CCCWC September 2022 competition results
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48 clues entered. 46 votes cast (39 competitors, 7 others).
CHARLES THE THIRD
Sometimes we have a close-run competition, sometimes we don't. This was a 'don't'. A runaway winner that very much reminded me of a clue by RJ Hooper that won the Azed competition back in 1977 – the Queen's Silver Jubilee Year, namely -"Year J. Bull lovers E.R.II afresh". Congratulations to Nathan, a third podium of the year.
Mark Webberley takes second place with a neat cryptic definition, which was spotted by another entrant, but the question mark made all the difference. This is Mark's first podium finish since August 2014 – great persistence Mark!
Third spot and a second podium of the year for Steve Hicks with a rather amusing angle on our new monarch!
Fourth place goes to Simon Griew – also his second podium of the year – who utilised a deceptive definition.
Final podium spot goes to goes to John Appleton, continuing his consistent run this year with a fifth podium, using a different sovereign along with a nice anagram.
Thanks to all as ever – bit late with the results this month (apologies) – we are approaching the end of this month's, so get those last minute efforts in!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | Nathan Townshend | Replacing ER, that's her child! | Anagram &lit | 107 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 43 | mark webberley | The artist formerly known as Prince? | ref to the musician Prince, who famously changed his name: Charles is well known for his watercolours | 38.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 40 | Steve Hicks | Strange? Him? Hardly! He'd regularly chat with trees! | &lit. anag(.I.H.R.L.H.D CHAT + TREES). Strange = anagrind. Reference to Charles famously talking to plants. | 37 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Simon Griew | Chart needing re-work, artist held her ruler | CH (= chart, Chambers) + (ARTIST HELD HER)* (needing re-work); def = ruler | 29.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | John Appleton | Corrupt Thatcher slid her a sovereign | (Thatcher slid her)* | 29 | 4 | |
| 6 | 9 | Myrtilus | ER's child that evolved with her | &Lit Anagram (ER's child that, her) | 28.5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 24 | Satyen Nabar | King held this charter to reform | (HELD THIS CHARTER)* | 28.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | 44 | William Snow | The artist formerly known as Prince (7,3,5) | Cryptic definition – Charles is a keen watercolour painter | 26.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 29 | Chris Bond | Monarch's threats re child? Off with her head! | anag (off) of THREATSRECHILD + H (her head) / def = monarch / ref = The Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | Vinod Raman | Funnily, old Thatcher's "heir" has no love for royalty (7,3,5) | Reference to Liz Truss' (who's touted as Margaret Thatcher's heir) dislike for the British monarchy. OLDTHATCHERSHEIR* – O, "funnily" is the anagrind, "royalty" is the definition | 25.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 45 | The child's rather decrepit for a new monarch | (THE CHILDS RATHER)*; def: a new monarch (but entire clue could apply to HM!) | 24.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 23 | King, Caliph, Ayatollah, Emperor and Rajah – all empty titles having died out | Definition King. [CH+AH+ER+RH (i.e. CalipH, A…H, E…R, and R…H "all empty") + TITLES + D ("died")]*. Anagrind is out = "in a disturbed state" | 24 | 3 | 1 | |
| 13 | 4 | Controversial husband (twice!), duke, heir, and latest, CR | Anag.&Lit. HHDHEIRLATESTCR* Anag indic: controversial (=questionable). CR=Charles Rex, replacing Elizabeth Regina. | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | 18 | Heraldeth Christ new King | (Heraldeth Christ)* | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 33 | Our new head musician, Ray, perhaps with male tenor before interval | Our new head = definition; CHARLES + HE, T before, THIRD | 15.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 11 | Flipping her lid, Thatcher's our leader | anag. ("flipping") of HER+LID+THATCHERS*. Def = "our leader" | 14 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 27 | King Richard's upset about the French and the Tudors' western flank at Bosworth's conclusion | King=def. / RICHARD* surrounding LES+THE+T+H | 14 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 42 | Thatcher, she lied routinely at first perversely ignoring English head of state | THATCHERSHELIEDR*-E | 14 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 10 | First in line's created this, with HRH gone | [l created this HRH]* & lit. HRH = Her Royal Highness | 13.5 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Golfer Howell is R&A’s new leader | Golfer Howell (ie Charles III); R&A (royal and ancient (73 years old) leader (def) | 11 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 20 | HRH and heir, almost entirely tactless, newly depicted on penny? | Anagram of HRH HEIR TACTLES(s) + D (penny) &lit | 11 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 32 | Not Dickens, not Darwin, but Windsor? | Cryptic, Windsor the third of three Charles | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| 22 | 39 | Royal chart held his central place in history with ER gone. | [CHART HELD HIS (his)T(ory) ER]* anagrind=gone, def=Royal | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 26 | King Richard tangled with these helots regularly | King – Definition. RICHARD + THESE + H(e)L(o)T(s)* anagrind = tangled. ref. Peasants' revolt. I realise that the term 'helot' is usually reserved for the Spartan serfdom but felt the use of HOTELS was more questionable. | 9.5 | 1 | ||
| 25 | 34 | Redesign this charter held by the new monarch (7,3,5 ) | anagram: "this charter held" and definition: "new monarch" | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | 8 | Elizabeth's eldest child engages with her threats | CHILD HER THREATS anagram | 6.5 | 1 | ||
| 26 | 46 | The Tsar her child has become | (the tsar her child)* &Lit | 6.5 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 31 | Next in line may want to shower more than us, we hear | Play on 'Long to reign over us' want = long, shower (we hear) = reign, more than us = over us | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 15 | He just had to wait for his mother to go before serving us | Cryptic | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | 14 | He gets to have … to have crown! Let him appear fulsomely! | ie crown = CR + own. but CR must be expanded (who will strugggle with those letters? Not I!) | 4 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Her last-ditch struggles with her domineering man (7,3,5) | anagram (struggles) of HER LAST DITCH + HER; "domineering man" = def (Chambers, Collins have "rule imperiously" for domineer?) | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 28 | King sees French and English articles at show place after tea | CHAR+LES+THE+THIRD (show = 3rd place) | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 19 | His Majesty, traveling, reached this hotel oddly at the end of tour (7,3,5) | Def: His Majesty Anno: (REACHED THIS H T L R)*. Traveling is anagrind | 2 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 7 | Crown, heir that she left newly invested, England's latest | CR outside (HEIR THAT SHE L*) + D; &lit; crown = sovereign/monarch | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 48 | Windsor chair — the hardest bum area that's left | CHAIRTHEH[a/L]RDEST* (bum) | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 2 | CHARLES THE THIRD Successor regularly tired, confounded with ill-health and uncertain riches (7,3,5) | Anagram of T,R,D,HEALTH,RICHES | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 36 | 16 | Head in a state and crash helmet damaged by some degree leaving motorway | CRASHHEL[m]ET* + THIRD | 1 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 22 | King and queen entered, Thatcher presented shield excitedly (7, 3, 5) | Definition: King R= queen Insertion indicator: entered Fodder: Thatcher, shield, r Anagrinds: presented, excitedly | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 30 | New King – His Highness – is he rattled by crown of command ?(7,3,5) | C(ommand)+ anagram of {R(King)+HH+ISHERATTLED}*(indicator New). Crown of command is C Def: &lit. | 0.5 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 1 | An odd job in case His Excellency, with poor class, has had to wait a long time | An odd job = CHAR In case = LEST His Excellency = HE Poor class = THIRD (honours degree) Has had to wait a long time = def | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 6 | CR3 SW1 well-known resident? | CR3 (definition); SW1 well-known resident (supporting definition – Buckingham Palace is in SW1). Surface: postcode for a famous person. | 0 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 21 | HRH rich lad's estate not as productive (7,3,5) | Anagram of HRHRICHLAD[s]EST[a]TE. HRH is also the definition. | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 25 | King primarily closes homes and runs lest he's chased by cardinal | C H A R + LEST HE + THIRD | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 40 | 35 | Reformed decretalist with princely title he initially held—and having recently succeeded he's got an even fancier one! (7, 3, 5) | Anagram of DECRETALIST and HRH ("princely title") around H ("he initially"). Definition refers to the fact that a Prince becoming King ceases to be HRH, becoming HM instead. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 37 | Rest, child. Hearth has been arranged by British king | (rest child hearth)* | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 38 | Rex is clean, in case he introduces riding in Yorkshire | Rex (The King, def.) is clean (CHAR – intransitive verb), in case he (LEST HE) introduces (goes before) riding in Yorkshire (a THIRD part of that county) – Charade | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 41 | Thatcher relished playfully striking ER’s head for her son | THATCHERRELISHED anag minus E; her son ( i.e., ER's son) = def | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 40 | 47 | What is a new monarch | "A" = third letter in "Charles" (ie: Charles the third)/def. | 0 | 1 | 1 |