CCCWC May 2009 competition results
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56 clues entered. 45 votes cast (36 competitors, 9 others).
POWERHOUSE
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
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1 | 27 | Peter Cargill | Might contain live wire | Might=power + contain=house; live wire=powerhouse, i.e. energetic person | 59 | 5 |
2 | 35 | Pete Milne | So who's bursting with pure energy? | (SO+WHO+PUREE)*. E = energy | 51.5 | 4 |
3 | 39 | Tim Moorey | Strong and dynamic leader? Our hopes were not half dashed | anag incl we(re); dash = confound, modify etc; G Brown | 32 | 5 |
4 | 30 | Patrick Martin | MPs must oust leader following pressure for one with real dynamism (10) | P + (L)OWER HOUSE | 31.5 | 4 |
5 | 8 | Rod Harling | Doctor Who with Rose up to the end of time? He has great energy! | *WHO ROSE UP E | 28 | 2 |
6 | 52 | Ian Harper | Where rotors pump alternating supply? | (WHERE + alternate letters of ROTORSPUMP)* "in a supple manner" &lit | 27 | 3 |
7 | 15 | Dave Tilley | He has the energy to show Europe who's corrupt. | Anagram of Europe who's with corrupt as indicator. | 26 | 1 |
8 | 14 | Paul Coulter | Generator of electricity and hot water | POWER+H+OUSE | 24.5 | 1 |
9 | 25 | R.E.Boot | Major energy supplier's set to become ours we hope | *(ours we hope) | 23.5 | |
10 | 23 | Brian Douglas | Is this the Watts' residence, -the one with the drive? | Watt: unit of power; (defn: an energetic person.) | 22.5 | 2 |
11 | 18 | How Europe's renewable energy is generated here. | anagram – renewable* + def. | 17 | ||
12 | 47 | Tower of strength at zero hour weeps uncontrollably. | Tower of strength direct, anag of o (zero) + hour + weeps, anag ind uncontrollably | 16.5 | 1 | |
12 | 49 | We hope ours turns a dynamo | Anag of WEHOPEOURS, dynamo = energetic person, &lit as in power station | 16.5 | 2 | |
14 | 17 | How Europe's converted energy source? | Anagram | 16 | 1 | |
14 | 19 | How Europe's transformed into a formidable force | HOWEUROPES*, Def: a formidable force | 16 | 3 | |
16 | 9 | Dynamic character who rose up in action with English | (who rose up) anag + E | 14 | 3 | |
16 | 32 | 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 Powerhouse | 14 | ||
18 | 10 | Electricity on board yields live wire | Electrity=power + board=house = defn | 11 | ||
18 | 51 | 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 | |
18 | 53 | Where soup is cooked with ordinary plant? | Anagram with O from O(rdinary)-Level. Plant is the definition. | 11 | ||
21 | 12 | Frolicking super whore, with love for a bit of ready, is a remarkably energetic person | super whore + O – R* (frolicking = anagram indicator) | 10.5 | ||
22 | 42 | 'Superhero' who gutlessly runs away is not exactly this! | anag. incl. w(h)o, less r, & lit. | 10 | 1 | |
22 | 56 | Who pees with our energizer? | whopees+our(anagram) = powerhouse(syn)= energizer | 10 | ||
24 | 36 | 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 | |
25 | 48 | Two superheroes working without rest confounded one with boundless energy | Anagram TWO SUPERHEROES minus T,S,E,R ('rest confounded') | 8.5 | 1 | |
26 | 44 | The mighty Europe show-off! | 'the mighty' = powerhouse; anagram(off) of 'europe show' | 8 | ||
27 | 7 | Connect home to generator | Connect home implies connect a house to electricity or power, home = house, generator is a synonym of power house. | 7.5 | ||
27 | 31 | Parliament? There, our hopes we squandered. | Anag; jokey def | 7.5 | ||
27 | 37 | 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 | |
27 | 54 | Where the current generation may harm the planet, we hope ours can mend it | anag. | 7.5 | ||
31 | 1 | A person giving it some wellie might, a doctor on TV concluded | def (= energetic person); might=power + house | 7 | ||
31 | 26 | Might accommodate a Raymond Scott composition | Might=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 | |
33 | 38 | Stifling a cry of pain, heartless superhero clobbered one with punch | OW in SUPEHERO*; def: one with punch | 6.5 | 2 | |
34 | 3 | Arsenal,possibly, missing the right foot of midfield dynamo | Powderhouse (=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 | |
34 | 29 | Might source, where porous, unfortunately run out? | WHERE POROUS anag less R – 'might source' is def | 6 | 1 | |
34 | 34 | P'Parliament's driving force | p = power, parliament = The House (I wish it were!) | 6 | ||
37 | 6 | Being full of energy we cycle sixty minutes then sit outside | Def. 'Being full of energy' ('Being' a noun); we, hour with r at the front, all in pose | 5 | 2 | |
37 | 46 | Tower exhibiting captive Queen Elizabeth Tudor as an example | POW ER house; Tower (fig. OED, cf. Tower of Strength in Ch.); ref. Elizabeth I's imprisonment in Tower of London | 5 | 1 | |
39 | 41 | Super one who is dynamic, knight riding out? | anag less N & lit. | 4.5 | 1 | |
40 | 13 | 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 | |
41 | 28 | Might put up with current producer. (10) | Direct: current producer (current as in electricity) Might = power, put up = house | 3.5 | 1 | |
42 | 4 | 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 | |
42 | 45 | 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 | |
44 | 5 | Being a human-dynamo, topless spouse hangs around a reformed whore. | POUSE = topless spouse, around anagram of whore = WERHO | 2 | 1 | |
44 | 11 | 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 | |
44 | 22 | Human dynamo in firm after permission to act | power + house [as in fashion house etc] | 2 | ||
47 | 16 | he`s a force to be reckoned with in the all electric home | all electric home ie power house | 1 | ||
47 | 24 | 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: POWERHOUSE | 1 | 2 | |
47 | 33 | 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 | |
47 | 40 | Strong guy rope tangled within drum. | Def (strong guy)/rope anag. around "w" (=with)/drum = house (sl.) | 1 | ||
47 | 43 | Superman, super-_, _man! | super-power, houseman | 1 | 1 | |
47 | 55 | Who incorporates Queen after endless pop – American drug produces energetic person | PO + W(ER)HO + US + E | 1 | 1 | |
53 | 2 | Army barracks hit by fireball | Power, house: power = armed force: house = building for living in: hit = to conform to, to imitate exactly: powerhouse = fireball | 0 | ||
53 | 20 | How's Europe regulated? One with an orgone box, perhaps? | HOWSEUROPE* | 0 | ||
53 | 21 | 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 | ||
53 | 50 | What industry's here? Show up, ore gets processed; then you have energy. | (*SHOW UP ORE) + E | 0 |