CCCWC May 2022 competition results
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46 clues entered. 43 votes cast (37 competitors, 6 others).
SONY (Printer's Devilry)
You will have seen the unfortunate news regarding John Tozer's health in Derek's latest newsletter, so it is rather nice that his clue has come out on top in our latest competition. A lovely example of the PD type and I am sure you will all join me in wishing John a speedy recovery and our thoughts are with him and his family at this difficult time. Hopefully we will have John back soon to entertain us with his consistently excellent cluemanship…
Seerat was just behind in second place – normally clues entered in capitals grate…but this was intended as a newspaper headline! Nice use of a switch between Keats and Yeats give Seerat a second podium of the year after a first place in January.
Not too far back in third, also gaining a second podium of the year, is Ed Hall. I loved the switch in the two versions here as well – Nigella and Nigel Lawson.
In what was a close-run contest all round, we had a tie for 4th spot. Dave Williams with a rather fruity effort (apologies if anybody was offended – I failed to spot this before opening the voting otherwise it would probably have been censored!), but it did raise a smile, especially if you were aware of Alex James' cheesy credentials! Vina completed the podium in that joint 4th place with another fine PD clue with a smooth surface in each version.
Thanks to all for the entertainment as always – and apologies to those who abhor PD! – back to normal for a good while now, whilst we send our best wishes to John and his family…
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 17 | John Tozer | It’s disheartening to see property prices going down Wardour Street | It’s disheartening to see property prices going downwards on your street; ref. W. Street in London’s West End | 37.5 | 3 | 2 |
2 | 29 | Seerat Hazir | SINN FEIN BAN KEATS TO KICK OFF IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL! (4) | Undevilled (as a tabloid headline): SINN FEIN BANKS ON YEATS TO KICK OFF IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL! | 35 | 1 | 1 |
3 | 12 | Ed Hall | Experiencing Nigella well might make ministers flustered | Experiencing Nigel Lawson yell might make ministers flustered (ref. previous chancellor of the exchequer and father of TV’s Nigella Lawson) | 33 | 4 | 2 |
4 | 3 | Dave Williams | Alex James with no brie? Fuck, that's horrible! | Alex James with no briefs on? Yuck, that's horrible! [notes: former Blur bassist is now a noted cheesemaker] | 32 | 2 | 4 |
4 | 35 | Vina | The Royal Ballet dancers are not recognisable in their costumes and masks. | The Royal Ball's on, yet dancers are not recognisable in their costumes and masks. | 32 | 4 | 1 |
6 | 44 | John Doylend | You drinkers love to pour beers! | You drinkers love tops on your beers! | 31.5 | 2 | 2 |
7 | 15 | Tom Borland | Hockney often paints blue for mellow backgrounds | Hockney often paints blue forms on yellow backgrounds | 30 | 4 | 4 |
8 | 28 | Phil Stephenson | Rambling in thistles you may catch Barbour jacket | Rambling in thistles you may catch barbs on your jacket | 27.5 | 0 | |
8 | 39 | Joe Rees | Trumpet again sounding weird | Trump's on yet again, sounding weird | 27.5 | 5 | 1 |
10 | 19 | Satyen Nabar | Like fleshy dames, very luscious | Like fleshy damson? Yes, very luscious | 22.5 | 3 | |
11 | 42 | Who is Delilah, Samson? Your deceitful lover! | Who is Delilah's amour? Deceitful lover! (Judges 16 tells the story of these mutually deceitful lovers.) | 22 | 4 | 4 | |
12 | 41 | When rationing's in force, black marketeer delivers my need for drink in gallons | When rationing's in force, black marketeer delivers my need for drinking – also nylons | 21.5 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | 5 | As to sex when I tour Braintree, hugging isn't enough | As to sex, when it’s on your brain, tree-hugging isn't enough | 17 | 5 | 1 | |
13 | 27 | One-off if typo in "tax" is removed from chart | One of fifty points on y-axis removed from chart | 17 | 2 | ||
15 | 2 | Aggressive police check out hangers-on | Aggressive police checks on youth anger son | 16 | 1 | ||
15 | 43 | Who records the results from the labour ward? | Who records the results from the labS ON Your ward? | 16 | 3 | ||
17 | 4 | Annual period of drought leads to dry sea early. | Annual period of drought leads to dry season yearly. | 15.5 | 3 | ||
18 | 23 | New car videos on YouTuber's channel getting lots of views | New car video out – Uber's channel getting lots of views | 15 | 5 | 2 | |
19 | 18 | John earns to party | Johnson yearns to party | 13.5 | 1 | 2 | |
20 | 32 | "Take courage, our sins are forgiven." | Undevilled version: "Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven." | 10 | 4 | ||
20 | 36 | The washroom I tour, right down the hall. | The washroom? It's on your right, down the hall. | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
22 | 45 | You fly-fishers often reach for Barbour jackets | You fly-fishers often reach for Barb/our jackets —> You fly-fishers often reach for barbs on your jackets | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | |
23 | 14 | Hint our anniversary might go unnoticed | Hints on your anniversary might go unnoticed | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
24 | 26 | Official stripper, so norks council property | Officials trip persons on York's council property | 8.5 | 1 | ||
25 | 24 | No trumpet players can hide their hands. | No trumpS ON Yet: players can hide their hands. | 8 | 1 | ||
26 | 9 | Company provided the armour tank | Company provided the arms on your tank | 7.5 | 2 | ||
26 | 13 | Good teachers mark our exam papers | Explanation: Good teacher's marks on your exam papers (markS ON Your) | 7.5 | 0 | ||
28 | 21 | Mad 'Rambo' Rishi, tall, (if you're female and petite) | Mad ram Boris hits on y'all if you're female and petite | 7 | 1 | ||
29 | 6 | Aspiring student? Get ale list | Aspiring student gets on Yale list | 5.5 | 6 | ||
30 | 20 | Look out! Heating beans for lunch | Looks on youth eating beans for lunch | 5 | 2 | ||
30 | 22 | Must we aim for roads with no petrol cares indeed? | Must we aim for roads with no petrol cars on? Yes indeed! (Good luck to everybody with this one!) | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
32 | 33 | Takes note, ale apparently much revered by students? | Takes noteS ON Yale, apparently much revered by students. | 4.5 | 2 | ||
33 | 25 | Nothing i.e. tits-up | Nothing is on! Yet it's up! | 4 | 1 | ||
34 | 7 | At school, some mark our essays for creativity | At school, some mark(s on y)our essays for creativity | 3 | 3 | ||
34 | 46 | You might find your Network pro to colour PCA red at acentric routing processes | You might find your network protocolS ON Your PC are data-centric routing processes. (PCA is 'Principal Components Analysis' – a statistical technique) | 3 | 1 | ||
36 | 1 | After neoprene this new product for car, others later developed, all on using polymers | After neoprene this new product, for Carothers later developed also nylon using polymers | 2.5 | 0 | ||
36 | 34 | The limnologist leaves La Sonne to go and study other French rivers. | Undevilled:The limnologist leaves LasSON, Yonne to go and study other French rivers. (La Sonne is a French river which flows in the Indre department, in the Centre-Val de Loire. And Lasson is a commune in the Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-comté region of France.) | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | |
38 | 10 | Cut a six into the top layer | Cut, as is onyx, into the top layer | 2 | 1 | ||
39 | 37 | Time our side | Time's on your side | 1.5 | 1 | ||
40 | 11 | Do you relish clamour for knightly sir? | Do you relish clams on your fork nightly, sir? | 1 | 3 | ||
40 | 31 | Support John , our supplier of champagnes in Wandsworth. | Sup port Johnson , your supplier of champagne's in Wandsworth. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
42 | 8 | Boned feature about Blu-ray Disc producer? | Bony-nosed feature about Blu-ray Disc producer? Hidden reversal | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
42 | 16 | I'll pickle sour eel | I'll pick les/son, y/ou reel | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | 30 | Students who picked apples earned a lot to be able to finance their studies | Students who picked app lesson yearned a lot to be able to finance their studies | 0 | 2 | ||
42 | 38 | Time passé out here | Undevilled – "Time passes on youth ere" / Time passe. (sony) .out. h.ere | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | 40 | Undergraduate Stu dents the SIT Triumph | Undergraduate students thesis on Yttrium Ph | 0 | 1 | 1 |