CCCWC February 2012 competition results
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42 clues entered. 40 votes cast (37 competitors, 3 others).
BISSEXTILE
An interesting and apposite word, but I felt a little wary about offering it to you what with its very precise definition, though it was handy that it serves as an adjective and a noun.
But I should have known better – you did us proud! An excellent crop of clues I think, resulting in a close run contest at the top of the leaderboard.
Many congratulations to RE Boot for topping the list with his version of the "I belt sixes" anagram – with convincing use of 366 for the surface reading.
Tough luck to Teyrnon who was just pipped on "sixes", but with his own clever cricketing definition for the clue word.
Allan came close behind in 3rd with a neat charade and another clever way of defining the word.
Don and Rob were not that far back in completing the podium and managing to find yet more clever wordplay and inventive definitions.
Well done to all – it bodes well for the rest of the year!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | R.E.Boot | Having a day to make 366, I belt sixes recklessly | anag | 52.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | Teyrnon Powell | I belt sixes all over the place in Twenty20, maybe? | anag.; (cricket) | 50 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 7 | ALLAN SCOTT | Book – is it old hat, like 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'? | b + is + sex + tile | 48 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 32 | Don Manley | Sixties belles not half wrinkly in 2012? | anag of sixties bel(les) | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | Rob Jones | Furious sexist consumed by rage when ladies propose? | Anag in BILE. Def = when ladies… Chambers says the clueword can be a noun for a leap year, hence the noun-style definition | 34 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 42 | Dave Parfitt | XI playing with less bite in period of extra time | XI + LESSBITE all anag.; BISSEXTILE = noun or adj. in Chambers | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 28 | Simon Bates | Like Nineteen Eighty-Four, say, book is spinning lies about former time | B + IS + LIES* about (EX + T); adj., like a leap year (e.g. 1984). | 28.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | Robert Vere | I belt sixes all over the place in this year's additional one-day feature. | *I belt sixes* | 27.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 37 | John Appleton | The only time women should propose? Awful, sexist bile! | (SEXIST BILE)* – reference to the tradition that women should propose on Feb 29th. | 23.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 33 | Tom Borland | Sixties rebel not about to recollect 1960, 1964 or 1968? | *SIXTIES (RE)BEL; def. 1960, 1964 or 1968? Ref. 'If you can remember the 1960s, you weren't there' | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 29 | Olympic year? Britain is special choice mostly backed to host it | B, is, S [elit(e) reversed] incl. sex (it) | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | 22 | In which bachelor finds spinster, losing her head, taking lead in love without restraint? | B (m)iss, L in ex tie & lit.: ex = without | 13 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 40 | When a woman proposes sex twice – make first one hard on the floor! | SEX + BIS(= twice – made first)+ TILE(one hard on the floor) | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 30 | Sexist bile sadly characteristic of 2012, for instance. | "sadly" indicates anag,, 2012 is a leap year as per def. | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 39 | What could have made 'Liberal Sixties' be a time of female emancipation? | anag. inc. L; i.e. traditional time when women may propose | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1984 is an example of novel sexist bile | Defn: "1984 is an example" of a leap year; anagram: SEXISTBILE; indicator: "novel" | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 4 | Anger about one small indecent message – it could be a long year … | Anger=bile;one=i;small=s;indecent message=sext It could be a long year=definition | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Brotherhood's overture is precursor of Smith’s time in forced isolation (as in 1984) | B + IS + S + [T in EXILE]; ref. Orwell's 1984; 1984 is example of leap year | 9.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 19 | 41 | When winter's extra long, buy a hat for it, they say | Buy sex tile hom. | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | 25 | Is it time to stop bad humour for 2012, perhaps? | IS SEX T in BILE (it = sexual intercourse; stop = to obstruct/block) | 8 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 26 | Is provocative message in anger? Could be a long year | B(IS+SEXT)ILE | 8 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 27 | Join the sexiest lib for that extra day in the month! | Anag. sexiest libs | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
| 23 | 6 | Best six trips on French Isle when you've an extra day (10) | BESTSIX* with ILE | 7 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 34 | Sophie Ellis Bextor has lost her loop carelessly this year. | Anagram of "Sophie Ellis Bextor" minus "her loop". "carelessly" = anagram indicator. "this year" = definition. | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 36 | The day when a bird losing head is let loose to grab old lover? | (i)bis… / is let(anag) / EX = old lover. | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 12 | For example, this year Britain is getting Congress to provide cover | Def: For example, this year B IS SEX (Congress) TILE (to provide cover) | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 | 13 | Four year transform? | CD. Wordplay on Fourier Transforms in math http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | In this a girl may propose to disseminate sexist bile. | Def/anag | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 5 | Best Isle XI played on 29th February | anagram of 'BEST ISLE XI'. Def: 29th February (BISSEXTILE = Of or relating to the extra day falling in a leap year) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 11 | Eve's best time to pop the question again's at 2 o'clock, astrologically | def. = leap year (traditionally); BIS + SEXTILE (a position 60° away in zodiac) | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 31 | Sexist fool beset by anger when she proposes? | (Anag. SEXIST) in BILE, referencing women proposing on 29th Feb | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | 3 | All modern summer Olympiads have taken place during this cycling event | Charade; & lit. | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 32 | 24 | Is it time hacking anger's shown with introduction of extra Sun? | IS+IT(sex)+T in BILE(anger). Def = with introduction of extra Sun(day)? | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 18 | Humour about spot of satisfactory rumpy-pumpy (transitive) only once every four years? | BILE around S(atisfactory) SEX + T | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 23 | In which women might propose sex in battered trilbies right away | SEX in (TRILBIES – R)* (traditionally, ladies may propose in leap year) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 35 | That's when to expect proposals from Women's Lib – sexist, refractory & ultimately futile | LIBSEXIST* + (futil)E. Ref. tradition regarding Leap Year proposals. (Well, that's blown the female vote! Not really my view. Honest.) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Having extra day once more – second time taken in absence | BIS = once more, S + T in EXILE, (ref. repeat of extra Jubilee holiday) | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Having an extra day’s time after sex in ill humour? (10) | Definition = Having an extra day; Wordplay = (day’s = {day} is=) IS; (time after sex =) SEX + T;(ill humour =)BILE; ({IS+SEX+T} in ill humour =) B [IS+SEX+T]ILE | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 38 | This year with one day contrived is so extendible | comp anag "bissextile one d" = anag of "is so extendible" ref 2012 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 8 | Brit regularly mating in series of steps with one extra inserted? | B(r)i(t) + sex in stile (=series of steps, C) | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 2 | 50% cut announced: a French bed left, final price: 366 | bissex = bisects = 50% cut (announced = indicator). French bed = til = lit (left = indicator) final pric"e" = e; 366 = direct | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 10 | Could Dutch courage be found this year in a bottle? Too much is lost in the "swinging sixties". | b(ott)le "over-the-top" = too much is replaced by anagram of sixties. Def. reference to women finding enough courage to propose in a Leap Year is found in Brewer's and others. | 0 | 0 | 3 |