The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC May 2009 competition results

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56 clues entered. 45 votes cast (36 competitors, 9 others).


POWERHOUSE

PosNo.NameClueExplanationPoints  
127Peter CargillMight contain live wireMight=power + contain=house; live wire=powerhouse, i.e. energetic person59  5  
235Pete MilneSo who's bursting with pure energy?(SO+WHO+PUREE)*. E = energy51.5  4  
339Tim MooreyStrong and dynamic leader? Our hopes were not half dashedanag incl we(re); dash = confound, modify etc; G Brown32  5  
430Patrick MartinMPs must oust leader following pressure for one with real dynamism (10)P + (L)OWER HOUSE31.5  4  
58Rod HarlingDoctor Who with Rose up to the end of time? He has great energy!*WHO ROSE UP E28  2  
652Ian HarperWhere rotors pump alternating supply?(WHERE + alternate letters of ROTORSPUMP)* "in a supple manner" &lit27  3  
715Dave TilleyHe has the energy to show Europe who's corrupt.Anagram of Europe who's with corrupt as indicator.26  1  
814Paul CoulterGenerator of electricity and hot waterPOWER+H+OUSE24.5  1  
925R.E.BootMajor energy supplier's set to become ours we hope*(ours we hope)23.5 
1023Brian DouglasIs this the Watts' residence, -the one with the drive?Watt: unit of power; (defn: an energetic person.)22.5  2  
1118 How Europe's renewable energy is generated here.anagram – renewable* + def.17 
1247 Tower of strength at zero hour weeps uncontrollably.Tower of strength direct, anag of o (zero) + hour + weeps, anag ind uncontrollably16.5  1  
1249 We hope ours turns a dynamoAnag of WEHOPEOURS, dynamo = energetic person, &lit as in power station16.5  2  
1417 How Europe's converted energy source?Anagram16  1  
1419 How Europe's transformed into a formidable forceHOWEUROPES*, Def: a formidable force16  3  
169 Dynamic character who rose up in action with English(who rose up) anag + E14  3  
1632 Perhaps who's pure energy, without a hint of overwork?&Lit, (WHOS PURE)* E without(meaning outside) O(a hint of overwork), "Perhaps" is the anagram indicator, Wordnet lists "a highly energetic and indefatigable person" as a meaning of Powerhouse14 
1810 Electricity on board yields live wireElectrity=power + board=house = defn11 
1851 Where 'Duck Soup' cast Rufus T. Firefly, perhaps?WHERE + O(duck) + SOUP anag.(cast). Def = RTF, perhaps i.e. a very forceful or energetic person. RTF was Groucho Marx's character in 'Duck Soup' .11  2  
1853 Where soup is cooked with ordinary plant?Anagram with O from O(rdinary)-Level. Plant is the definition.11 
2112 Frolicking super whore, with love for a bit of ready, is a remarkably energetic personsuper whore + O – R* (frolicking = anagram indicator)10.5 
2242 'Superhero' who gutlessly runs away is not exactly this!anag. incl. w(h)o, less r, & lit.10  1  
2256 Who pees with our energizer?whopees+our(anagram) = powerhouse(syn)= energizer10 
2436 Spouse beheaded for housing promiscuous whore? Watch the sparks fly here!Spouse beheaded = (-s)pouse housing "promiscuous" (anag. indicator) whore = PO{werho}USE Sparks fly in a powerhouse, literally. And metaphorically, for housing a promiscuous whore.9  2  
2548 Two superheroes working without rest confounded one with boundless energyAnagram TWO SUPERHEROES minus T,S,E,R ('rest confounded')8.5  1  
2644 The mighty Europe show-off!'the mighty' = powerhouse; anagram(off) of 'europe show'8 
277 Connect home to generatorConnect home implies connect a house to electricity or power, home = house, generator is a synonym of power house.7.5 
2731 Parliament? There, our hopes we squandered.Anag; jokey def7.5 
2737 Station generating eBINGO!?Defn: "Station generating e" (e = energy); Bingo players shout Bingo! or House!, which is being raised here as a power.7.5  2  
2754 Where the current generation may harm the planet, we hope ours can mend itanag.7.5 
311 A person giving it some wellie might, a doctor on TV concludeddef (= energetic person); might=power + house7 
3126 Might accommodate a Raymond Scott compositionMight=Power Accommodate=House POWERHOSE -A 1937 instrumental musical composition,best known today as the iconic"Assembly line ' music in Warner Bros.animated cartoons. ' '7  1  
3338 Stifling a cry of pain, heartless superhero clobbered one with punchOW in SUPEHERO*; def: one with punch6.5  2  
343 Arsenal,possibly, missing the right foot of midfield dynamoPowderhouse (=Arsenal) – d (right foot of midfield). Ref. to the absence this season of Arsenal's right-footed midfielder Flamini, who,(according to Match Of The Day) is the main reason they have under-achieved.6  4  
3429 Might source, where porous, unfortunately run out?WHERE POROUS anag less R – 'might source' is def6  1  
3434 P'Parliament's driving forcep = power, parliament = The House (I wish it were!)6 
376 Being full of energy we cycle sixty minutes then sit outsideDef. 'Being full of energy' ('Being' a noun); we, hour with r at the front, all in pose5  2  
3746 Tower exhibiting captive Queen Elizabeth Tudor as an examplePOW ER house; Tower (fig. OED, cf. Tower of Strength in Ch.); ref. Elizabeth I's imprisonment in Tower of London5  1  
3941 Super one who is dynamic, knight riding out?anag less N & lit.4.5  1  
4013 Generating plant pot started with rambling rose and the beginnings of Ebenezer Howard's Welwyn utopia.'generating plant' = Powerhouse; 'pot' started = 'P'+ anagram (rambling) of 'ROSE' + (beginnings) 'O','E', 'H', 'W', 'U'4  1  
4128 Might put up with current producer. (10)Direct: current producer (current as in electricity) Might = power, put up = house3.5  1  
424 Bankers hold partners right hand, an extraordinary hand.PO(banker = river)WE(partners at Bridge)RH(right hand)OUSE(banker) POWERHOUSE = an extraordinary hand at Bridge.3  1  
4245 This electricity generator uses carbon-free source, we hope?Comp. anag: E (Electricity) + POWERHOUSE = *SOUR(C)E + WE + HOPE; &lit. E=Electricity in REC, OFGEM etc.3  1  
445 Being a human-dynamo, topless spouse hangs around a reformed whore.POUSE = topless spouse, around anagram of whore = WERHO2  1  
4411 Enemy captured with hesitation gets shelter. Explosive act? (10)Enemy captured = POW (Prisoner of war), with hesitation = +ER, gets shelter = +HOUSE. 'Explosive act' is a cryptic definition for POWERHOUSE. The clue reads as though the enemy who was captured under dubious circumstances has now gotten reprieve under the Explosives Act.2  1  
4422 Human dynamo in firm after permission to actpower + house [as in fashion house etc]2 
4716 he`s a force to be reckoned with in the all electric homeall electric home ie power house1 
4724 Look! In the Post Office, we and the Queen employ a huge energy source.HO! In the P.O., WE and the Queen (R) USE a POWERHOUSE: PO+WE+R+(HO)+USE: POWERHOUSE1  2  
4733 Portugal, where widow repaired once husband at last disposed of. One means of bridging the generation gap?P(ortugal) + (DOWER-HOUSE – (HUSBAN)D)1  1  
4740 Strong guy rope tangled within drum.Def (strong guy)/rope anag. around "w" (=with)/drum = house (sl.)1 
4743 Superman, super-_, _man!super-power, houseman1  1  
4755 Who incorporates Queen after endless pop – American drug produces energetic personPO + W(ER)HO + US + E1  1  
532 Army barracks hit by fireballPower, house: power = armed force: house = building for living in: hit = to conform to, to imitate exactly: powerhouse = fireball0 
5320 How's Europe regulated? One with an orgone box, perhaps?HOWSEUROPE*0 
5321 How's Europe upset President Obama?Anag – Obama is an example of a POWERHOUSE. Ref: Europe's apparent approval of the 'new' US foreign policy without providing any material support.0 
5350 What industry's here? Show up, ore gets processed; then you have energy.(*SHOW UP ORE) + E0