CCCWC August 2009 competition results
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52 clues entered. 42 votes cast (39 competitors, 3 others).
CABOOSE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | David Harry | Capone's escaped from jail. Where's the guard? | C(Al)aboose. Caboose = guards' van | 45.5 | 5 |
| 2 | 15 | John Tozer | Constant Australian jeers accompany English tail-ender | c A boos E; ref. behaviour at Ashes matches | 42 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | Luciano Ward | Galley: printer’s tray containing text mostly | CA[BOO(k)]SE; printer's tray = case; text (of a musical, etc.) = book; galley = def. | 33.5 | 2 |
| 4 | 29 | Trevor Crowther | Kitchen cabinet split by call of contempt | def kitchen, BOO in CASE | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | Patrick Martin | ——— (a ship's kitchen, primarily) could be a cook's base at sea | comp. anag. including initial letters & lit. | 26 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Don Manley | Affectionate sounds with Wade finally overcoming one B. Stove | a B in coos e, ref. 1977 Wimbledon women's singles final | 25.5 | 3 |
| 7 | 48 | Martin Price | The last person in America to bring legal action about breast reduction. | Def. (caboose = "the one bringing up the rear" [US])/BOO(B) in CASE. | 22 | 3 |
| 8 | 28 | James Glassonbury | Jack finally forsakes bookcase to rearrange his kitchen. | Jack finally = K. BOOKCASE minus K anagram = CABOOSE. Jack is a sailor, so his kitchen is a caboose. | 21.5 | 1 |
| 8 | 52 | John Tabraham | Where one might cook ace crumble, stuffed with raspberries? | "raspberries"=BOOS in anagram of ACE; &lit. | 21.5 | 3 |
| 10 | 19 | Dave Williams | Galley of unfinished book held in a tray of sorts | def.=galley, BOO=unfinished book; in CASE=(a compositor's) tray of sorts. Ref. typesetting/print. | 20 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | Car at back of others storing equipment, primarily in US. | C-A-B-O-O-S-E (& lit) | 19.5 | 3 | |
| 11 | 27 | It could be the last car in America. | 19.5 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 37 | No prison in Los Angeles? Quite the reverse – it's at the back. | LA removed from CALABOOSE. Def – something at the rear. | 19 | 2 | |
| 14 | 18 | Food would be cooked here,in case there is some objection | boo-objection, in case(container) | 18 | ||
| 14 | 23 | Hard going for sailor coming in to pick the ship's mess? | H(Hard) going for AB(sailor) in CHOOSE(to pick), Def. – the ship's mess | 18 | 2 | |
| 16 | 51 | Uncontrolled tobacco use cut out in crew's accommodation | (TOBACCOUSE – CUT)* | 15 | 2 | |
| 17 | 49 | This could feed the crew staging "A Chorus of Disapproval" in centre of Gloucester. | "A+ boos" in CE (Chorus of disapproval= boos) | 14.5 | 1 | |
| 18 | 14 | Caught head of the Admiralty with intoxicating liquor in ship's kitchen | C + A + BOOSE | 13 | 2 | |
| 19 | 7 | Boil sea cob with egg in ship's galley | *seacob with o in (sea cob = sea gull) | 12.5 | 2 | |
| 20 | 38 | Noisy objection to being stuck in luggage van at the rear | boo in case | 12 | 1 | |
| 21 | 36 | Nap in back of hackney car | OOSE (nap) behind (in back of) CAB (hackney); Def: CAR | 11.5 | 1 | |
| 22 | 34 | Meals-on-wheels provider about to drink excessively | CA (about) + BOOSE. Def caboose = a mobile stove. | 11 | 1 | |
| 23 | 8 | British sea-cook chopped nuts here | Anag B + sea-coo(k), &lit (Collins confirms galley=ship's kitchen primarily a British usage) | 10 | 1 | |
| 24 | 31 | Last man out caught Aussie's cries of derision at Freddie's finale | c A boos e,re Ashes win and Flintoff's final test | 9 | 3 | |
| 25 | 5 | American faces utter derision in English exam – he's always last | A + boo in CSE; A = American in Chambers & CSE not shown as former exam | 8 | 1 | |
| 26 | 40 | Seaman seen with duck (large) in confines of corvette's kitchen | AB (Seaman) O (duck) OS (large) in CorvettE | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 27 | 17 | Endless sea salt on eggs before lead cook heads to the galley. | endless sea=se; salt(sailor)=ab; eggs=oo; lead cook=c; galley=caboose | 7 | 1 | |
| 27 | 22 | 'Guard's Van' case built around shady character Radley | ca(Boo)se; ref. Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird | 7 | ||
| 29 | 6 | American who gets his prize by failing conclusively in event? | BOO(BY) in CASE=event | 6 | 1 | |
| 30 | 4 | After northern slopes, fifth of Brecon Beacons shatter the one trailing behind. | anagram incl. o, minus n (slopes = disappears) | 5 | 1 | |
| 30 | 9 | Can lift hood on American car | Can(prison)= C-AL-ABOOSE.Lift(=take away)hood=AL(Capone).Def= American car | 5 | 1 | |
| 32 | 2 | Accommodation for security staff training | Training = travelling by rail (Chambers) | 4.5 | 2 | |
| 33 | 44 | State your disapproval and point at the last American trailer | State [CA] your disapproval [BOO] and point [S] at the last [E] American trailer [US term for a person bringing up the rear is caboose per Chambers] | 4 | 1 | |
| 34 | 24 | Heckle one in suit for being the last American? | Heckle = boo, in suit=case. Caboose = one bringing up the rear in US. | 3.5 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Case contains unfinished book, the little red juvenile favourite. | Case contains "boo" to give caboose The Little Red Caboose is a children's story. | 3 | ||
| 35 | 25 | In case the Baker's last utterance was galley | CA(BOO)SE ref The Hunting of the Snark | 3 | ||
| 35 | 26 | In the end,nothing,nothing at all,was carried in the box by the east side. | In the end(caboose)Nothing(0),nothing at all(0),was carried in the box(case)by the east side(e) 00 is in case with an e | 3 | 1 | |
| 35 | 43 | Someone surprised me in the luggage car at the back of the train | Ca/boo/se | 3 | ||
| 39 | 32 | Leave book unfinished lest one arrives last | boo{k} in case (= lest), def. 'one arrives last' (Chambers has 'someone bringing up the rear (US)') | 2 | ||
| 39 | 47 | The bottom ace reshuffled draws loud jeers (7) | CA(BOOS)E* | 2 | 1 | |
| 39 | 50 | Timeless banns announced in church: last chance for a few at the local? | C(tABOOS)E (bans hom.) | 2 | 1 | |
| 42 | 41 | Show disapproval in case crew's boarding in the end (7) | caBOOse | 1 | ||
| 42 | 45 | Take a nap following three pints on the railroad? (7) | ooze2 or oose () n fluff; nap. cab2 n an ancient Hebrew measure of capacity equal to approx 1.6 litres (about three pints). | 1 | ||
| 44 | 16 | Cook's eaten with seaman on board, not taken with arrangement in ship's kitchen | AB in COOKS EATEN – TAKEN* | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 44 | 21 | Galley's docking blunder splits hull | BOOB less B in CASE | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 46 | 12 | Carriage clock audibly rings, trapped in broken base (7) | C + OO in anag. | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | 30 | Kitchen cabinet we in Scotland succeeded in splitting, Heads of Environment and Transport having fallen out over energy | Down clue. CABINET + OO (“we in Scotland”) + S(ucceeded)) – IN (“in splitting” – ie, leaving) – E(nvironment) – T(ransport) + E(nergy) | 0 | ||
| 46 | 33 | Lets invert THIS in Roosevelt cabinet's kitchen | compound anagram & lit. "THIS" should be italicized. kitchen = caboose. | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | 35 | Merchant shipping perhaps trades name for large galley? | CABOTAGE with OS for TAG | 0 | ||
| 46 | 39 | Sailor leading order of service in church delivered shanty! | C(ABoos)E;abbrevs + initial letters;shanty=caboose(Cf THE QUICKWAY Crossword Dictionary 12th ed) | 0 | ||
| 46 | 42 | Someone at the back in US Taxi and we Scots heading south east | Definition and first part of wordplay are US – CAB + OO (Scots WE) + S(outh) E(ast) | 0 | ||
| 46 | 46 | Taxi with no tires finishes fare hooked to train's rear (7) | direct = hooked to train's rear cab = taxi,o = no, os = tires (o's), e = finishes farE | 0 | 1 |