CCCWC August 2011 competition results
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38 clues entered. 33 votes cast (30 competitors, 3 others).
SHAPE / TIGER (Right & Left)
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | ALLAN SCOTT | Row involving good golfer as he worried about pressure and form | TIGER/SHAPE ti-g-er (ref Tiger Woods); p in anag of as he | 58 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | John Tozer | Figure the female holds absolute power right after I get involved with a man-eater? | a P in she; anag. + r | 45 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Tim Moorey | After reflecting on Golf appeal, Jaguar model heaps better styled | re + G (code alphabet under Golf in Ch) + it, all reversed; anag heaps | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | John Nicholson | Leaders of Sweden, Holland and Poland elect to form one formidable anti-German constituent | S+H+a+P+e, to form = shape, one formidable = tiger, anTI-GERman part | 26.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | Mike Baker | Disturbing this shark may present great risk, and lead to high profile accident in remote parts of seaside | Comp. anag, (TIGER SHARK)* = (GREAT RISK +H); accident = HAP in S(easid)E | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 9 | Dave Parfitt | Fearsome Indian icon and I get run out in mishap, enraging Oval? | TIGER = IGET + R anag.; SHAPE = hidden | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 30 | David Harry | Promising performance from Lily – the girl’s apparently in form | Tiger adj, tiger n.: ap. in she | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | John Tabraham | At first, Steve helped Apple regularly design it around 50% larger for a strong competitor | S,H + A(p)P(l)E; defn: design, (it<) + (lar)GER; defn: a strong competitor | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 33 | Margaret Irvine | Row about good golfer, one off par going round in novel fashion | G in tier, def=golfer; pa(r) rev in She, def=fashion | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 15 | Rob Jones | Golfer, perhaps the Shark, finding form as he starts practising furiously | TIGER (double def, ref Greg Norman's nickname), SHAPE (Anag) | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 38 | Woods first develop with a variety of ash and borders of pine. | TIGER Woods …(anag) ASH + P(in)E | 12.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12 | 16 | Groom player to develop form? | DD (tiger) and DD (shape). TIGER: (British) A groom in livery (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiger) and "player" alludes to Tiger Woods. "To develop" (Chambers twentieth century dictionary) and "form" are two definitions of "SHAPE" | 11.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 | 17 | Gutsier Dicky spurns us for cat to make fortune in London? | TIGER: Def = "cat"; (GUTSIER)* – US, anag. Ind = "Dicky". SHAPE: Def = "to make"; HAP in SE (South-East – "London?"). Ref. Dick Whittington. | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 18 | In a mishap, Eldrick's form starts to implode, gets erratic, rattles Woods. | SHAPE/TIGER: Hidden (miSHAP/Eldrick)/def (form); initial letters/def (Eldrick "Tiger" Woods). | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 19 | Keen competitor, constant in level form, has performed exercises | G in TIER; anag HAS + PE | 10.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 27 | Page IT returned with rejected registration form, she found with missing letter on copier | TIGER=page2 (i.e. Chambers' 'boy in livery', see e.g. Collins); IT< + reg<; reg=registration (number); SHAPE=form; sh[e] + ape | 9.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 16 | 37 | Unearthed from vestige, remains of forest inhabitant, first simian, having hominid form | ves'TIGE R'emains; forest inhabitant = tiger; first simian having SH + 'ape'/hominid; form = shape | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 18 | 12 | Form untidy heaps of earth and grit surprisingly having great economic potential | HEAPS* / E(arth)GRIT*. Defs: "Form" / "Having…potential". Split between "heaps" and "of". | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 18 | 24 | New big end and tire for Jaguar (Stateside) create accident in Southern Spain | anag. g + tire; tiger = jaguar US, (Chambers); create = shape; hap = accident; S(hap)E | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | 21 | Mishap evidently involves appearance by Woods. | "shape" contained in first 2 words, def. as "appearance', Woods = Tiger. | 8.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 21 | 13 | Formidable competitor's rank including good fortune within extremes of sure-fire form | TIER around G + HAP within S(ure-fir)E | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | 25 | Other stage hosts Glastonbury headliner and clubbing legend – phase out pyramid? | alternative word for 'stage' = TIER, surrounding first letter of Glastonbury; def. clubbing legend = TIGER Woods / anagram of PHASE = SHAPE = eg. pyramid. ('Pyramid' and 'Other' are the two largest stages at Glastonbury Festival) | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 23 | 5 | Berk left Brenda, shagging pro then fashion model | TIG+ER git rev; 2 def | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 23 | 14 | Formidable competitor having game with little right admitting golf form has collapsed, personage totally gutted? | g (phonetic alphabet)in tie r; anag. + p(ersonag)e, ref. T. Woods? | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 26 | Pa? He's off form till Ireland gets English referee to start African game | Pa? He's off (anag ind) form (def) Till Ireland Gets English Referee to start (first letters) African game (def) | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 26 | 3 | Americans yell inside anti-German military HQ – Pentagon, perhaps? | hidden ; 2 meanings (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 27 | 10 | Ferocious creature girt in tatters assumes, finally, the form of brutish apeman | Ferocious creature = tiger; (th)E in GIRT*. Form = shape; hidden word (indicated by 'of'). | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | 29 | Phase out model before fierce competitor's level with great start | SHAPE+TI(Great)ER (phase*) | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 28 | Pentagon say phase out stripped vertigo treatment for aggressive individual. | Pentagon (a shape), say (for example) = *phase* (phase out). Stripped vertigo treatment = *ertig* = tiger (aggressive individual). | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 36 | Tank forced regular Ninth back to half German structure? Natasha peered inside | TIGER: def = tank forced (ie pushed) regular nInTh back (ie IT becomes TI) to half GERman / SHAPE: def = structure; nataSHA PEered inside. (Historical ref; Tiger was a famous German tank during WWII; Britain, USA and Germany all had a Ninth Army operating during WWII) | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | 6 | Big cat in anti-germ state with cut (5,5) | Direct: big cat (tiger); in anTI-GERm (container) state = shape, cut = shape (double definition) | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 22 | Model Cook has positive England leading in Test rankings, having conquered India: grand whitewash, essentially, for a formidable opponent | SHAPE: Form, (Cook)(HAS)*, Positive=P, England=E, TR=leading in Test rankings, I=India(NATO phonetic code), G=grand, Whitewash essentially=E, TIGER=formidable opponent. | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 33 | 23 | Model has somehow domesticated Manx cat — beginning tailless it went backwards initially | HAS* PE(t); IT< GER(m) | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | 1 | A feline with some lost gristle,initially,goes through a phase to keep its form! | Tiger: anag. "grite" (i.e "gristle" less "S" + "L" from (S)ome + (L)ost.) And Shape = anag. "phase" | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 34 | 8 | End of Maigret novel links celeb mum with subhuman body found near Mons | (-ma) IGRET*, links celeb = def.; SH+APE, body found near Mons = def. | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 34 | 31 | Quiet imitator in form finds lurking in stage Georgia's topper – a formidable opponent | SH-APE (def: form) :: TI(G)ER (def: formidable opponent) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 32 | Rover, if he's chased feline figure, possibly has to be given training | 'feline' = tiger, Rover = THESIGER minus HE'S; 'figure' = shape, *HAS + PE = training | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 34 | 35 | Sign bizarre, pointless petition about Grand Railway mishap: engine contains mould | ETI* about G + R = TIGER (sign [of the Chinese Zodiac]); SHAPE hidden | 0 | 0 | 1 |