CCCWC October 2011 competition results
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42 clues entered. 40 votes cast (33 competitors, 7 others).
MOCKTAIL (New Chambers Word)
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | John Appleton | I'm to lack rum? | (IM TO LACK)*; &lit | 53.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 31 | Mike Baker | Rally track preparation appropriate for the TT | MOCK + TAIL; rally = to tease, track = to tail, TT= Isle of Man races /teetotaller | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 27 | Tom Borland | No real punch? Unlikely to claim Klitschko's crown | *TO CLAIM K; def. No real punch? | 35.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 28 | John Tozer | Omit/lack rum in this? | anag. & lit. | 34 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 23 | Pete Milne | It's certainly not included in this copy of Collins! | It = Italian vermouth (alcoholic). Collins is a cocktail | 29 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 | David Harry | If you're hoping for a swizzle, this is one | swizzle1, swizzle2 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 41 | Prithwiraj Mukherjee | What a Playboy Bunny always wears and occasionally serves! | CD. Playboy Bunnies are waitresses in the Playboy Clubs and sometimes they serve mocktails (mostly cocktails). They always wear bunny costumes with fake (mock) tails. | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | Simon Bates | I'm for Coke — that I'll regularly drink (having no alcohol) | Alternate letters (regularly) in: iMfOrCoKeThAtIlL. | 22.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | Dave Parfitt | Drink close in spec to a milk shake | (spe)C + TOAMILK all anag., semi & lit. (ie, 'Drink' = def., and wordplay gives extended def.) | 20.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 40 | Margaret Irvine | Virgin Mary possibly in care of mounted knight in armour | (down clue) c/o rev + kt in mail, VM=example of mocktail | 20.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | Ales unwanted, local makes it with a shake? | anag less ales & lit | 19.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 29 | Perhaps I lack tequila or malt, for starters | (I+LACK+T+O+M)* &lit | 19.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 11 | Drunk? OK calm it! This one has no alcohol! | OK calm it* | 17 | 4 | 2 | |
| 14 | 32 | Ridiculed beer, hearing beverage is non-alcoholic. | Ridiculed beer = mocked ale | 16.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 12 | Dry martini? | Dry = "subjected to prohibition" (Chambers) | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 5 | Between the sheets, maybe, but lacking the spirit to make fun of sex. | Def (Between the Sheets is a type of cocktail)/mock + tail (= sexual intercourse [slang]). | 13.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 13 | Fake screaming orgasm? | CD, screaming orgasm being an example of alcoholic cocktail | 13.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 18 | 4 | Atomic Kitten's No. 1 hit may have hint of love that is soft and wet | anag. incl. k + l, soft=non-alcoholic | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | 10 | Drunk after mixing with non-alcoholics? – ridicule to follow! | ridicule = MOCK, to follow = TAIL, first part is definitive for alcohol free mixed drink (ridicule might be expected to follow for someone getting drunk after socialising with people who don't drink) | 10 | 1 | 3 | |
| 18 | 15 | Grilled taco and milk – a suitable order for a child | Anag | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 21 | 25 | Labour takes wrong tack: this pledge will never make us happy | MO(CKTA)IL (tack*) | 8 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 35 | Shirley Temple, for one, can't get drunk on this drink! (8) | direct = can't get drunk on this drink. A "Shirley Temple" is an example of a mocktail. | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 30 | Post includes circular about Katie supplying mixed soft drinks | Post (MAIL) includes circular (O) about (C) Katie (KT) supplying def: mixed soft drinks | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 23 | 34 | Shake a milk to see, say? | &lit. anag. A,MILK,TO,C("see"); Milkshake being a type of mocktail | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | 7 | Coat with milk, shake, drink (8) | COATMILK*, drink = definition | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 42 | Would reformed alky claim to lay off this…surely not? | alky = alcoholic // anag = a(l)k(y) cl(a)im to.. | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 33 | See reformed alkie come to, scratching hindquarters, making for this? | ALKICOMT* (fodder with hindquarters removed (scratched)); make for = lead to, have as a consequence | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | 37 | Shirley Temple poked fun at porter during speech. | Shirley Temple is the name of a non-alcoholic cocktail, homophone(during speech) of mocked(poked fun at) ale(porter). | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 29 | 1 | A nephalist might swallow this story told by slag earlier | Slag=MOCK + TAIL/(TALE) | 3.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 30 | 6 | Brute kicking old man out – without being drunk, surprisingly. Is this his tipple? | anag brute kicking old man (anagrind: out) minus anag being drunk (anagrind: surprisingly) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 14 | False trail, one might say, if you need a drink! | mock = false, tail = trail (as in trail /tail a suspect) | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 36 | Shirley Temple is an example of such a sweet virgin – even with cherry intact it sounds like a false account | Def = eg Shirley Temple, a sweet virgin cocktail topped with a maraschino cherry; Homophone = MOCK TALE | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Heads to motorway on consuming kombucha. Tasty, and it's legal. | The first letters of the indicated words spell MOCKTAIL. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 33 | 38 | Skimmed goats' milk – cold, refreshing – but not special drink for kids? | Anag. of (g)oats milk + c(old) – s(pecial). '?' while not only for kids. | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 2 | A new addition! Arrange a cot and milk drink for goodness' sake! | Baby/Chambers, acotmilk*, drink – what next? | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 39 | This Saint Clement's is one that has nothing to do with that Bell's! | ref Bell's whisky and the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons' | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | 8 | Compound but dry instruction to Mum rather than Dad to cut dog | Defn: Compound (= mixture = cocktail) but dry (as in temperance). Instruction: Dock tail – with M replacing D | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | 16 | Gunner shot Mick a lot | (Mick a lot)* | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 37 | 17 | Headmistress was fine about first class thanks to 'The Italian Drink' | M ('Headmistress' – first letter of mistress) + OK ('fine')..Containing ('about')..C ('first class' – first letter of class) + TA ('thanks') + IL ('the Italian' – 'the' in Italian) = MOCKTAIL ('drink') | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 37 | 19 | I talk crazily after some combo carbonated drink (8) | italk* is KTAIL after MOC ( anag. of com i.e some combo) is MOCKTAIL, def-'drink' and also 'some combo carbonated drink' | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 24 | Just a sham, can't get high with a milk coat! | Sham = mock & anag. milk + coat= mocktail= nonalcoholic cocktail | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 26 | Mixed drink with my Tab Cola – not brandy(8) | Hopefully this just about works as a complex anag&lit anag is drink/my/tab/cola losing brandy – indicator "mixed" Defn. of cocktail is mixed drink with spirits, so my mocktail is defined by "mixed drink" ie cocktail without the spirits – reinforced(hopefully) by Tab Cola(a real brand)-not brandy. | 0 | 0 | 1 |