CCCWC November 2023 competition results
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45 clues entered. 34 votes cast (32 competitors, 2 others).
WASHINGTON
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Philip Sant | What guy's face, and name, is on bucks? | &lit. anag(what g +n is on); ref. one dollar bill | 48.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 31 | James McGaughey | President made TV appearance to admit terrible thing | def president, WAS ON (made TV appearance) containing (THING)* | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 12 | Satyen Nabar | Exotic women in thongs entertaining a former American president | (W IN THONGS)* around A; exotic: anag ind, women: w, entertaining: cont ind, defn: former American president | 29.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 17 | Robert Vere | Former president was nothing special | (was nothing)* | 29 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | Charlie Oakley | Former president used to be on night shifts | Former president – definition. Used to be – WAS. ONNIGHT*, shifts – anagram indicator | 18.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 42 | Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Upright, saying nothing false, a first in Presidential office? | down clue; WAS(rev. of saw = saying) plus NOTHING*; The stories about George Washington's statement "I cannot tell a lie" are widely known (and accepted!) | 17.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | 28 | Nathan Townshend | Nothing was untrue for George! | Nothing was = fodder; untrue = anagrind; George = def, also &lit – "Father, I cannot tell a lie" | 17 | 3 | |
| 7 | 35 | Peter Moore Fuller | State Capital of Wisconsin has changed? I got new name wrong (10) | State – def; Capital of Wisconsin – W; has changed – ASH; I got new name – fodder IGOTNN; wrong – anagrind | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 40 | Phil Stephenson | Tense inside showing an agitated state? | t in [showing an]* | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | John Hood | Nothing was amiss in this state | (NOTHING WAS)* | 15.5 | 4 | |
| 11 | 41 | The unfinished gown's in a terrible state | anagram of TH GOWNS IN A | 15 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Early American painting in watercolour not put up | Def = Early American; painting in watercolour = WASHING; reversal[NOT] | 14 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 20 | Hatchet-wielding president allegedly saw nothing wrong | Hatchet-wielding president allegedly (ref cherry tree myth) = def; (SAWNOTHING)* | 14 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | 38 | State of laundry, not organised | WASHING + NOT* | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 | A quiet start to innings in Grace hundred. Capital! | A = a; quiet = sh; start to innings = in; Grace = WG; hundred = ton; Capital = definition. W(a-sh-in)G-ton. | 11.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 19 | Good deal on laundry for president | TON (good deal) on (next to, like "on the coast") WASHING = president WASHINGTON | 10.5 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 29 | Now, as night fell on Christmas Day, he crossed a river on the other side of the pond. | Anagram of 'NOW AS NIGHT'; General George Washington famously crossed the Delaware on Christmas night 1776. | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | 10 | D.C. Comic giant showman without the first bits of metal armour | Comic-> anagram, (GIANT SHOWMAN)* minus MA | 9 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 32 | Regularly wear naughty thongs in a liberal state (10) | Def:a liberal state; Regularly wear=WA, naughty thongs in=THONGSIN* | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| 20 | 15 | Former President saw nothing in revolt (10) | Former President = definition , saw nothing = anagram fodder , in revolt = anagrind | 7.5 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 30 | President lived, and nothing changed | President = def; lived = WAS, nothing changed = *(NOTHING) | 7.5 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 4 | By George! Was nothing done? | Was + * nothing | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | 7 | City of the privileged American exudes power, changes nothing | the privileged American = WASP, exudes power = deletion of P, changes nothing = NOTHING* ; WAS(-p) + NOTHING* | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | 27 | Nothing was moving President | Anagram (moving) of NOTHING WAS | 6.5 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 39 | State police saw nothing criminal | def = State. police = anagrind (saw)* + (nothing)* anagrind = criminal. | 6.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 26 | 5 | Capital doctor saw nothing amiss | (SAW)* + (NOTHING)* | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 27 | 21 | His wanton acts rebelliously set about George’s primacy? | HISWANTON anag ('acts rebelliously') around G ('George's primacy'); ref G Washington & George III; &lit. | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 27 | 23 | Mutinous Whigs infiltrate nation in turmoil, taking out current US president | anagram of WHIGS and NATION, with I (current) subtracted. Definition = US president | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 14 | Former President quietly saying, "After retirement, do nothing." (10) | Def = Former president, saying = SAW, after retirement = reversal ind to give WAS, do = anagram indicator for NOTHING to give HINGTON. | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 | 33 | Saw nothing exciting in the evergreen state | (saw nothing)* Definition: Washington is called the evergreen state. | 4 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 37 | State of America used to be nothing extraordinary (10) | WAS(used to be) + anagram (extraordinary) of NOTHING*. Def: State of America | 4 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 26 | Nothing was arranged for capital (10) | nothingwas*. Arranged is anagrind. Definition: capital | 2.5 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 2 | American state was on night shifts | (was on night)* Def- American state | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 33 | 6 | Chinatown's awfully good for clubs here | anag of GHINATOWNS (Good replacing Clubs) / def = here (Washington DC has a small Chinatown area) | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 33 | 8 | Cleaning"s not bad but it's a state | Cleaning = WASHING +*NOT it's a state = definition | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33 | 13 | Famous young feller wound reverse hitch starting off around tree (10) | WING (wound) + TON -k (reverse hitch) around ASH. A reference to George Washington felling the cherry tree. | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33 | 24 | Not OTT? What's got into reborn, nationalist president? | Anagram of WHATSGOTINTO minus OTT plus N (nationalist). Reborn (transformed) = anagram indicator. | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | 36 | "State name." "No!" Thing was, it was misspelt | Straight clue = name of a state. Anagram "No thing was", anagrind it was misspelt | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 33 | 43 | Used to be head honcho in embryonic government to colonists, essentially | &lit, WAS H[oncho] IN G[overnment] TO [colo]N[ists] | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 9 | David Cameron initially wanting oh so briefly to be involved | WANTINGOHS(o) anag; DC definition is a metonym for Washington; reference to British ex-PM unexpectedly joining UK Cabinet with brief tenure likely | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | 34 | Slide a shin into wellington boot yelling naked in a state | WellinGTON remove (boot) yELLINg (naked). Replace with A SHIN. A state = def | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 42 | 18 | George's eponymous home: nothing was out of place. | Anagram of NOTHING WAS. Anagram indicator OUT OF PLACE. George Washington lived in Virginia, near present-day Washington. | 1 | 2 | ||
| 43 | 3 | American State's town struggling to accept heartless anguish in a riot (10) | W[ASHING(-u)*]TON* – struggling=anagrind; to accept=insertion ind.; heartless=ind. for removal of middle letter U; in a riot=anagrind; American State=definition | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 43 | 22 | Maybe a state with like nothing? (10) | Maybe a state = definition; With = W + like = AS + nothing? = (NOTHING)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 43 | 45 | Yank Founding Father — was to become such a duffer | Comp anag (yank foundingfatherwas to become WASHINGTON+aduffer) | 0 | 0 | 1 |