.5 | 2 | ||
29 | 2 | 1 A Flirty Swot, 2 Grand Folk Men in USA, 3 Demiurge | 1 Taylor Swift, 2 Simon and Garfunkel, 3 Midge Ure | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
29 | 28 | 1. Rocks anytime 2. Rain Demon (1) , 3.Undo dangers | 1. ARTIC MONKEYS 2. IRON MAIDEN 3. SOUNDGARDEN | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
29 | 38 | 1.Elon Musk's Fight 2.Some Redesign 3.His Better Line | King of the Slums; Sergio Mendes; The Libertines | 5 | 1 | ||
32 | 33 | 1. Two-faced mole 2. Fruity Johnson cheated 3. Musical carpentry | Fleetwood Mac / Country Joe and the Fish / Sir Paul McCartney | 4.5 | 3 | ||
32 | 42 | 1.Lucy can tamper 2.Lego magic here 3. How many use IE? | PAUL MCCARTNEY / GEORGE MICHAEL / AMY WINEHOUSE | 4.5 | 1 | ||
34 | 24 | 1. Mercurial Ave! 2. A Drawler's Dirge 3. Girded Grave | Maurice Ravel. Sir Edward Elgar. Edvard Grieg | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
35 | 4 | 1. Antic yelps 2. Play Inducer 3. Why not shine out? | 1. Patsy Cline, celebrating her signature yodel. 2. Cyndi Lauper, always upbeat. 3. Whitney Houston, known for full-bodied vocals. | 3.5 | 1 | ||
35 | 44 | A trio of solo projects… 1. Ding, Baby! | 2. Big Ribbon | 3. I Care, Big Bum | 1. Andy Gibb | 2. Robin Gibb | 3. Maurice Gibb | 3.5 | 0 | ||
37 | 20 | 1. Jab, as maths very clear 2. Lads agree time 3. Ogle apple? Evil! | 1. Barclay James Harvest 2. Altered Images 3. Village People | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
38 | 10 | 1. Go Bore Us! Prepacked Melody 2. Harmonious Green Leftie Ploy 3. Choral? No need | 1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2. Neil Young + Promise of the Real (that's how they're billed) 3. Leonard Cohen | 2.5 | 1 | ||
38 | 21 | 1. LA Climate, 2. Aged Meth, 3. Men Attest | We're going classic 80s thrash metal this Christmas. 1. Metallica, 2. Megadeth, 3. Testament | 2.5 | 2 | ||
40 | 35 | 1. Wet H2O 2. Bum, lech, 'King' pretender 3. 1 LP | 1. The Who 2. Engelbert Humperdinck 3. PiL (AKA Public Image Ltd) | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
41 | 32 | 1 Trapped fresh: Thank Amazon; 2 Pantie Breath Cafe; 3 Hitless Pox Set | 1 Frank Zappa and the Mothers; 2 Captain Beefheart; 3 The Sex Pistols | 1 | 2 | ||
41 | 39 | 1.Had Seen ‘er 2. I Go Viral, Or Do I? 3. Me In A Play | 1. Ed Sheeran. 2. Olivia Rodrigo. 3. Liam Payne | 1 | 2 | ||
43 | 8 | 1. Ed Nevis wrote. 2. My, a rich area! 3. Yah! O muse wine! | Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Amy Winehouse | 0 | 1 | ||
43 | 15 | 1. I'll be bum ache (7,5) 2. Skint ra-ra fan (5,7) 3. Crib song by … (5,6) | 1. Michael Buble 2. Frank Sinatra 3. Bing Crosby | 0 | 2 | ||
43 | 23 | 1. ME MINE 2. I DO HEAR AD 3. SAME JAR HURT | Eminem, Radiohead, James Arthur | 0 | 1 | ||
43 | 25 | 1. Neanderthal's Lamb Broth 2. An East Germanic High Tea 3. Do Others? | 1. The Allman Brothers Band 2. Rage Against the Machine 3. The Doors | 0 | 2 |