CCCWC November 2009 competition results
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47 clues entered. 44 votes cast (38 competitors, 6 others).
Any Firework
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Ian Harper | Fifth of November on calendar? Prepare to see this (11, two words) | Roman candle: (M + ON + CALENDAR)* &lit | 81.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 | Tom Borland | Evil act wherein scoundrel fired revolver | CATHERINE-WHEEL; ACT WHEREIN* + scoundrel=HEEL; def. 'fired revolver' | 63.5 | 4 |
| 3 | 43 | R.E.Boot | Used to celebrate Westminster survival and land Cameron in trouble (5,6) | *(land Cameron)- roman candle | 43 | 3 |
| 4 | 36 | Tim Moorey | Sausage in batter no good for Hattie's midriff | ng replacing tt in batter; BANGER (6) | 38 | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | Margaret Irvine | Girandole's alternative when November comes in? (6,4) | Golden Rain – N in 'girandole' anag, &lit | 33.5 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | Kathy Martin | Heathen relic we convert to saint's fiery symbol. | Firework: Catherine Wheel Clue: Anagram of "heathen relic we" | 28.5 | 4 |
| 7 | 46 | John Tozer | Without issue a racing legend, the essence of Ferrari, it handles brilliantly (8) | SPARKLER: sp. + Arkle + (Fer)r(ari), ref. famous racehorse | 28 | 2 |
| 8 | 34 | Wil Ransome | Rose window where each inlet is moulded (9-5) | CATHERINE-WHEEL; (where each inlet)*; Chambers has, for 'catherine-wheel', 'a rose window (archit.)'; and, for 'inlet', 'a piece let in or inserted'] | 26.5 | 6 |
| 9 | 25 | Chris Jeremy | Multi-coloured light source seen around 5th of November? (11,2 words) | M (5th letter of November) in roan (multi-coloured)+ candle = roman candle & lit.. | 23 | 6 |
| 9 | 37 | Don Manley | Something dependable for space traveller to go by? (6) | Rocket: rock + E.T. (as in film) & lit. | 23 | 3 |
| 11 | 10 | Fabulous flier ends with loud noise – not half! (6) | ROCKET; ROC (mythical bird) + (rac)KET; &lit; | 17 | 1 | |
| 12 | 16 | Ginger beer packs one firey fizz (5) | GERBE: hidden | 15.5 | 2 | |
| 12 | 19 | Ignore lad that's set off firework (9) | girandole; anag of ignore lad | 15.5 | 2 | |
| 14 | 23 | Light firework (9-5) | CATHERINE WHEEL: double def – light (window), firework | 14.5 | 2 | |
| 15 | 29 | Prohibit German sausage (6) | BAN + GER. = BANGER | 13 | 3 | |
| 16 | 3 | Bubbly sort of performance, yet a dampish squib? (6) | FIZGIG. FIZ = champagne + GIG. See Chambers &, eg, http://wordsmith.org/words/fizgig.html | 12.5 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Do not return to this modern canal development (5,6) | Roman Candle | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 18 | 9 | Explosive mixture of bafflement initially, followed by rage (6) | (BANGER)B + ANGER | 10 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Do Cameron's land reforms inflame Catholics? (5,7) | ROMAN CANDLES CAMERONS LAND anag, & lit, historically speaking | 9 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Featured pie contains horrific half-eaten banger with lights (3,9) | FEU D'ARTIFICE: IFIC in anag (pie=confusion) of FEATURED | 9 | 3 | |
| 21 | 44 | Wasted tykes, when taking crack cocaine, shoot up (9) | SKY (ROCK) ET – Anagram of "tykes" with "crack cocaine" = "rock", "shoot up" = skyrocket (verb) | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 22 | 42 | Upwardly mobile weight-lifter, one showing explosive movement | Jumping jack: upwardly mobile = jumping: weight-lifter = jack: career = progress, especially erratic | 7.5 | 2 | |
| 23 | 31 | Right, Leeds' Number One Sprake is in trouble! Don't pick it up! (8) | Answer is SPARKLER – R+L+SPRAKE (anag). Def. refers to firework safety advice | 6 | 4 | |
| 24 | 24 | Lively cracker starting on sailor (7,4) | JUMPING JACK: JUMPING = STARTING, JACK = SAILOR | 5 | ||
| 25 | 27 | One's lit in regal declaration of triumph (or, informally, in regal 'do') (9) | GIRANDOLE: 'I' has lit (settled) in GRAND + OLE (olé); also INREGALDO* ('informally'). Ref. royal fireworks | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 26 | 2 | Brownish slave leaves – reprimand (6, 6) | Double clue (2 dbl defs) for MAROON ROCKET | 4 | 2 | |
| 26 | 21 | Land disastrously in imaginative idiom | Roman Candle; anag in romance & lit; verb to land with unopened parachute | 4 | ||
| 26 | 26 | New York fair delighted with some pyrotechnique display (3,8) | NEWYORKFAIR* | 4 | 3 | |
| 26 | 35 | Saloon conceals the dubious wine list with a spectacular Turner! (14) | CATHERINE-WHEEL: (Saloon = car); ca(the)r; inew = dubious wine; heel = list = CATHERINE-WHEEL = spectacular Turner | 4 | 2 | |
| 30 | 1 | Brocks made this old crock (6). | Solution: "Banger." Explanation: Brocks = old firework manufacturer/old crock = banger (both mean "a decrepit old car". First def. (old crock) not in Chambers, but is in OED). | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | 30 | Reloading crashed sector of 'Minesweeper' program? (9) | Reloading anag. Solution = girandole, a firework or a number of linked mines. Ref. computer game 'Minesweeper' | 3 | 2 | |
| 30 | 41 | Troop flew off into the brilliant sky. (9) | flowerpot: anag=off = troop flew; +clue | 3 | ||
| 30 | 47 | Wondrous story about loony land – this might leave a guy starry-eyed (11, two words) | Def=Roman Candle (star-producing firework) *LAND in ROMANCE | 3 | ||
| 34 | 45 | Without casing, small ordnance explodes in bad landing (11, two words) | ROMAN CANDLE: Anag. (S)MAL(L) ORDNANCE (which is a bad landing, as well as a firework) | 2.5 | 1 | |
| 35 | 22 | Let go with a good French firework (7) | direct = firework = bonfire; let go = fire, good French = bon | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 28 | Peony,Chrysanthemum,Dahlia…any of them could be mine. | Peony,chrysanthemum,Dahlia and mine-Various types of fireworks ref:wikipedia/fireworks | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 39 | This banger turns around and flashes the new car I crashed, to get in tow (14, hyphen) | Catherine-wheel; THE+NEW+CAR+I(anag)+HEEL=to get in tow | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 40 | Toothsome flirting? What fun! Student provides pitched display (9,5) | WHISTLING + WHEE+L | 2 | 1 | |
| 39 | 32 | Rise steeply, such as a crag in Scottish Island, above top of trees (9) | SKYROCKET: rock in Skye + t | 1.5 | ||
| 40 | 12 | Fiery device from a strange country in an extravagant tale.(5,6) | roman c(andl)e | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | 20 | It could cause strikes and violent revolution while pen composed.(8) | PINWHEEL : A wheel in a striking clock which raises the hammer(s); A spinning firework; WHILE PEN* | 1 | 1 | |
| 40 | 33 | Rolls out with Douglas's wife: there could be fireworks! (9,6) | Catherine Wheels – ref Michael not Kurt! | 1 | 1 | |
| 43 | 5 | Denmark/France arson caper became fiery night sky display.(5-3-5) | Force-and-spark:DK+F+arson+caper (anag)= became fiery; +clue | 0.5 | 2 | |
| 44 | 4 | Cases the primordial root in earth with heel. Rose, perhaps. (14, hyphenated) | CATHERINE-WHEEL: CA + THE + R + IN + E + W + HEEL. Both 'Catherine-wheel' and 'rose' are definitions of rose window. | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | 14 | Firework damage covered by £100 (10) | TOURBILLON: OUR BILL in TON | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 15 | For example, a combustible gas generated in cross-fire hurricane? (7,4) | Def= e.g combustible(noun).JUMPING JACK (Flash) it's a GAS(lyrics).(First line lyrics) I was born in a CROSS-FIRE HURRICANE. | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 38 | Standard issue missile found in Reading river, and in France (6) | ROCKET 'Standard issue missile' = def (ref – Standard fireworks, keeping the fireworks theme!); Reading = R (of the three 'R's); river = OCK, (near Abingdon); 'and in France' = ET. | 0 | 2 |