CCCWC June 2011 competition results
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51 clues entered. 38 votes cast (36 competitors, 2 others).
FAULT
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Rob Jones | Mistake from Taufel unfortunately, and England's opener has to go | Anag – e. Ref. Simon Taufel one of the World's top cricket umpires | 52 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 8 | Andrew Taylor | Bad service from Basil, we hear, lacking Polly's finish. | Homophone of FAWLTY, less Y. | 48 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 47 | Mike Baker | Unacceptable service leads to Fawlty Towers' Manuel regularly getting pounded. | FT containing mAnUeL; def = unacceptable service (tennis) | 35.5 | 1 | |
| 4 | 36 | Margaret Irvine | Result of foot crossing a centre-court line? | A (co)U(rt) L in ft, &lit (ref foot fault & centre court W'don) | 28.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 34 | Dave Parfitt | Problem experienced turning base into precious metal | FELT with E (logarithmic base) becoming AU | 26 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | Tim Moorey | Clipping court's centre line, fine ace close to what? | u l in f a (wha)t & lit clip2 = encircle etc | 24 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 35 | Kathy Martin | Rafa ultimately admits error on court. | Rafa is Rafael Nadal's nickname. "Admits" can mean "makes room for" or "accommodates" (Concise Oxford Dictionary) implying containment in preceding phrase. | 23.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | 41 | Andrew Varney | Slight offence caused by out of place flatulence? Not half! | flatu(lence)* | 21.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 46 | John Appleton | That's from a futile shot? | &lit (ref. a shot in tennis); (AFUTILE)* – IE (that's) | 21.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | barry solomons | Arrange lunch at cafe…no chance! Really poor service, apparently. | Anag.(lunch at cafe) minus (chance) = FAULT = Illegal serve at tennis. | 21 | 3 | |
| 10 | 25 | John Tozer | Games organisers last month failing to meet expectations | FA + ult., ref. Olympic tickets disappointment | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 42 | Slip leads to Federer allowing uncharacteristic line transgression | The first letters of Federer, allowing, uncharacteristic, line & transgression; def. = Slip | 16.5 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 40 | Server error (5) | error = fault. server error = fault (in tennis!) | 16 | 2 | 6 | |
| 14 | 51 | What (at the very least!) Blatter was at – and half of FIFA – last month | (FI)FA + ULT Ref. corruption scandals in world football | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 4 | A service call? | CD (Called when a service is not correct) | 11.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | 12 | Clue discovered – turns into big problem | FA(eULc)T | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | 2 | A nasty crack in California the result of bad service | Double definition – A nasty crack in California /the result of bad service | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 49 | Veers? | The clue is serve out! | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 50 | Weakness of character, a feature of many a service | two mngs, ref tennis with allusion to church sermon | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 23 | Federer's first ace last month was a weak point | F(ederer) + A + ULT (ultimo=last month) | 8 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Error – flat unlet intermittently | alternate letters | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 24 | Flag up late odd line call | Odd letters of "flag up late" + definition | 7 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 38 | Roguish Artful Dodger finally leaves for San Andreas, perhaps. | anagram of ARTFUL – R (Dodger finally); San Andreas is a major geological fault. | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 24 | 13 | Court verdict on Riefenstahl's last bit of triumphalism worried heads of Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft | FAU (worried UFA) + L + T | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 | 14 | Crack strike force ousts fool from leadership (5) | Def = crack (as in fault in earth's crust, e.g. San Andreas Fault); ASSAULT (strike) with F (force) replacing ASS (fool); 'ousts' as in 'supplants' | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 24 | 22 | Fall short once Federer's first serve lost kick finally last month | Fall short once = def. F + (k)a + ult | 6 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Failing voice is lost by start of spring | VAULT = spring, de-voiced at the start; def. 'Failing' | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 | 21 | Failure before the end is nothing | FA(=nothing); ULT(=end) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 9 | Broadsheet has a leading union lawsuit settled out of court? | Broadsheet = 'f and t' (Financial Times)which contains (has)'a' + the leading letters of union and lawsuit 'u' and 'l'. Fault = 'settled out of court?' | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 30 | 16 | Damned character loses soul initially for the devil's finale in trap below ground | L for S in FAUST – TRAP(3) = mining fault ; ref Damnation of Faust | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 28 | Inadequate tennis play is Federer's first, at last | F+@+ULT | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 30 | 45 | Spring gives start to female bug (5) | F for V in VAULT (Spring); Chambers: Bug(1): …a fault, now esp in a computer system… | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 33 | 6 | At first free and unconditional, love takes little time to blemish (5) | F(ree) A(nd) U(nconditional) L(ove) + t (little time) | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | 29 | Miss Murray makes nothing in the end. | Def/FA + ult (abbr of f… all & ultimately – both in Chambers). | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 26 | Half let off flatulence with flapping crack? | FLATU* (flatulence minus lence). ai = with flapping. Def = crack? | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 10 | Censure highfalutin translation. (No dear, not much used) | ((high)falut(in))* | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 19 | Failing to 'eave into paper bag! (5) | Failing = definition.(h)eave =(h)aul, (Chambers). paper = FT. bag = container. | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 32 | Out of court blunder ? You can't be serious ! | Out of tennis court, John Macenroes famous quote after being given fault call. | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 39 | Seedy show off playing awful shot results in this | comp anag (awfulshot) – (show) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 44 | Spot large bears stripping mule | FAT (beefy) bears (carries) UL (stripping (intr) mULe); spot = blemish, fault | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 41 | 1 | A blemish in his character! Falling again upon lecherous thoughts initially… | See the anagram in: Falling Again Upon Lecherous Thoughts | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 43 | Sounds a long long way to the end? Just a foot, perhaps. | FA (Far) = long long way, ref "Do Re Mi" from "Sound of Music". ULT = ultimate = end. Defn: foot, perhaps (example of fault in tennis) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Even if he had kept in line and been without original sin, Faust would still have made such a dumb move. | FAUST without original (s)in, but keeping (l)ine, = dumb move = FAULT | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 43 | 31 | Nibble that is essentially trefa, ultimately | Hidden; def: NIBBLE | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | 3 | A penalty footballers take at the end | F.A. ult. In show-jumping faults are penalties | 0 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 7 | At last you fool about with nothing on boob (5) | Down clue, {U}{L}{T} with nothing = FA (fanny adams) on, boob=Definition | 0 | 0 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Cup with mostly-mature boob! | Cup (FA Cup) with mostly-mature (adULT) boob (definition) | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 45 | 27 | Hatful could make me hot | anag. – H | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 45 | 33 | Potential for falling short, getting caught out? | fa(c)ult(y) & lit. | 0 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 37 | Results in displacement of last settlement, finally. | Defn (geological); f (of – last letter) + aul (settlement) + t (final letter) | 0 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 48 | Vaguely even in the paper there's an omission. | Paper = FT. Even letters of 'vaguely' = aul. Omission = def. | 0 | 1 |