CCCWC May 2011 competition results
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46 clues entered. 42 votes cast (36 competitors, 6 others).
IRONSIDE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Mike Lunan | Puritan in prison pens first parts of religious opus | Puritan = def. r o in inside = in prison. Ref Bunyan | 53.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 46 | Margaret Irvine | Wrongly imprisoned MP comes out fighting Parliamentarian | imprisoned* minus MP; def=fighting parliamentarian | 49 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | John Appleton | Cavalry to press on? | IRON (press) + SIDE (on, for example = side in cricket). Ref. Cromwell's Ironside Cavalry | 32.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 24 | Dave Parfitt | I rode around busting sin | IRODE around SIN anag. & lit.; verb 'bust' can be intransitive or transitive; def. = a Puritan cavalryman | 31.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | Daphne Titus-Rees | De Niro is disguised as old English king | De Niro (actor) is disguised (anagram indicator) as old English King (Edmund II) | 25.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 33 | John Tozer | One charged against flank protecting King | R in ion + side & lit; Roundhead cavalryman | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Denis Borris | Chief of Detectives travelling in wheelchair, on sidewalk (8) | Direct = Chief of Detectives : Robert T. Ironside (confined to wheelchair in TV series). Container: wheelchaIR ON SIDEwalk | 23.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 44 | James Glassonbury | This Cromwellian's order is "Ride on!" | "order" anagrind ISRIDEON. Cromwellian cavalryman = IRONSIDE. & lit. | 20.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 32 | Andrew Taylor | Old trooper, inside or out. | Anagram. | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | Rod Harling | Cromwell: I'd Erin so destroyed. | I'd Erin so*, ref C's conquering of Ireland | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Edmund Blackadder finally dies in first offensive manoeuvre | Edmund IRONSIDE (English King). blackadde(R)+ DIES IN (O)ffensive manoeuvre (anag) | 15.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 12 | 20 | Edmund, the product of cruel derision. | Edmund II anagram of DERISION | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | 8 | Club team produces man of great strength | iron + side | 12.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 18 | Don's ire provoked by one fighter who took on King | I + *DON'S IRE; def. 'fighter who took on King'; ref. Don King, boxing promoter | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 34 | One joined up to serve in cavalry guards against head of state | i + on (= against) s in ride (= serve as a cavalryman) &lit | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 35 | One name received by soldier, contrived to express 'flank of metal' | I + n in anag. less l & lit. | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 37 | Puritan club team | Club= Iron; team=side = Puritan | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | 21 | Feline? He's no pussycat! | Cheeky joining of Fe(IRON) + line(SIDE) indicated by the ? | 11.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 19 | 12 | Derision affected Cromwell | Anagram of derision affected is the anagind, Cromwell was known as ironside | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 13 | Derision crippled detective | Anag &lit (sorta!) | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 36 | One part of the team following Roundheads' leader? | &lit. I(one)+ONSIDE(part of the team-OED) following R(oundheads') Def = One of Cromwell's Ironsides. | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | 27 | Man of resolution's weapons, personality and energy | Irons + id + e | 8.5 | 2 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Cavalryman bent tin soldier after angry Lieutenant quit (8) | Anagram of tin soldier, less LT | 8 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 | 15 | Dick on the tube getting pushed around a lot, like Edmund. | Dick = detective, and he was in a wheelchair. | 8 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 25 | I rode in Sheffield's first troop, perhaps | Anag. I RODE IN S, & lit.; Ref Colonel Thomas Sheffield of the New Model Army | 8 | 3 | 4 | |
| 23 | 41 | Stir up derision for one of Cromwell's men. | anag. of "derision", Cromwell's army known as Ironsides | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 | 30 | Maybe Jeremy Kyle's latest screening: "I date a man determined to have his way!" | IRONS + E around ID | 7.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 28 | 11 | De Niro starts to spar in 'Raging Bull'… | Anagram of (DE NIRO + S{-PAR} + I{-N}), Anagram indicator – RAGING, definition – BULL. Reference to the American actor and his award-winning film, where he plays a boxer. | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 28 | 31 | Old battler found by West Ham – a team without a leader | IRONS + (S)IDE . Def. refers to a Cromwellian soldier. Clue refers to West Ham's (often called the Irons) onfield problems and appt of Allardyce | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | 38 | "Puritan" = desiring no grand love affair? | (DESIRINg, O)* | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 40 | Puritan initially, is Ryan in a position to score? | Def/i(s) + R(yan) + onside; score = "to succeed in having sexual intercourse" – (ref allegedly philandering footballer with a penchant for injunctions). | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 28 | 42 | Stout chap straddling contrary steed is no rider | Hidden ('straddling') reversed ('contrary'); stout = resolute; in surface, 'contrary' has stress on second syllable | 7 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 6 | Chains dating from Caesar's time shortened to make wheelchair part | IRONS (chains) + IDE(s) (dating from Caesar's time shortened); wheelchair part = def. (a TV disabled detective) | 6.5 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Did this detective get derision after being pushed around? | Anagram + Detective Ironside, pushed around in wheelchair. | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 22 | F-fearless leader? | Iron side = F of Fe | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 23 | Gun lobby stalwart | IRON(gun)+SIDE(lobby, as in one side of an argument/vote). Def=stalwart | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 37 | 2 | A TV series with Raymond…is it all in derision? | Raymond Burr in IRONSIDE…Anagram DERISION | 2 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 3 | Burr – not half horrid noise – roughly fitted this role | anag(rid noise) ; ref R Burr TV series | 2 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Disabled, disoriented, backward detective? Not! | &lit clue referring to the classic TV detective, Ironside, who was wheel-chair bound; DISABLED is anagram indicator for DISORIENTED – TED = backward detective (DET reversed) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 28 | Man-made of steel from ore cast by hand | Ore cast(iron) by hand(side), def = man made of steel. | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 41 | 45 | West Ham's identity? English Republican | Irons = nickname for WHU + ID + E = Cromwell | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | 14 | Derision erupts for Scunthorpe United team | Anagram of derision; "Iron" + side | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | 1 | A sort of Christian Talib, I was undisturbed about sin, surprisingly. | A sort of Christian Talib = defn. I + RODE (= was undisturbed, Chambers) around SIN*. | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 26 | Ignore Sid – no good troubled TV Detective | Anagram of Ignore Sid without 'g' | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Maybe goose what a poseur puts on after Oliver, for instance | IRON + SIDE. Goose = (a) a tailor’s iron (b) to hiss off the stage. A poseur puts on “side”. Oliver = (a) popular musical (b) Cromwell, known as Ironside | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 43 | Strong brave out derision (8) | DERISION* | 0 | 1 | 1 |