CCCWC November 2011 competition results
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40 clues entered. 40 votes cast (37 competitors, 3 others).
DEGRINGOLADE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | James Glassonbury | Dreading Lego construction's collapse | anag Dreading Lego | 42.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 19 | Simon Bates | God, Eden and a girl's diabolical fall | (GOD EDEN A GIRL)* | 42 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 30 | Dave Parfitt | Result of ladder going tumbling to earth? | LADDERGOING anag. + E(arth), & lit. | 35.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | Shyam | 'Deteriorate', put in another lingo (12) | DEGR{LINGO}*ADE, &lit, Definition as a verb. | 33.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 | Rob Jones | Rode a gelding recklessly, resulting in a serious fall | Anag | 31.5 | 1 | |
| 6 | 23 | John Tozer | Ladder going awry's bound to end in one | anag. + (on)e & lit., bound=attached | 28.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | Barry Solomons | Ginger ale spiked with odd rum going down rapidly! | anag: ginger ale / odd | 24 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | Luciano Ward | Fall sees leaves orange and seeds glide all over the place | Def = fall; SEES 'leaves' ORANGE & SEEDS GLIDE anag ('all over the place') | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | David Harry | Between the beginning of December, say, and Yuletide’s end, Drummer Boy's destined to go down like a bomb | Ringo, lad in d, eg, e: destine = appoint to a certain state: like a bomb = very quickly / very well | 20.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | mark ferrier | Gold regained ground as Euro in freefall?(12) | gold/regained(anagrind ground) as=for instance…..Euro in freefall?(defn) | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 29 | Reckless, daring ego led to quick downfall | DARINGEGOLED*, def = quick downfall | 19.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 11 | 32 | Rode a gelding recklessly fast downhill? | anag. (downhill: noun) | 19.5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 11 | 36 | Term in French for dropping from slippery ridge headlong | anag less h & lit; term = end (def 1 in Chambers) | 19.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | 15 | Finally the ladder going astray causes this | anag(eladdergoing) | 18 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | 37 | What's made from ladder, going tumbling to earth? | (ladder going)* + E &lit | 17 | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | 18 | Glider gone wrong without notice? Crash! | AD (notice) in (GLIDER+GONE)* | 15.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 1 | A real dive gangsters opened in boozy Geordieland | G in GEORDIELAND* | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 34 | Shot El Gringo dead; a swift downfall. | *El Gringo dead* | 14.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | 16 | From dangerous ridge, headlong loss of height? | *RIDGE + (H)EADLONG; &lit. | 13 | 3 | 4 | |
| 20 | 20 | God realigned breakdown! (12) | Degringolade = God realigned; breakdown = anagram indicator plus direct. | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 21 | 4 | Dangle off ridge precariously then drop noisily in sudden fall | anag. DANGLE OFF RIDGE minus FF(Fortissimo); def. sudden fall | 10.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | 40 | Youth taking ecstasy going red before suffering a tumble | GOING RED* + LAD + E | 10.5 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 24 | Leader going down, suffering collapse | (LEADER GOING D)* | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 39 | With Gunnarsson’s header and ball netted, Reading led, oddly resulting in a sharp decline in performance. | READINGLED* around G(unnarsson) + O. Ref. Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic international & Reading midfielder | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 2 | Aggravated groin and dead leg cause rapid deterioration | Anagram of groin + dead leg | 7.5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 26 | 5 | Dangle over ridge after suffering a sudden fall | anag. DANGLE O(ver) RIDGE | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 6 | Degrade lingo badly, resulting in swift decline in French to begin with. | Degrade lingo anag. "badly" indicates rearrangement. Swift decline = def.The word was French originally. | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 22 | In old age suffering may come by degrees, ending with quicker ———? | deg. r + anag.& lit. | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | 11 | Double Diamond works wonders with George in L.A. dive | Anag. DD + George in L.A. Ref. old T.V. ad for beer plus various Georges' fondness for a drop. | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 30 | 27 | Quickly drop England? E.g. Ringo, LA denizen exposed | Hidden in clue | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 31 | 10 | Dogger in deal to obfuscate sudden downfall. | Anag/def. | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 13 | Fall Collection in Paris? | CD. Fall Collection = series of falls (definition). In Paris = French indicator. Surface alludes to Parisian fashion | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 32 | 26 | Quick deterioration of suspect odd ginger ale | Odd ginger ale* | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 34 | 25 | Lecture's postponed about American Crash | DE(GRINGO)LADE delayed hom. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | 28 | Rapid deterioration of one red gonad? Gel ordered | anagram of (I RED GONAD GEL); def = rapid deterioration | 1 | 1 | ||
| 36 | 7 | Degrade, lingo for France's quick credit-rating breakdown? | anag. degrade + lingo | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 9 | Deterioration in extremely decaying orange I'd left half rotting | def = Deterioration; anagram of (DG+ORANGE+ID+LE);anagrind = rotting; half rotting = somewhat rotting | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 31 | Rid golden age thus perhaps? | anagram of rid golden age. & lit clue. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 35 | Suddenly drop into grand Geordieland resort | (G[rand]GEORDIELAND)*; Geordieland is colloq., at least in NE Eng. Found in the odd internet dictionary but meaning probably obvious to most in UK, and unnecessary for solving. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 38 | With "Dreadful Dredge" in goal, there's a rapid drop into the relegation zone | Anagram of DREDGEINGOAL; indicator: Dreadful; defn: rapid drop | 0 | 1 | 2 |