CCCWC November 2010 competition results
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51 clues entered. 35 votes cast (32 competitors, 3 others).
PASTEBOARD
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | James Glassonbury | Tastes Co-op bread for a change, having lost Tesco card (10) | comp.anag. tas(tes co)-op bread minus Tesco. Card = def. | 64.5 | 7 |
| 2 | 33 | Tim Moorey | One heartless bastard at work is behind parking ticket | P + anag less n | 46.5 | 7 |
| 3 | 22 | Ava Hong | Fake beard tops a disguise | Def: fake ; beardtopsa* | 34.5 | 4 |
| 4 | 25 | Andrew Varney | Flimsy breast pad shifts, hiding nothing! | O in (breast pad)*; def. = "flimsy" (see Collins) | 33 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | Luciano Ward | Five of hearts…four of clubs…or a spade taken at random? | Anag. of T (hearTs) + B (cluBs) + OR A SPADE; &lit: alternative examples of a playing card | 21 | 4 |
| 5 | 51 | Paul Coulter | Ticket reserved? Step aboard | (step aboard)* | 21 | 2 |
| 7 | 26 | John Tozer | Hack bad at prose? This paper needs to be firm | anag. | 20.5 | 3 |
| 8 | 29 | Trevor Crowther | Made up after row in crumpled bed | 'made up' as sham. PAST + OAR in anag of BED | 17.5 | 1 |
| 9 | 46 | Michael Semple | Step aboard transport – it's just the ticket! | Step aboard – anagram, transport – anagrind, ticket – Pasteboard. | 14.5 | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | Martin Price | Material for book covers stuff directors are after. | Def. ("material for book covers")/stuff = defeat heavily = paste + directors = board. | 12.5 | 2 |
| 10 | 36 | Mike Baker | Pizza topping he dropped in a broadsheet somehow gets paper stuck firmly together | P + A BROADSHEET* – HE | 12.5 | 3 |
| 12 | 13 | Bed so badly made with a prat getting sheets stuck together | anag. | 12 | 2 | |
| 13 | 37 | Probes data in order to find card | "Probes data": anag. card = definition | 11.5 | 1 | |
| 14 | 3 | A card to stick on the table | Def = A card… | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 14 | 45 | Step aboard craft that's flimsy? | stepaboard*, Defn: flimsy | 10.5 | 2 | |
| 16 | 16 | Boaster swaggered along path, the card! | Anag BOASTER in PAD (path); ALONG = through | 10 | ||
| 16 | 47 | Step lively! One inside! Get on! That's the ticket. | Anag including 'a' + def of 'board' + definition. | 10 | 2 | |
| 18 | 5 | Ad: a poster devised on this? | Anag &lit. | 9 | 3 | |
| 18 | 27 | Hard paper for History gets a B, D or E (FAIL) | Defn: Hard paper; PAST + (a,B,D,OR,E)* | 9 | 3 | |
| 20 | 14 | Black Rod getting stuck outside essential before admission? | B=Black, OAR=Rod in PASTED=stuck; def. 'essential before admission?'; ref. State Opening of Parliament | 8 | ||
| 20 | 18 | Card from Beat Poet stealing Kerouac's heart | PASTE (to beat decisively) + BARD (poet) around ker(O)uac; Ref. to the Beat Poets, who included Jack Kerouac. | 8 | 1 | |
| 22 | 10 | Bad seaport weather – ticket next to worthless | anag. (weather = become disintegrated); 2 defs | 7.5 | 2 | |
| 22 | 17 | Busting par , boasted an impressive card | (par boasted)* | 7.5 | ||
| 24 | 1 | A bad sport furious about Spain's poor susbtitute | E in (a bad sport)* ; def=poor substitute | 5.5 | 1 | |
| 24 | 11 | Bade pastor bad rubbish | * bade pastor | 5.5 | ||
| 26 | 49 | Tailor adapts robe, cutting a dash in vain? | Anag ind by 'tailor' ADAPTS+ROBE; 'cutting a dash'=showy; pasteboard=trumpery=showy but worthless | 5 | 2 | |
| 27 | 15 | Black type's primarily a spade or club | (B T A SPADE OR)* (club = throw into confusion) & lit. | 4 | 2 | |
| 27 | 20 | Doctor separated both,removing the binding medium | *ANAG SEPARATED BOTH(- THE) Doctor-anag.indicator | 4 | ||
| 27 | 39 | Sham oddly plays note before group of examiners | p(l)a(y)s) + te + board | 4 | ||
| 30 | 31 | Mock the afflicted sap — a debtor | Anag. | 3.5 | 1 | |
| 30 | 42 | Showy but worthless screwball adopts bear | (ADOPTS BEAR)* | 3.5 | 2 | |
| 32 | 7 | An old ticket for Bardo's "One Step" performance | BARDO+A+STEP (anag) ref to UK's 1982 Eurovision entry, "One Step Further" by Bardo | 3 | 1 | |
| 32 | 38 | Shakespeare (bard) host, without her calling card. | anag (shakes) peare+bard+host-her; def | 3 | ||
| 34 | 44 | Something one might play providing father set up table | pa + anag. 'set' + board | 2.5 | ||
| 35 | 2 | A calling card to bear's pad? Dangerous! | calling card=def + anag | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | 32 | OAP covers bets returned with unled card – commonly one of 52. | BETS in OAP, all rev + (C)ARD. Def = (slang) playing card | 2 | ||
| 35 | 43 | Smears on directors of Halifax said to be false | Smears = pays (Ch2); sounds like pays t' board; false =(def) | 2 | ||
| 38 | 6 | Add broad tapes and you'll get this card. | Anagram of "broad + tapes" = pasteboard ( card/ticket ) | 1 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Criminal departs, having gained nothing in British Airways work area | Anag DEPARTS with B(O)A inserted. Definition is 'work area' (pasteboard is a work area that simulates the area used in the non-software creation of layouts) | 1 | ||
| 38 | 28 | Is making stiff paper doable? That's piffle! (10) | Comp. anag – PASTEBOARD + PIFFLE <=> STIFF PAPER DOABLE; semi &lit | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | 34 | Phoney breast soaped lasciviously without shame – extremes! (10) | Def = phoney Anagram of breast soaped minus SE (extreme letters of shame) | 1 | ||
| 38 | 40 | Sham stuff involving boaters being twirled | def 'sham'; (boaters)* in pad; ref Black and White Minstrels and suchlike | 1 | ||
| 43 | 4 | A debtor's secretary plays card to beat the directors. | Anagram of PA (secretary) + A DEBTORS. Two definitions. | 0 | ||
| 43 | 8 | Archived electronic table displays one of the devil's books | devil's books = playing-cards | 0 | ||
| 43 | 9 | Backing a paper that could divide the room, assuming both sides attendance. | Backing and a paper are descriptive. Both sides (l and r) in pasteboard give plasterboard which could be used to divide the room! | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | 12 | Baker's former vehicle for surfing the internet? (10) | past (former) e-board (used for surfing the net??), on which a baker rolls out pastry dough | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | 21 | Fake a click-on in edit panel (10) | click-on in edit = paste (like copy,paste…); panel = board ; direct = fake | 0 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Flashy spa to be given make-over on age-old principles of anally retentive design | Down clue. SPATOBE* + A + R + D. (Obs. meaning of "principle" is "beginning".) Def.: Flashy, ie, trumpery. | 0 | ||
| 43 | 35 | Phoney petards burst about vicious economiser | (PETARDS)* around BOA (constrictor) | 0 | ||
| 43 | 41 | Should we view a debauched bard as poet or knave? | anag BARDASPOET, indicator debauched=corrupt, defn knave (playing-card) | 0 | ||
| 43 | 48 | Stiff sheets on bed of Sparta? | (bed o' Sparta)* | 0 |