CCCWC May 2010 competition results
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53 clues entered. 51 votes cast (41 competitors, 10 others).
VOLCANIC ASHES
We nearly had a new CCCWC mafia! The winners from the last two months were jockeying for top spot almost all the way through the voting, but then up popped AR Devanathan to steal it! Well done AR, first time in the frame. Congratulations also to Margaret and Andrew – close behind, and showing good consistency. David and Ken complete the podium in what was a most enjoyable competition – many thanks for the entertainment!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | A.R.DEVANATHAN | Have no classic solution to what is troubling the Airlines lately. | Anag of the first three words | 53.5 | |
| 2 | 32 | Margaret Irvine | Loss via chance eruption? | Anag, &lit | 45 | 7 |
| 3 | 42 | Andrew Varney | Resort vacancies – the result of ———, with hols abroad cancelled? | comp. anag. & lit. (i.e. VACANCIES* = VOLCANICASHES* – HOLS*); resort2 | 44 | 7 |
| 4 | 37 | David Harry | Problem that's grounded BA planes; trouble one can solve with injection of money | ‘Cash’ in anag. ‘1 can solve’: strike threat has caused BA flight cancellations | 31.5 | 4 |
| 5 | 47 | Ken Horne | They have no classic material, but could form an explosive rock band. | anagram – HAVE NO CLASSIC | 29.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 44 | Mike Baker | The access on air travel might be restored as these retreat | Comp. anag, & lit. (the access on air travel = volcanic ashes retreat*) | 27 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | Trevor Crowther | Clouds gathering over Europe – 'c'est fou, cach' les avions!' | Anag of CACHLESAVIONS | 24.5 | 3 |
| 8 | 20 | Easwar Aiyar | Eruption in Iceland? So? Such vast spewing of dust! | Anag. of ICELAND SO SUCH VAST minus DUST &lit | 24 | 3 |
| 9 | 23 | Vinod Raman | Flying lava inches so alarmingly across the top of clouds to form these! | (LAVA INCHES SO)* across C | 23.5 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Jack Cook | Aftermath of exploding scenic lava show out west | anag – w &Lit | 23 | 1 |
| 11 | 51 | What can keep you grounded? Playing chess and viola can! | (CHESS+VIOLA+CAN)* | 22.5 | 1 | |
| 12 | 50 | What can disrupt flights? Diffuse havoc isle’s brought about can | HAVOCISLES anag. around CAN | 22 | 3 | |
| 13 | 12 | Can veils and chaos result from these erupting? (13, 2 words) | Anag &Lit; ref: clouds and flight chaos | 21.5 | 2 | |
| 14 | 8 | Bonkers have no classic telltale signs of vigorous natural emissions | HAVE NO CLASSIC* | 17 | 1 | |
| 15 | 46 | These disrupted lives – Chaos can result | Anag & lit | 16 | 3 | |
| 16 | 15 | Chose Calais – not various capitals – puzzled why planes were grounded | Anagram (puzzled) of CHOSE CALAIS N V (capital letters of not various) | 15.5 | 2 | |
| 17 | 1 | ——— ——— moving in, so CAA have closed almost all flying around | SoCAaHAVeCLOSEd* around IN*(apologies – I can't persuade the dashes to be underscores) | 15 | 2 | |
| 17 | 53 | Without a hint of doubt, Iceland's havoc's bizarre cause | (ICELANDS HAVOCS)* – D(oubt); semi &lit | 15 | 2 | |
| 19 | 41 | Repeated output of Eyjafjallajökull could produce vocal achiness | anag., ref. Icelandic volcano | 14.5 | 1 | |
| 20 | 36 | Potentially explosive Test series leading to disruptive dust-up? | Double def. Ref., eg, Gatting & "Shakoor Rana affair" in 1987 England-Pakistan Test series. | 14 | 2 | |
| 21 | 30 | Likely to erupt, as he's missed flights – because of this. | Part def (volcanic)/as he's (=ashes)/def. | 13.5 | 3 | |
| 22 | 7 | Airborne debris depositing a thousand ounces upset Czechoslovakians | (CZECHOSLOVAKIANS -K -OZ)* | 13 | 1 | |
| 23 | 28 | Is a chance irresponsibly taken by Air France flights when encountering these? | anag. in VOLS (the latter being French for flights) | 11.5 | 3 | |
| 24 | 19 | Dust off lava. She's conic! | Dust=def.; Off(anag.) | 11 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Can his vocal performance lead to drugs? These won't let him get high! | Anag (performance) of CANHISVOCAL followed by ES (drugs). Ref. volcanic ashes grounding air traffic! | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 25 | 35 | Peculiarly vain and initially cocky, lose cash in bar of Rover's Return | (vain c lose cash)*, def 'bar of Rover's Return'. | 10.5 | 3 | |
| 27 | 2 | A large aircraft carrying ordinary, not upper classes. One realises assets, stretched, may cause frustrating delays before take-off. | Large aircraft = VULCAN (bomber) with O instead of U : followed by I. CASHES=realises assets C ASHES (stretched CASHES) – then reference to recent flying restrictions. | 9.5 | ||
| 27 | 40 | Remains of money spent in illegal Vice Salon! (8,5) | direct = remains volcaniC ASHes : money = CASH, vice salon = volcanies anagramed (illegal = indicator) | 9.5 | 1 | |
| 29 | 3 | AA remains? | &lit; AA = volcanic (a type of lava) + remains = ashes. AA is typically extruded from explosive vents producing both lava (the rock) and ash (the remains) | 9 | ||
| 29 | 6 | Aftermath of Pompeiian catastrophe – tough, by the sound of it! | "tuff" (sounds like "tough") is volcanic ash. | 9 | 2 | |
| 31 | 4 | Accommodation for hols – vacancies for air travellers from Iceland, perhaps | anagram of (accommodation for) hols vacancies, def = air travellers from Iceland, perhaps | 8 | 2 | |
| 31 | 34 | Peak output from wings necessary; each is damaged by sulphur (13; 2 words) | Peak output = definition; vol = wings; can (loo) = necessary; anag: each is; by s (sulphur) = ic ashes | 8 | ||
| 31 | 48 | This lava cone's caught erupting, spewing out tons of atmospheric debris (8,5) | [THIS LAVA CONES + C] anagram minus T | 8 | 1 | |
| 34 | 45 | Their havoc in scale's unpredictable | Anag | 7.5 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Exploding cone's lava chips, dropping a bit of pyroclastic dust | Anag of CONES LAVA CHIPS minus P, def=DUST; &lit. | 7 | 1 | |
| 36 | 21 | Even Fascists, in havoc, outside Eyjafjallajokull spewing this! | ACSS + in havoc +EL anag.(spewing); this = def | 6.5 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Clio van breaks down. Realizes the cause. | Anagram and definition of realizes = cashes. | 6 | ||
| 38 | 14 | C-coal vanishes forming cloud of dust pouring from chimney | C-COAL VANISHES (anag). Chimney = volcanic vent (Chambers) | 5 | 1 | |
| 38 | 18 | Create fresh havoc isle's can | anag. & lit. | 5 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Havoc's played with scale in conic projections? | anag. HAVOC'S + SCALE + IN; def. 'conic projections?' | 5 | 2 | |
| 38 | 49 | Voices split three ways about last of geothermal cooler and dust in cinders from subterranean explosion | VO + IC + ES containing (geotherma)L + CAN (cooler) + ASH | 5 | ||
| 42 | 43 | Such may disperse to vanish ultimately into calces | (vanish [int]o, calces)* & lit. Disperse (vi). See calx | 4.5 | 2 | |
| 43 | 27 | I am expelled from wild Io's lava mechanics | anag – IAM, &lit; Ref: Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io | 4 | ||
| 44 | 38 | Pyroclastic dust from Iceland – havoc's created when drifting from Germany to Sweden. | Anag: 'Iceland havoc's' with D(Germany) replaced by S(Sweden). | 3.5 | 1 | |
| 45 | 26 | Hot items from Fuji range perhaps classic? No, have to be improved | anag; Mount Fuji | 3 | 1 | |
| 46 | 29 | It wrought havoc with class in Evindarhólar initially | anag | 2 | ||
| 47 | 52 | Will this bankrupt a few travel agents this year? It certainly did for Calicos Havens. | 'did for' as anagram ind. | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 48 | 11 | Can I write notes in books about a hazard to travel? | VOL (book) CANI (Can I) CA (notes) SHE (a) S (from books) Defn. hazard to travel? | 1 | ||
| 49 | 9 | Calvino cashes in on pulverized lava perhaps | anag. for Calvino cashes and &lit puverized lava | 0 | ||
| 49 | 13 | Cancels his VOA programme 'cause of flight disruptions ? He-ass !(8,5) | CANCELSHISVOA* ,Def-causee of flight disruptions,HE-ASS-&lit.application of Volcanic(as*ind.) on ASHES | 0 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Loose chicanas being humped by tricks for dust | Anag CHICANAS in VOLES; HUMPED = carried, DUST = money | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | 33 | Never departs when Iceland's havoc strews sulphur & this | VOLCANIC ASHE+S (ICELANd'S HAVOC)* | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | 39 | Pyroclastics have an ill outcome for this party (13, 2 words) | Compound anag: volcanic ashes party = pyroclastics have an. "Ill" is anagrind. Almost & lit. | 0 | 2 |