CCCWC April 2011 competition results
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36 clues entered. 43 votes cast (29 competitors, 14 others).
Anagram of 38 letters (Anagram)
KATE AND WILLIAM'S ROYAL WEDDING CELEBRATION
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Tim Moorey | Delectable looker, lady-in-waiting's main draw | ref Pippa Middleton | 71 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 34 | Kathy Martin | We're at magical day in London – Will takes bride. | 62.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 25 | John Tozer | New Diana? Girl totally liked became a Windsor | 56 | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 | 32 | Tom Borland | Welcome break, rallying nation? "Twaddle", said I | 51 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 36 | Barry Solomons | Windsor alliance? Break away Middleton..leg it! | 48.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 26 | Shyam | Olé! I knew I'd marry a bald lad to get nice in-laws! | 43.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 17 | Alastair Gerrard | "I do" – Wow! Great! CIA men kill Bin Laden days later. | Seal team 6, who carried out OBL raid referred to in press as 'Praetorian Guard' for CIA. | 38 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Mike Baker | Coy, radiant bride taken down aisle will gleam | 33.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 8 | John Tabraham | Big story in Wonderland – will Alice make a date? | 23 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 35 | Keith A. Simmonds | William weds an adoring, delicately born Kate. | 22 | 0 | 5 | |
| 11 | 14 | Girl necked a lot by an elite airman, (Di's lad). Wow! | Reference: the kisses on the balcony. "Elite" used as adjective, (Chambers). | 18 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | 11 | Diana's boy knew Middleton girl well – ace tiara !! | Reference the couple's long-standing relationship since they first met at St Andrews University nearly 10 years ago, and the 1936 Cartier diamond 'halo' tiara lent to the bride by the Queen, originally made for the Queen's father as a gift to her mother. | 17.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 13 | 1 | A congenially warm, dateable Windsor? Liked it! | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 21 | King-to-be married local lady – i.e. wanted in-laws | 16 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 23 | Markedly long-awaited alliance: bride "owns" it! | Cheers, all | 16 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 6 | A new Diana I. I render Will totally gobsmacked | The letters seemed obstinately republican, but, as a monarchist, I thought that the likes of "Loyal twaddle! I, Wales, banking on, er, matricide", "An icon à la raw sly Di? K. Middleton, beware! Leg it!" & even "A little like Diana. Downer was: only Cambridge" inappropriate to the occasion. | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 24 | Maybe we are all calling: "Di tied a Windsor knot." | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Did we not make a great Windsor alliance, Billy! | 9.5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Golden brace said 'we will' in a marked tonality. | 6 | 0 | |||
| 20 | 33 | Well-liked tragic Lady Di wannabe? Moi? Treason! | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 22 | Mad, we all binge-drink a loyal toast. Wine? Cider! | 5 | 0 | |||
| 22 | 31 | Wee Middleton girl saw a nice tall boy in a dark … | Lese-majesté prevents this clue from going any further. | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 30 | We two need slick, oily, dead brilliant anagram? | 3 | 1 | |||
| 24 | 3 | a dewy, sentimental and weird biological lark | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 4 | A know-it-all boy meets ideal girl? Danced in raw! | Anagram | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 2 | A day woman will belie rain to gladden tickers! | Ref to sun coming out rather than rain forecast; belie=deny; tickers=hearts | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 5 | A national wet, like Lord & Lady Cambridge's wine. | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 7 | Big do (a nation wild rally?): wear a selected mink! | Not sure if a "direct" is required; if it is, then "Big do" can perform double duties! | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Elaborate, mad rite lacking any odd news…? "I will!" | Best wishes, William and Kate! | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Grace Kelly and Diana? Diarist, libel two women! | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 18 | I WLTM IDEAL WONGA-LADEN YORKS BIRD IN LACE, TEA | How it all began. (WLTM – personal ads 'would like to meet'.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 19 | Ideal roar – Can king-to-be, Willy Wales, demand it? | Organised cheering along the wedding route | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Inebriated wallydraigles not wedlock mania | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 26 | 27 | So bewailing and altercation kill dewy dream! | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 28 | TELL ALL! A WINDSOR KING WED A CITY DAME IN A ROBE! | Capitalisation is deliberate (for the 'screaming headlines effect'). | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 29 | Wales' big day – new tailor clad maid in torn leek? | Ref. to speculation about 'the dress', plus contemporary fashion take on Welsh emblem. | 0 | 0 |