CCCWC October 2023 competition results
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48 clues entered. 34 votes cast (33 competitors, 1 other).
GRANGER
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Phil Stephenson | Farm manager in big Range Rover | bi(g Range R)over | 44.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | John Appleton | Germaine Greer, oddly, is country housekeeper! | GeRmAiNe GrEeR; Def = country housekeeper | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 34 | Charlie Oakley | Hermione, for one, vacated Gryffindor with indignation | Hermione, for one – definition. Vacated Gryffindor = GR with indignation = ANGER | 32.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 25 | Chris Bond | From… from time to time, Germaine Greer comes a cropper? | From [wordplay – GeRmAiNeGrEeR] comes [definition] | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | Steve Ball | 60% shortfall in grain upset American farmer | GR(ain) + ANGER | 26.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 29 | Seerat Hazir | Golf practice area right for a growing pro (7) | G RANGE R. Def: A growing pro/farmer. | 25.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | James McGaughey | Farmer George, the king with madness | def farmer, George, the king for GR + madness for ANGER (mad in Chambers, furious with anger), ref George III, mad and called Farmer George | 23.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | Oliver | Greek hugs unloved fruit farmer (7) | GR surrounding (o)RANGE. Farmer = def | 15.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 39 | Steve Randall | More rum's good for extremely smart farmer | stranger (more rum) with G for ST | 14.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | Jessica Merchant | Good-for-nothing, faked-tanned Republican's landed party in a state | (o/G)RANGE + R / a landowning individual in a (US) state | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 48 | Who’s garnering crop in ground? | Anag (‘ground’) of GARNERG (GARNERING with IN cropped (cut)) | 13.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | 8 | Called in German farmer (7) | RANG insider GER (German), DEF-FARMER | 13 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 42 | One goes for good rearing ground (7) | REARING* with I replaced by G, &Lit | 13 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 3 | American farmer's fury after turning extremely right-wing | ANGER after R(-ightwin)G <— | 12.5 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 45 | This Farmer might have been King George before madness. | Def: Farmer. Wordplay GR+ANGER. Reference to George III. | 10 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Farmer’s field is within borders of Gibraltar | RANGE(field) in GR. Definition: Farmer | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Called in German school’s spelling expert | def:"school’s spelling expert" (i.e. Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter books/films; yes, I know, sorry). called = RANG, in German = container G…ER | 9 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Californian farmer growing raspberries and nuts gets excellent results initially. | ‘Initially’ indicates first letters of the 7 preceding words, ie G, R, A, N, G, E, R, for which ‘Californian farmer’ is the definition. | 8.5 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 31 | Great Italian's approaching Germany – maybe he's landed | GRAN (Italian) = Great + GER(many). Landed in definition = owning land or estates | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 36 | Hermoine was first to gauge and reach Harry's heart! | G (First to gauge) + RANGE (reach) + R (Harry's heart) : Hermoine was = Granger. HERMOINE GRANGER, ref. Harry Potter | 8.5 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Field appropriated by grain producer | Field = range, grain = gr, producer = definition | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 23 | Finer days being lost for good for one maintaining country house | gran(D)Ger (grander=finer, with g for d) | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 44 | The Madness of King George's steward? (7) | GR + ANGER | 7.5 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Farmer George, the king and madness. | Def = farmer. GR (George Rex) + ANGER (madness) . Ref George III, known as Farmer George and for his 'mania'. | 6.5 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 35 | Hermione’s row to stop outsiders in Gryffindor (7) | RANGE (row) inside (to stop) G(………)R. Definition: Hermione (Granger) { by example not needed as it is not uncommon to refer to people by their surname)} | 6 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 46 | Tiller Girl managed country briefly | synonym; girl = G + RAN + GER(many) | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 27 | 6 | Breeder managed to cross horse and zebra frequently (7) | G(RAN)G+ (-z)E(-b)R(-a), Def: Breeder | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 28 | 20 | Farming lobbyist in king's realm | Def: farming lobbyist (member of the Grange, in the U.S.). Wordplay: in GR is range. | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 38 | I left grain and grass, even radish tops for the stockman | GRAIN minus I, + first letters of Grass, Even, Radish | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | 18 | Farmhand is good forest officer (7) | Rancher = definition; G (good) + RANGER (forest officer) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Farmhouse manager subtly rearranging when rain, sadly, is lacking | REARRANGING* less RAIN* | 3 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 26 | G. Banks in action against Germany, saving right from the start – a keeper of distinction! | G + AN(banks in action) + GER incl (R)ight; ref Gordon Banks 1966 World Cup Final | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 37 | Horse about right for gamekeeper | g(r)anger, ganger = a fast horse | 3 | 2 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Farmer George, the king, had bad blood | GR [King George]/ANGER [bad blood] George III, called 'Farmer George' was suspected of having porphyria [a blood disorder] | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 35 | 10 | Cowboy US President holding guitar case without a pose | (REAGAN (US President) + GR (guitar case) – A)* indicated by pose; Definition Cowboy | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 | 24 | Foremost girl called to join Potter in the last two episodes! | Girl+RANG+pottER & lit. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 37 | 4 | American farmer’s grain covers stove | GR covers RANGE | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 17 | Farmhand grumbles with irritation chasing out some birds | Def: Farmhand. GROWLS (grumbles) ANGER (irritation) minus (chasing out) OWLS (some birds) | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | 2 | American farmer called Euhrlich, at first, in central Zagreb | Def: American farmer. RANG (called) first letter from Euhrlich (Euhrlich, at first) put inside (in) central 2 letters (the central 2 letters of zaGReb), i.e. G [ RANG + E) R | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | 40 | Old farmer, old female and an old firm footballer (7) | Old farmer – def; old female – GRAN; and – with; an old form footballer – GER (a player for Rangers FC) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 39 | 43 | Reg ringing back called farmer | g(rang)eR | 1 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 33 | Hermione expressed gross outrage. | gross = GR, outrage = ANGER; Hermione Granger is a lead character from the Potter books | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 42 | 41 | Old king and Regan struggling to be head of the household | Old king = GR (George Rex); and REGAN (fodder) struggling = anagrind; to be = link; head of the household = def; Ref King Lear | 0.5 | 2 | ||
| 44 | 5 | American farmer’s more dignified when taking German date out | GRANDER (dignified is def 3 for grand in Ch) with G in and D out; def = American farmer | 0 | 2 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Farmer with most excellent equipment clearing area (7) | Def = Farmer, Most excellent = GRAN(-d), equipment = GEAR, clearing area = delete A | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Find aga in grey for old farmer (7) | aga = range , Find..in = insertion indicator, grey= gr, g(range)r + definition | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Gangster’s no saint, but with treatment and taking the right direction, he was able to play the part | Gang(st)er’s (has) no saint, but with treatment* and taking the right (r) direction, [GANGERR] (WP)he was (died) able to play the part (actor) (Def) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 47 | Whisperer’s horse ran in: ecstasy at last for trainer and stable-owner | G(ran)G + E + R | 0 | 2 |