CCCWC March 2011 competition results
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56 clues entered. 35 votes cast (32 competitors, 3 others).
SPRINGTIME
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 | Rod Harling | When Nature's vernal spirits wake And simpering suitor's heart doth break | simpering t* | 63 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 34 | Martin Price | Season well, with herb, we're told. | Def/well = spring/thyme. | 38 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | John Tabraham | Mad misprint, e.g. May? | anag. of "misprint,eg" | 26.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 40 | Mark Sambell | Stretch well before warming-up period | well=SPRING (before) stretch=TIME | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | John Tozer | In ——— you could find temp. rising | anag. & lit. | 20.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | 32 | Kathy Martin | Rising temp? Doctor to find remedy for winter ills. | anag.of "springtime", "doctor" indicates rearrangement | 17 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 41 | David Hampton | Temp. rising about now (9) | (TEMP RISING)*, semi-&lit | 15.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 49 | Shyam | When bud gets new life (10) | SPRIG gets N, TIME(=life); SPRI{N}GTIME; | 15.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 30 | Simon Bates | Re-emergence of prime nights when hour lost (10) | PRIMENIGHTS(-H)*; &lit. | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 48 | Luciano Ward | When branch gets new shoot at its tip, I'm finally here! | SPRI(N)G + shoo(T) + I'M + her(E); for 'tip,' see Chambers; &lit. | 12.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 14 | Gin permits Wilder to produce this for Hitler | anag; ref G Wilder in 'The Producers' | 11.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 16 | In which we might see cuckoo priming exposed nests | *PRIMING (N)EST(S); &lit. | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 18 | It grips men tempestuously when the sap is rising | it grips men*/when the sap is rising <def | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| 14 | 1 | A ———'s met with sap rising perhaps? | Comp Anag – MET + SAP + RISING – A – S; &Lit | 10 | 5 | 1 | |
| 14 | 55 | When youth starts to think of love – leap year, perhaps? | Spring, time: ‘In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love’ | 10 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 42 | Temp rising around this period? | TEMPRISING Anag | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | 20 | Lent season permits gin to be abandoned | anag | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | 36 | Season with salt and pepper initially and combine with herb we're told | S,P + ring + time (cf. 'thyme'); (combine,ring)=syndicate(n) | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| 19 | 46 | Well…I give up ! | well-spring, I give-emit | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 20 | 8 | Comet season? | Come = spring, t = time | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| 21 | 3 | Adjustment per timings occurs annually here? (10) | anagram of per timings | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 27 | Nervy men grip it slowly at first when there's arousal (10) | MENGRIPTIT+S*: Nervy-*indicator MEN GRIP IT S (Slowly at first), Def- when there is arousal. | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 29 | Peach covers empty platter, then porridge; now for the sprouts! | Peach = inform against = sing; empty platter = pr; S(PR)ING; porridge = TIME. now for the sprouts = SPRINGTIME. | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 39 | Sprout season (10) | &lit charade | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 33 | Season well before meat is grilled, as for the chop | spring + anag meat less as | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | 5 | Arise with life's annual rebirth | SPRING+TIME | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | 10 | Dawn, what are you doing inside? It's warming up outside, now | spring + time (inside = in prison = where one does time) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 47 | What's the betting the barman will do this when things kick off? | SP (starting price) + RING TIME. Def: when things kick off? | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 29 | 15 | I arrange with temps to call in, anticipating start of summer season. | sp(ring)time…. 'I…TEMPS' anag. (ring = call) | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 22 | May e.g. start sentence? | start=spring, time=sentence | 4.5 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 28 | Odds on head of employment taking on bell-boy for the season | SP (odds) + E[mployment] around RING (bell) + TIM (boy) | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 51 | When leaves emerge, release band around base of elm | SPRING + TIE about (el)M | 4.5 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 54 | When we see sun start to prevail and bird call is beheld? | S P + TIME containing RING, &lit | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 34 | 6 | Book of the Bible that follows trap set by snake, finally, 6 months before “ the Fall” | spring(=trap) followed by tim (=Timothy)+e. Fall= autumn. | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 34 | 35 | Season well with thyme picked up by Mike! | Season = Springtime Well = spring + homophone time/thyme Homophone indicator = picked up by mike | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 36 | 7 | By arrangement prints images shot as winter ended (10) | (PRINTS IMAGES -AS)* | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 12 | Emerging flower! Bird on the wing! | spring (emerging water flow) + time (bird, prison on RHS) &Lit | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 36 | 45 | Translation of 'printemps' – I gave initially, "when sheep finally is shorn after winter" (10) | Anagram of (PRINTEMPS + I + G – P). Surface references 'printemps' – french for spring | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 53 | When there's a leap year, for example, it's around Easter. | Defn: around Easter; leap=spring; year, for example = time. | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 2 | Absolutely the wrong season to experience the beauty of Niagara Falls? | (Fall=Autumn, Niagara = a county of NY) | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 13 | First period, first exchange (10) | Direct = first period first = SP(ecial), exchange = RING TIME at weddings! | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 24 | May release forwards and backwards | SPRING + EMIT backwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 43 | 37 | Season's spell in gaol after special run in with head of garda | TIME after SP + R + IN + G | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 56 | Wrongly misinterpreting, having knocked out Milan team, "This is the season of rebirth" | Anagram MIS[inter]PRETING. Ref Spurs` high hopes in Europe this season, even though of course, it was AC Milan they knocked out (They DID beat Inter Milan but…) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | 4 | April playfully trips me in passing, after all | *(TRIPS ME IN)+G | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | 19 | It grips men with fresh excitement | Anag. & (just about!) lit | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 47 | 9 | Crossing the Channel "Printemps" somehow acquires German influence at first but loses power | ("Printemps" should be in italics as though it were a ship.) anag + G I less P. Def is printemps across the channel ie. in Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 | 11 | During this season, Astaire enjoyed his Easter Parade premiere and Rogers first took the leading woman's role in another of his films. | Definition: During this season Astaire enjoyed his Easter. P (Parade premiere) + R (Rogers first) replace W (leading woman's) in SWING TIME (a great Astaire/Rogers movie). | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 47 | 23 | "May hurt – Prepare," says Dean out of the Blue | Sting+Prime (Spoonerism) Rev. Spooner was a Dean of Oxford University | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 47 | 25 | May schedule end of sentence | Spring month + time indicator, and time of springing from prison | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 26 | May, with previous spells, develop rising temp. | Anag; previous spells=March/April or medical history; gets warmer, hopefully! | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 31 | Renewal period… Get spin from a rim? | Anag: get+spin+rim | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 47 | 38 | Spit and grime have no beginning oddly during these few months(10) | spit+grime+no beginning(n) jumble(oddly-anag indicator) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 43 | The Minister & PG tips during the season of Easter tea parties. | minister+pg = anag(tips) + def | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 44 | The waxing tide to move suddenly upon occasion | Def: The waxing tide, the time of growth = SPRINGTIME; to move suddenly = SPRING, occasion = TIME | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 50 | When couple briefly might be entertained by dawn chorus? | couple (pair)= briefly PR. Dawn chorus? = SING TIME | 0 | 0 | 1 |