CCCWC June 2009 competition results
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55 clues entered. 47 votes cast (40 competitors, 7 others).
OSCAR
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | Don Manley | November — then what? Carols being blasted, pounds being spent | phonetic alphabet, anag. less L | 53 | 2 |
| 2 | 15 | Ian Harper | Flying across southern deserts? Change once, in Alice Springs | (ACROSS – S)* def Chambers (3) change = cash | 46 | 3 |
| 3 | 39 | Eddie Looby | Prize puzzle: across clues' last element missing | Anag ACROSS less S | 36 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jenny Mackenzie | Award no mark | O/scar | 35.5 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | Richard Heald | ——— time creates excitement in actors | comp. anag. incl. t, & lit. | 34 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Michael Doyle | Initiate of solitary confinement at Reading? | First letters "of…Reading"; & lit. ref. Wilde. | 33.5 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | Margaret Irvine | Busy actors taking time out to get award | anag 'actors' minus T | 32 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | Rod Harling | 'Godfather' award withdrawn from Brando's career? | hidden; Brando famously refused an oscar for Godfather | 31.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Phil Turner | Award fashioned from cast-iron, not tin | *castiron – tin | 26.5 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Luciano Ward | In Oz, tin man’s name figured among those of Toto, scarecrow | Hidden: Tot[o scar]ecrow. Two defs: 'In Oz, tin' (In Australia, money); 'man's name'. | 25.5 | |
| 11 | 14 | Extraordinary actors take no time to get this? (5) | ACTORS* minus T, &Lit | 24 | 1 | |
| 12 | 28 | Missing out on it, actor's distraught? | *AC(T)ORS, &lit. | 23.5 | 1 | |
| 13 | 8 | Award Pacino's carried home? | Hidden, semi &lit. (home = vt. to provide with a home), ref. Al Pacino, Best Actor 1992 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| 13 | 43 | Rower holding state award (5) | o(SC)ar; rower=oar, state=South Carolina (SC) | 21.5 | ||
| 15 | 30 | Namely one gold-plated | SC + A in OR &lit | 17 | 1 | |
| 16 | 19 | Honour is so scarce herein (5) | Honour = Definition. sO SCARce | 15.5 | ||
| 17 | 42 | Row about second century gold statuette. | Row – OAR, second – S, century – C | 14 | 2 | |
| 17 | 46 | Statuette cinema academy toppers are given in gold? (5) | Gold = OR, Statuette cinema academy toppers = S C A. O(SCA)R, &lit | 14 | ||
| 19 | 16 | Frenetic orcas dash, dash, dash when communicating. | (Frenetic) Anagram of 'orcas'; 'O' as in OSCAR, in the phonetic alphabet in Morse code is 3 dashes | 12 | 1 | |
| 19 | 22 | It may be noticed at the start of October, announced following November and presented in February | O (after N) in Int. radio alphabet; Oscar award ceremony in Feb | 12 | ||
| 21 | 52 | Very large vehicle – a successful actor may have more than one | OS + car | 11.5 | 1 | |
| 22 | 55 | You will need a Stretch limousine,perhaps to collect it. | OS -Outsize(stretch) limo -car | 10.5 | ||
| 23 | 27 | Might be the last we hear of NATO, so to speak! | &lit; O(in NATO phonetic alphabet) = OSCAR | 7.5 | ||
| 23 | 47 | The award has no mark. | award-(oscar)— no-(O), mark(scar) | 7.5 | ||
| 25 | 18 | He's seen after November with Papa trailing after | Code words N = November O = Oscar P = Papa | 5.5 | ||
| 25 | 48 | The leading lights of screen crave a rare honour | Initial letters; &lit | 5.5 | 2 | |
| 25 | 49 | They say Ronaldo deserves one for diving – into stretch limo? | Def (ref footballer's playacting attempts to con referee)/o/s (=outsize); limo = car | 5.5 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Cash award for god-like champion | 3 mngs – see C. first name section for the latter one | 5 | ||
| 29 | 34 | O! A statue! | O = Oscar in the NATO phonetic alphabet. | 4.5 | ||
| 30 | 51 | Very large racer dropping queen off then returning for trophy | OS + rac(er)rev | 4 | ||
| 31 | 45 | Sought-after Hollywood figure, very laid back, about to take … this? | so rev, ca, r (= recipe, take) | 3.5 | ||
| 32 | 23 | Jack and Charles are strapped for cash | [O(rdinary) S(eaman) (ie, Jack) "strapped" (together with) Car. (Carolus/Charles)] | 3 | ||
| 32 | 38 | Oh boy! | Oh is to my surprise all right for O (see Chambers under O(2)); Oscar — International Radio Communications/boy's name | 3 | 1 | |
| 34 | 41 | Readies Australian stretch limo, perhaps | Readies = cash = OSCAR in Australia. Stretch limo = OS(outsize)CAR. | 2.5 | ||
| 34 | 44 | Small statue of old English God (5) | Double definition. Dictionary.com: Oscar –noun 2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “spear.” | 2.5 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Endlessly coarse, roughly ready for Oz of old | *(coars); obs. cash in Australia | 2 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Love Mark or Cliff ahead of Papa? | 0 + 2 meanings of scar, O and P in NATO alphabet | 2 | ||
| 36 | 26 | Marcos, after initial failure, regroups to achieve award. | Drop initial M, "regroups" indicator for scrambling remaining letters. | 2 | ||
| 36 | 32 | No small citation for driver across the pond! | O+S+CAR (& lit.) [Ref. Oscar-nominated actress Minnie Driver; Citation is a popular American car] | 2 | ||
| 40 | 10 | Cartographers in France, for award | 'Cartographers'=O.S.; 'in France, for'=CAR. | 1.5 | ||
| 40 | 36 | O for short vehicle after works parking suspended! | o(p)s car; O for Oscar | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 42 | 3 | Award every other character in Oz such aura | alternate letters | 1 | ||
| 42 | 5 | Award for playing and soundly beating German | Sounds like Oskar(Tin Drum hero). | 1 | ||
| 42 | 12 | Corsa scrappage yields cash for New Plymouth | Anagram of Corsa. Oscar is NZ slang for cash / New Plymouth a NZ town / Plymouth a car marque. Surface ref Govt's car scrappage scheme (well £2k can't be bad for an old Vauxhall Corsa!) | 1 | 1 | |
| 42 | 35 | O for ham and bread down under. | (radio) ham; Aus. slang for money (2 defs.) | 1 | ||
| 42 | 53 | Wilde estate. | Wilde is defn. Estate is a large car, i.e. an OS (outsize) CAR | 1 | ||
| 42 | 54 | With ultimate in ostentation it could be a crown's alternative? | Comp.anag.&lit; W+N+(it)OSCAR = A CROWN'S | 1 | ||
| 48 | 2 | A hungry actor might bring this home: doughnuts and fish, not wrapped up (5) | A hungry actor might bring this home: = definition/ doughnuts = Os and (+) fish not wrapped up (finished) = CARp | 0 | ||
| 48 | 6 | Award in hero's car? That's fishy! | Oscar is the name of the academy award, as well as a fish. The word is hidden in hero's car. | 0 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Large number of cars held up for a citation | Large-OS, number of cars-RAC (Royal Automobile Club), held up-rev. indicator-CAR, a citation-definition (also means a traffic violation ticket) | 0 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Move a source lacking European Union award | anagram of "a source" without EU, award = oscar | 0 | ||
| 48 | 31 | No scar here, reward involved | hidden. oscar=reward involved indicates it's hidden. | 0 | ||
| 48 | 37 | O! O! Mark! | First "O" = def. O mark = o scar | 0 | ||
| 48 | 40 | Reaccustom, but oddly miss, in retrospect, the auteur's commendation | The even letters of REACCUSTOM in reverse. | 0 | ||
| 48 | 50 | Unmistakeably first on, first off. So cool and reasonable! | [definition: Unmistakeably O (ie first letter of on) is Oscar in NATO phonetic alphabet], followed by OSCAR being spelt by the initial letters of the rest of the clue. | 0 |