CCCWC April 2008 competition results
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41 clues entered.
PHAT
APRIL CLUE WRITING COMPETITION – PHAT (4) – THE RESULTS
I thought there were some excellent clues to choose from in this competition, and I believe that they found their way to the top!
A wonderfully succinct clue bags the prize – but only just! So, commiserations to Dave for JUST missing out, but still a creditable effort.
Well done to all and of course apologies for keeping you waiting so long, but here are…
THE RESULTS
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Chris Jeremy | Grand piano lid | grand= def. p+hat | 43 | 6 |
| 2 | 39 | Dave Crooks | Up the ante, when the odds are dropping? That's fine! | Straightforward – (u) P (t) H (e) A (n) T (e), plus definition as per Chambers. | 42 | 5 |
| 3 | 27 | Ian Harper | Rap's term for what's foremost? | Term = end: P for W in WHAT: &lit | 26.5 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | Jenny Mackenzie | Cap on parking fine | Cap = hat, on P for parking, def. fine. | 25 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Peter Cargill | Cool tango with a hot piano backing | T + A H P rev | 23 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | Dave Parfitt | 'Hot' in rap circles | H in TAP rev. & lit.; the usage of 'phat' is very much associated with rap music | 23 | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | mark oshin | Nymph's rear moving in a way that's sexy | H relocated in PATH | 22.5 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | John Tozer | Certain pairs of physical attributes can make you this? | ph(ysical) at(tributes) & lit. | 13.5 | 3 |
| 9 | 37 | Dave Howard | They say grease is sexy, when applied to a woman | FAT homophone | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Robin Gilbert | At last, a pub that’s with it | AT following P(ublic)H(ouse) – abbrev. in Chambers Dict. of Crossword Abbrev. (cf, OS maps). Def: “that's with it” (ie, with sex appeal).] | 10 | |
| 11 | 6 | Excellent – hose's nozzle goes in perfectly | h(ose) in pat | 8 | 2 | |
| 12 | 14 | Hip-hop, hatefully, enshrines cool | Embedded | 7.5 | 3 | |
| 12 | 38 | Traffic warden's habit? Chasing parking fine | P + HAT | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 14 | 5 | Ditching Sabbath, Ozzie works alone on "Paranoid" intro. It's Excellent! | P + HATS – S: Ozzie Osbourne was leader and founder member of the band Black Sabbath before solo & celebrity career – "Paranoid" was Sabbath's best known song | 7 | 2 | |
| 14 | 29 | Rubenesque, say | &lit homophone | 7 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Fine paid initially by bowler perhaps | P(aid) + HAT, bowler being one | 6 | 2 | |
| 16 | 18 | Hot, making knob swell | H in PAT=knob (butter); &lit. | 6 | 3 | |
| 16 | 19 | If hot tap's broken, it may be cool or heard to be dripping, for instance | anag of h tap; def = 'cool'; homophone of fat | 6 | 3 | |
| 16 | 25 | Plump is said to be the new sexy | Plump=Fat >said> Phat +def. | 6 | 1 | |
| 20 | 11 | Grand piano -- something you may associate with the shows of Flanders and Swann | p + hat: ref. At The Drop Of A Hat/ Another Hat with DS at the piano | 5.5 | 3 | |
| 21 | 30 | Sexy and, we're told, fulsome | homophone of "fat" | 5 | 1 | |
| 22 | 8 | Fine that is altered as tolls change for polls | i.e. change the t to a p in 'that' | 4 | 2 | |
| 22 | 17 | Hot, in, hit | P[H]AT &lit | 4 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Hot group and fans offer a rendition of this Fab Four song | Composite anagram: HOT GROUP FANS* = PHAT FOUR SONG; Fab = PHAT | 3 | ||
| 25 | 41 | When first time's soft, that's sexy | p (soft) for first t (time) in 'that' | 2.5 | ||
| 26 | 40 | Vietnamese leader put pressure on cardinal | p+hat ref. Hu?nh Tan Phát | 2 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Fine, got from parking alongside pillbox, perhaps | P + (example of a) HAT | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | 33 | Sexy yapping broad! | direct = sexy ; broad = fat (sounds like phat) ; yapping = indicator | 1 | ||
| 27 | 34 | Sexy-looking in top hats | Sexy (=PHAT)-looking in toP HATs | 1 | ||
| 30 | 31 | Sexy part capturing hearts, Angelina’s face (or rear!) | h a in pt; A Jolie | 0.5 | ||
| 31 | 10 | First-class: definitive. "Philately!" I yell out, erroneously! | Anag. of PHILATELY minus I-Y-E-L-L. First-class; definitive = stamps | 0 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Great outcry inevitable if decisions by a Muslim judicial authority are introduced | Muslim judicial decisions introduced = FATwahs; Great outcry ~ sounds like PHAT -(great=excellent) | 0 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Jumpin' Jehosophat, there's a sexy lady in there!! | The expression Jumpin Jehosophat contains `Phat' and is an expression of awe which the word PHAT symbolises. Phat is said to be an acronym of " Pretty Hot and Tempting," or "pretty hips,ass & tits" or "Pretty hot and thick" | 0 | ||
| 31 | 22 | Penny and tammy are sexy | P + HAT, def = sexy | 0 | ||
| 31 | 23 | Phew, if any slimmers would rather be .... sexy! | missing word; deliberate misprint: ph sounds like f | 0 | ||
| 31 | 24 | Photograph attractive chick – fit in this | Hidden/def (fit = "sexually attractive) | 0 | ||
| 31 | 26 | Provide top capital cover, now that is cool! | P + hat = phat | 0 | ||
| 31 | 28 | Rap's ultimate "all that" – tall order to carry out! | raP+all tHAT (anag. of tall del. & lit.) | 0 | ||
| 31 | 32 | Sexy walk getting one hot under the collar? | walk = path with "h" moving upwards (collar being just below head)] | 0 | ||
| 31 | 35 | She was a "fine" thing initially – presently her assets terrify | first letters of last four words in clue | 0 | ||
| 31 | 36 | Street smart people lead overhead expense | The street word for “smart!” = the first letter of “people” + hat (overhead expense) | 0 |