CCCWC November 2024 competition results
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44 clues entered. 30 votes cast (27 competitors, 3 others).
ARMISTICE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Anthony Nannini | "A Farewell to Arms" is a film I care madly about (9) | "A Farewell to Arms" = definition , a film = mist , I care = anagram fodder , madly = anagram indicator , about = insertion indicator ( ar(mist)ice ) | 44.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 7 | Dhirendra Tripathi | Crimea, it's struggling for a truce | [CRIMEA ITS]* indicated by struggling. Direct: a truce | 34.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 11 | Tom Borland | Further firing may shatter this unfinished ceramic – it's cracked | *CERAMI(C) + ITS; def. Further firing may shatter this | 31.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 41 | Tony Harker | Surely this secures military redeployment? | SURELYARMISTICE anag (redeployment) of SECURESMILITARY & lit. | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | Jessica Merchant | I'm almost certain to get second wind and stay in action | (IM + CERTAI+S)* ([the two words, after modifications] wind) | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 42 | Steve Randall | Team is lacking energy with Rice out fighting suspension | T[e]AM+IS+RICE* | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | Simon Griew | Intermission in war film stops Erica fidgeting | MIST in ERICA*; def = intermission in war | 18.5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | Steve Ball | 11/11 = 1 | The 11th of November is one armistice | 16.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | Adam Vellender | A conclusion to war – suspension in combat engagements primarily (9) | A (wa)R MIST I(n) C(ombat) E(ngagements); &lit. | 13.5 | 1 | |
| 9 | 18 | VMA Nair | It’s a crime to break peace (9) | Anagram of “it’s a crime” with “to break” as anagrind. Definition peace | 13.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 25 | Nic Pursey | Leaders of armed resistance meet in secret: truce is called eventually | First letters of clue & lit | 13.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | America – for the most part, it's at war to get peace! (9) | Anagram of (AMERIC ITS), def = peace, at war = anagram ind | 12 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 22 | It's America, endlessly failing to bring a stop to the war | It's America endlessly = ITS AMERIC; failing = anagrind; to bring = link; a stop to the war = def | 12 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 28 | Maybe aim is truce without universal treaty (9) | Maybe = anagram indicator; Anagram fodder = AIM + IS + TR[U]CE (TRUCE without [U]niversal); Definition = TREATY | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 16 | It's a crime – failing to keep the peace? | fodder, failing = grind, cd | 9.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 8 | Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti – substitute C for fa and lo! a harmonious arrangement (9) | Def: a harmonious arrangement Anagrind: Do (Chambers), (RE MI C S A TI)* substituting C for Fa+Lo in the fodder. | 9 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 19 | It's a crime to ruin a peace treaty (9) | anagram of ITSACRIME, "to ruin" is the anagrind (as an intransitive verb), "a peace treaty" is the definition | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 37 | Somehow I care about fog of war ending (9) | Anagr (somehow) ICARE surrounding MIST. War ending is def. | 8 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 23 | Land forces, wanting end of warfare, actively cite this! | ARMI(-E)S + CITE*. Cite in sense of advance an idea | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 26 | Legions drained of energy? Time to chill | legions drained of energy = ARMI(-e)S; time = T; to chill = ICE. …&lit. | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 27 | Mars etc, I fancy, will accept one? Yes and no | MARSETCI* around I; wordplay = ARMISTICE (= yes); Mars etc would not accept an armistice (= no) | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 31 | Most of army is taking no notice of truce | [ARM] + [IS] [NOTICE – NO] | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 36 | Signature event? Armies failing to capture metropolis, coming up short | ARMIS(yTIC)E (ARMIES)* | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Ceasefire with dispersal of armies including those in charge basically (9) | ARMIES* over TIC. Definition: Ceasefire | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 39 | Start of ceasefire between hostile armies, it maybe this | c in [armies it]* & lit. | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | 9 | End of hostilities between warring sides with a right perfume and diamonds! (9) | A R MIST ICE , end of hostilities between warring side-DEF | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | 17 | It's a crime to arrange for peace | (it's a crime)* | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | 21 | It’s a crime to violate ceasefire (9) | (It's a crime)*, anagram indicated by 'to violate'. Definition: Ceasefire | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 29 | Military force almost renovated cities in ceasefire | Military force almost = ARM(y). Renovated = anagrind. CITIES* ,in – connector, ceasefire = definition. | 3 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 40 | Supply weapons to cities moving towards ceasefire | ARM (supply weapons to) and anagram (moving) of CITIES – definition ceasefire | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 24 | Last of troops climbing over top of trench – I see an end to hostilities (9) | DOWN CLUE. Last of troops climbing – last letter in ARMIES climbs up, ARMIES > ARMISE; over – put over…; top of trench – I see – T IC, ARMIS(T IC)E; and end to hostilities – def | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 35 | Scimitar wrangle ending in one? | SCIMITAR* +[on]E; &lit. | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 20 | It's a crime to suspend hostilities? | Def = "suspend hostilities", anagram, "it's a crime" | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | 33 | Peace out! it’s a crime (9) | Def: peace Anagrind: out Fodder: it’s a crime | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 12 | Haar… mist… ice… combines to bring about an end to the cold war? No laughing at the front! | Haarmistice minus ha. Haar is a sea fog | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 30 | Military Intelligence overrides soldiers in stopping cold and ending fighting | MI replaces RE in ARREST (stopping), + ICE (cold) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 43 | Truce with next-door neighbour after switching sides? It's a blur | Definition is truce. ALICE (next-door neighbour, from the Smokie song) after switching sides (L→R), it has MIST | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 6 | Cities left destroyed after weapon ceasefire (9) | ARM (weapon) + CITIES* | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 10 | Fighting over mice, it's a raptor's first killing | Anagram of MICEITSAR. Anagram indicator = KILLING, ie destructive etc. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | 13 | I would stop fighting as I'm delivering uniform truce? | &lit; I inside (AS IM TRuCE)* | 0 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 32 | Outfit that's first to kill offering a truce | ARM/1ST/ICE | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 34 | Perhaps it is time to put energy into breaking ones scimitar? | Anagram of scimitar + e(energy) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 38 | Sounds as if Romeo hankered after kiss, losing head for some piece (9) | R + MISSED + (-k)ISS. Def. SOME PIECE (peace.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 44 | Weapon Mediterranean ship discovered end of unstable ceasefire | ARM (m)ISTIC(o) (unstabl)E | 0 | 0 | 1 |