CCCWC July 2011 competition results
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44 clues entered. 40 votes cast (35 competitors, 5 others).
TRUNCHEON
Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
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1 | 43 | Luciano Ward | What's cracked head of criminal on the run? | Anagram of C ON THE RUN; &lit. | 45 | 2 | 4 |
2 | 2 | Andrew Taylor | Baton needed for arrangement of Chopin's Second Nocturne. | Anag of H + NOCTURNE. | 34.5 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 31 | Nigel Lack | Run TC! He fouled on Officer Dibble's equipment? | Anagram of 'run tc he' + 'on' | 33.5 | 0 | 7 |
3 | 38 | R.E.Boot | Torch runner endlessly trained to present the baton | anag(torch unne); ref Olympic torch relay | 33.5 | 0 | 5 |
5 | 44 | Dave Parfitt | What's smashed head of criminal on the run? | C(riminal) + ONTHERUN all anag. & lit. | 32.5 | 3 | 3 |
6 | 18 | Mike Baker | Flailing a ———, one can hurt crook | Comp. anag & lit; a truncheon* = one can hurt* | 30 | 1 | 3 |
7 | 17 | Margaret Irvine | First requirement of copper intercepting criminal on the run? | C (1st of copper) in (on the run)* &lit | 29 | 1 | 2 |
8 | 40 | Don Manley | Turkey meal without starter for staff | TR + (l)uncheon | 27 | 1 | 2 |
9 | 1 | Rob Jones | Badly-run techno club | Anag. (techno=dance music) | 25.5 | 2 | 7 |
9 | 21 | Eddie Looby | It may be used to subdue criminal caught on the run | anag C + ON THE RUN | 25.5 | 5 | 3 |
11 | 23 | Lunatic caught on the run; one secure in police hands we hope. | 'c on the run'* | 24.5 | 1 | 1 | |
12 | 37 | The Officers' Club? | Cryptic def. | 22.5 | 5 | 5 | |
13 | 6 | Chopin's 2nd Nocturne remixed?…We hear The Police expected a hit with it! | C(h)opin's 2nd + Nocturne(anag)…The Police / pop band. | 22 | 2 | 6 | |
14 | 32 | Spin 0 hunt with CERN staff? | Anag. of O,HUNT,CERN. The surface alludes to CERN's pursuit of the Higgs boson, which is an elementary particle of spin 0. | 19 | 2 | 6 | |
15 | 24 | One devoted to clubbing – count on her raving, ‘Love to go out!’ | Anag. 'count on her' less O | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | 26 | Police club gives a pound off midday meal with turkey starter. | Def/TR + [l]uncheon | 14 | 2 | 6 | |
17 | 28 | Police staff used to strike (9) | Double meaning of staff, used to & strike | 12.5 | 2 | 2 | |
18 | 15 | Dash into alternative techno club (9) | RUN into TECHNO*; CLUB being the definition | 11.5 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | 10 | Constable's use of this for brushes often producing mottled colours? | 9 | 1 | 5 | ||
19 | 11 | Copper stick | Can signify def. (or stick made of… or used with old-time laundry copper) | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | 4 | Bobby carries Billy! (9) | Double def: Billy = truncheon truncheon is something a "bobby carries" | 8.5 | 0 | ||
22 | 16 | Fanciful diving from Hindu converting Swimming Club (9) | Fanciful = anagrind to diving. Swimming = anagrind to Hindu converting; minus diving. Club = definition. | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
23 | 12 | Criminal on the run's caught getting entertained in club (9) | (ON THE RUN)* has C(=caught) getting entertained (insertion indicator) | 6 | 1 | ||
23 | 29 | Policemen finally cracking trounce hard nuts with this | (Policema)n in anag incl h = hard; nuts = crazy & lit | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | 30 | Press chief in No. 10 to back not entirely honest staff | TRU(E) = not entirely honest; CH = chief in NEON = (element) no. 10; def. 'staff', ref. Murdoch(s) | 6 | 0 | ||
26 | 13 | Cut piece from joint, scrape carbon off, chew nearly forever | T+cRUNCH+EON | 5 | 0 | ||
26 | 41 | Turn, turn, echo before noon; this'll beat you! | TURN ECHO anag + N | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | 7 | Club treasurer was short before he entered extraordinary number | TR + UNC(HE)O + N | 4.5 | 1 | 4 | |
29 | 9 | Con-hunter seen with it after breakout? | anag. & lit.; i.e. convict-hunter | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
30 | 19 | Formal meal's cancelled at outset – restaurant's closing, run previously with short staff | (l)uncheon after (restauran)t r | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | |
31 | 8 | con hunter may be used to beat you into submission. | con + hunter = truncheon ( verb to beat ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
31 | 34 | Staff producing formal midday meal with bits of trout for starter | Definition = staff luncheon with tr(out) for l(uncheon) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | 3 | Beater on the beat? | Beater (weapon) on the beat (police jargon) | 1 | 1 | ||
33 | 5 | Carve eel, cunner – hot, cooked | Anag. | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
33 | 22 | Law enforcement agent in crisis clubs away from time to time (9) | (c)RUNCH in T EON | 1 | 0 | ||
36 | 27 | Police staff lost in Incheon after wrong turn | TRUN (wrong TURN) – IN (lost in) + INCHEON = TRUNCHEON (Police staff: definition). Incheon is a South Korean city. | 0.5 | 0 | ||
37 | 14 | Cut single I need to fulfil hundred | (RUN + CHE) in TON : Ref: cricket; CUT(n) – a piece cut off = TRUNCHEON(n); fill = fulfil | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
37 | 20 | Holding club, crunch blue not surprisingly! | &lit clue. anagram of (crunch blue not) without (club) with "holding" used in the sense of "hold the mayo" for the anagram construction. Also using truncheon as verb which i found as archaic use of the word on Merriam-Webster.com, online dictionary site. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
37 | 25 | "Pig-stick?" leads to tedious reminiscences' over almost an entire meal in officers' club | Down clue. Double def.: "Pig-stick?" [See OED for this formation = "a boar hunt"] / "officers' club". T(edious) + R(eminiscences) + (l)UNCHEON | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | 33 | Staff in underclothing gild this messily | (gild truncheon)* | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | 35 | Staff time manage with Swiss time | def: Staff = TRUNCHEON: T+RUN with CH+EON | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
37 | 36 | Staff told to prepare lukewarm bath in kinky note | Defn: Staff. "RUN C H" in NOTE* | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
37 | 39 | Trustee left out of noon social buffet with a short staff (9) | TR+left out of noon social = (l)UNCHEON/buffet with a short staff = Definition TRUNCHEON, verb | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
37 | 42 | Use heavy stick and bone to bleed radiators? One is strange! | T(bone)+RUN(bleed)+CH(central heating)+ONE*. Defined as vt. | 0 | 0 |