CCCWC March 2024 competition results
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39 clues entered. 25 votes cast (23 competitors, 2 others).
ANTHONY
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Dave Williams | Name a big city hosting half-marathon | name=def; a=A, big city=NY, hosting=container, half-marathon=THON | 36.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | Peter Moore Fuller | Adult books aroused heartless fellow (7) | Adult – A; books – NT; aroused – HORNY; heartless – remove heart (R); fellow – def | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Pete Milne | A tiny new hog, not fully developed, one to be rejected? | Anagram of A+TINY+N(new) +HO(g) minus I (one). Anagram indicator = developed. &lit. | 26.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 9 | Phil Stephenson | 'Doctor Thorne', a plot only from ——— Trollope novel | Comp. anag. & lit. [Thorne a plot only]* = Anthony Trollope. Ref. 1858 Anthony T. novel, Doctor Thorne. | 18.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 | Jessica Merchant | Pretty much anyone with the confounded name! | ANYON(e) + TH(e)* (confounded); too long spent looking for inspiration in lists of Anthonys. | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 20 | Charlie Oakley | Man organised NY Marathon without warm cocoa for finishers | Man – definition. Organised – anagrind. NYMARATHON without …m ..a ..r | 14.5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | Steve Randall | Adam, nude at first and ticklish, offering no resistance in Eden? | A[dam] N[ude] + THO[r]NY, ref. Anthony Eden | 14 | 1 | |
| 7 | 35 | Barry Solomons | Tannoy broadcast introducing leading heavyweight would precede Joshua? | ANT(h)ONY…Anthony Joshua, boxing champ. | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | John Appleton | Drunk one leaving hootenanny upset man | HOOTENANNY* – ONE* | 12.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 6 | Seerat Hazir | An award-winning Hopkins’ introduction? (7) | &lit. AN T[H]ONY. Containment Indicator: winning. Hyphenated wordplay ref Guardian 24839: Dead-end career next? (5) LATE R | 12 | 0 | |
| 11 | 38 | Wherein Adam refused insistent 'sweetheart' before beginning to yield? Eden, perhaps? | (ADAM)ANT+HON+Y; insistent = ADAMANT, sweetheart = HON, beginning to yield = Y; ref Anthony Eden | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 39 | Worker bees produce it showing no end of love for me | Ant + Honey – (e) | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | 14 | Hope for one Henry overwhelmed by “Shakespeare’s Mark” (7) | H inside ANTONY (Shakespeare’s Mark Antony ). Def: Hope for one (Anthony Hope British novelist) | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 12 | He could shortly be heading for the Big Apple (7) | He could shortly be = Def (tony = Anthony) heading for = to , the Big Apple = NY | 8 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 30 | Runty pig from area north of New York | A + NTH + O + NY | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Joshua participating in a half-marathon in New York, perhaps? | A+N(THON)Y; ref Anthony Joshua | 7 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 7 | An old monk composed a hymn not to miss mass (7) | Def: An old monk, Anagrind: composed, mass=M => AHYMNNOT* – M | 6.5 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 31 | Saint in A US city wearing short underwear (7) | Def = Saint A NY (US City) around THON(-g), short is deletion indicator | 6.5 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Long form of Tony, a husband's name possibly (7) | &lit; Double definition = "long form of Tony" and "a husband's name possibly"; Also anagramd: TONY + A + H(usband)+ N(ame) = anagram fodder and Possibly = anagrind | 5 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 24 | Not ANY hog but the last (stunted) of litter? | NOTANYHOG* less G, O' & lit.; litter = lie untidily about | 5 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 34 | Song alternating between two groups has no IP Mark? | ANTIPHONY (song alternating between two groups) minus IP. Mark? is the definition (as in Mark Anthony) | 5 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 37 | Whatever's written about that one yonder (in Scotland), he's a saint! | ANY about THON (Scottish word for 'that one yonder'); 'he's a saint' definition = Anthony, Egyptian saint c. 250-350 AD | 5 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Man with a new underwear scratches backside, usually at the hem | Man = definition, with a new = A+N, underwear = THONG, scratching backside = (-G), usuallY at the hem = Y | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 15 | It doesn't matter who has the ultimate power – no stopping women's rights crusader | A(NTH+O)NY | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 27 | Perhaps Kate’s husband stabbed Cleopatra’s husband (7) | Def: Kate Anthony, English actress H: husband Insertion indicator= stabbed Cleopatra’s husband= Antony | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 2 | A National Theatre, rejecting drama by 'unknown' author Burgess? | A National Theatre = A NT; rejecting drama = HON; by unknown = +Y; author Burgess = def | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 11 | Eden perhaps? This garden has a hydrangea, not a new sculpture | Eden perhaps = ANTHONY [Eden, UK former PM]; ANTHONYGARDENA = HYDRANGEANOTAN* | 3 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Little American singer, annoy half this assembly! | (ANNOY + TH)* Defn = Little Anthony. | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 33 | Some taking time to love a saint | a saint; ANY(some) outside T(time) HON(love, endearment) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Latin artist’s album played note for note | album = anthology, n(note) replacing log(note) indicator = played, Def = Latin artist – marc ANTHONY | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 29 | Psycho actor was involved in perks ( 7 ) | def: psycho actor ana: in perks= Perkins ( Anthony ) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 32 | Saint that’s opposed endless hospital cuts | H cuts ANTONY[m], an antonym being an opposite hence something that’s opposed; def = Saint | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 36 | Tony awards night talks held over New York origins | Tony is def. First letters of the rest | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 23 | No matter which is circling, even if it's a runt | ANY around THO' (ANTHONY is the runt, the smallest pig in the litter) | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 1 | A book, Japanese book, Yankee provides for Quinn, for example | Def. Quinn, for example from A from the clue, NT (book) is New Testament, HON (Japanese book) in Japanese language meaning book and Y (Yankee) as Yankee in Nato Phonetic Alphabet | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 8 | Any hope at first not justified by Lord Emsworth's sainted protector (7) | Lord Emsworth kept a famous pig (The Empress of Blandings) in PG Wodehouse stories. St Anthony is the patron saint of swineherds. Wordplay is a simple anagram of ANY H NOT. | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 13 | He is before Mel with literally no ease. | before (Ante), honey (mel), no e's (ease). | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 25 | One opposing endless love no end of trouble for toady | ANT(i) HONEY -(troubl)E | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Outspoken auntie guards cherished Eden | ANT(HON)Y (auntie hom.) | 0 | 0 |