CCCWC October 2009 competition results
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45 clues entered. 44 votes cast (38 competitors, 6 others).
DUCKSHOVE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | John Tozer | Not half boring, Chekov's plays – don't follow a line | du(ll) + anag., line=queue | 67 | 3 |
| 2 | 39 | Martin Price | Short digger goes after love cheat down under. | Shove(l) after duck (="darling"/love….or "nil"/love)/def (= cheat in Oz/NZ). (Digger = Oz term of address). | 41.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 28 | Wil Ransome | Maybe Drake's very absorbed in Hoe's engagement to avoid responsibilities overseas | Duck's Ho(v)e, ref Sir Francis Drake and (some say) playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe as the Spanish Armada approached. Chambers has '(Aust and NZ)' | 41 | 2 |
| 4 | 9 | Luciano Ward | Bird protecting what’s left of unhatched chicks kills savage herring gull | DOVE 'protecting' U+C+K+S+H (left (left side) of next five words); 'gull' vb = 'cheat' | 29 | 2 |
| 5 | 30 | Rob Jones | No runs scored by Sussex opener on their home ground – 'blame someone else', as Ponting might say. | DUCK+S+HOVE . Clue word is Aus. slang. | 24.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 42 | David Nash | To evade responsibility lower your head and push.(9) | To evade responsibility (Duckshove ,Definition Australian Slang)Lower your head (Duck)and push (shove) | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | John Tabraham | Cheat beginning to sledge hard after scoring 0 runs from 6 balls | Defn: Cheat; S + H after DUCK(scoring 0), OVE(r) | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | 24 | Peter Cargill | Jump queue to bend elbow? | Duck=to bend; shove=elbow; bend elbow=drink alcohol | 20 | 2 |
| 9 | 45 | Chris Jeremy | Two bad innings at Sussex's ground and Aussie's to get promoted in the order? | To get promoted in the order = jump a queue. Ducks+Hove( Sussex play at Hove) | 17.5 | 4 |
| 10 | 29 | Margaret Irvine | Military vehicles moved into position to jump queue | Ducks + hove (past tense of heave, nautically) | 16.5 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Game birds, on resort near Brighton, exhibit un-British behaviour? | ducks Hove | 15 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 | Abstract of Darwin: amphibians rose from the sea? | DUCKS = amphibians + HOVE = rose from the sea? Def. 'Abstract of Darwin' [Australia] | 14 | 2 | |
| 13 | 34 | Press to follow Bob in search for a scapegoat (9) | SHOVE to follow DUCK in 'search for a scapegoat' – DEF | 13.5 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Antipodean cheat lifted sailcloths previously | DUCKS sailcloths + HOVE lifted | 11.5 | 3 | |
| 14 | 4 | Australian, going up the order out of turn, bags a pair at Sussex. | bags a pair = DUCKS + HOVE (home ground of Sussex CC) | 11.5 | 1 | |
| 16 | 10 | Bird to jostle and steal | Duck + shove def steal | 11 | ||
| 16 | 21 | Hocks timeless duvet? Another way to evade responsibility. | Anagram of Hocks + Duve. Another way = anagram indicator. Rest is def. | 11 | 1 | |
| 16 | 23 | Jump queue down under – Mr Manley gets push | Duck shove | 11 | 3 | |
| 16 | 26 | Lift elbow after game on the wing | lift = steal: elbow = shove | 11 | 3 | |
| 20 | 14 | Dismissal at whist! Finished. Last. Unacceptable to cheat | DUCK+SH+OVEr | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 21 | 20 | Here's Aussie to interrupt a long line of failures by Sussex batsmen on home ground | Ducks at Hove | 10 | 1 | |
| 21 | 38 | Runner's trainer injecting a little valium – cheat! | Runner = breed of duck. Hence runner's trainer is a duck shoe … containing 'v' | 10 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Avoid responsibility for waterbirds bordering Sussex resort. | "Avoid responsibility for" = duckshove. Ducks (waterbirds) next to (bordering) Hove (Sussex resort) | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 23 | 37 | Run away from maiden after darling son Henry appeared? | duck s H ove(r) & lit | 8.5 | ||
| 23 | 43 | To hang around endlessly after getting out scoring nothing is to cheat (9) | To hang around endlessly=HOVE(-R), getting out scoring nothing is=DUCK'S, Defn.=to CHEAT (taking a leaf out of Gilchrist's book :-)) | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 26 | 32 | O! Silently move with head tossed to jump the queue! (9) | DUCK (O) + SH (silently) + (m)OVE | 8 | 1 | |
| 26 | 44 | Trim cricketing pair on Sussex County ground | DUCKS+HOVE = a "pair" in cricket is two ducks (one in each innings); Hove is the home of Sussex CCC; trim is slang "to cheat" per Chambers | 8 | 2 | |
| 28 | 16 | Dutch fellow catches Chinese ricksha, rejecting various chicaneries to jump the queue! | Du = Dutch; cove = fellow; Chinese ricksha minus (anag) chicaneries = ksh. | 7 | 1 | |
| 29 | 2 | Abstract sweethearts linger in old poetry | DUCKS = SWEETHEARTS; HOVE = LINGER (Spenser); Definition:- ABSTRACT | 6.5 | 1 | |
| 29 | 7 | Avoids Brighton neighbourhood to pick up fare on the way | Avoids-Ducks Hove-Brighton's neighbour duckshove -act like a cabby not waiting for his turn at the rank and picking up fare on the way | 6.5 | ||
| 29 | 41 | To change the batting order is Sussex's resort after early failures | Def: to change the batting order, HOVE (resort in Sussex) after DUCKS (cricket) | 6.5 | 1 | |
| 32 | 17 | Essentially deduce tickly bishop loves to push in | deDUce tiCKly biSHop lOVEs | 6 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Fliers have a switch for gas to avoid fault (9) | DUCKS(fliers)+HOVE(=have after switch of 'a' with 'o'-gas),avoid (fault)blame-def. | 5.5 | 1 | |
| 34 | 11 | Birds leading a Brighton neighbour on to make an out of line pass | DUCKS + HOVE; def | 5 | 1 | |
| 34 | 35 | Put something over plunging neckline. Upper class shocked! | put something over=duckshove; plunging=anag of v=neckline, u=upper class & shocked | 5 | ||
| 36 | 15 | DUKW and helicopter suppressing resistance provide cover for special soldier | Duck 4 + hover(r)[noun] inc. S. Soldier (vi) = to shirk | 4.5 | ||
| 36 | 40 | Struggle to become no. 1 in Oz, owing to having shock victory overturned | Ref queuejumping: SHOCKV* in DUE | 4.5 | 2 | |
| 38 | 5 | Avoid responsibilities of conciliator around decapitated and mangled chucks | Dove round hucks* | 4 | 1 | |
| 38 | 8 | Badly shocked, picking up a couple of characters from Vancouver to break the cab-rank rule | Anagram of shocked (badly as indicator) incorporating (picking up) v and u from Vancouver to give as direct what is said to be the original meaning of duckshove (apparently based on dodgy behaviour by Melbourne cab-drivers) | 4 | 1 | |
| 38 | 36 | Rob could get batting failures at Kent's nearest rival's ground | ducks + Hove, rob=steal, ref. Rob Key, cricket captain of Kent, which adjoins Sussex where Hove ground is | 4 | 1 | |
| 41 | 25 | Lay low,watch out for the push. | Lay low (duckshove), watch out(duck), for the push(shove) | 3 | ||
| 42 | 13 | Darwinian con? Spooner's "fossil turtle shell" shown up | Down clue. "Dove(turtle(obs))/shuck(shell)" "shown up" = shuck/dove. Fossil (adj) = antiquated (Chambers); Darwinian = of native of Darwin, AU. | 2 | 2 | |
| 42 | 22 | Jarta retched bludge | Term of endearment + HOVE = def (NZ) | 2 | 2 | |
| 42 | 27 | Material witness last to rise and push past the waiters in Perth | Material (DUCK) witness last (S) to rise (HOVE)and push past the waiters in Perth (def – i.e. to jump a queue in Australia) | 2 | ||
| 45 | 33 | Pass job to George (9) | Direct: pass job George: "let George do it"! | 0 | 2 |