CCCWC November 2012 competition results
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45 clues entered. 40 votes cast (37 competitors, 3 others).
DICKEY
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Kevin Brown | Detectives return to prime suspect | DIC+KEY CID rev. | 52 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Mike Baker | ——— heart could cause tragic death? Crikey! | Comp. anag. & lit. dickey heart; death crikey | 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 43 | Dave Parfitt | With century after day one, opener's in the driving seat | [C after D + I] + KEY | 41.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | John Tozer | It's tricky keeping velocity constant in the driver's seat | k (velocity constant) in dicey | 32 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 33 | Luciano Ward | Rocky's tricky boxing KO's number one | Rocky (shaky) = def; DICEY (tricky) enclosing (boxing) K (KO's number one) | 21.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | John Appleton | Cooking essentially dangerous without apron | Def = apron; K (cooking, essentially) with DICEY (dangerous) around (without). | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | Richard Saunders | Day's necktie? Small neat one, possibly | Comp. anagram DAY'S NECKTIE / S NEAT DICKEY (Definition: A bow tie. Reference: Robin Day) | 20 | 0 | |
| 8 | 3 | Paul Coulter | A front that men put on habitually? | Cryptic def. for article of clothing | 17.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 27 | David Harry | Little time spent in dictionary – clue unsound | dic(t.), key | 17.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 44 | Les Taylor | Wobbly car seat(5) | double definition | 17.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 12 | Dead mouse decapitated is not in good condition! | d + (M)ickey | 17 | 3 | 2 | |
| 11 | 34 | Shaky and confused kid caught with ecstasy packaging | Shaky=dickey, (KID + C)* + EcstasY | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | 39 | Suspect DJ might cover this up (6) | DD | 17 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | 10 | Dangerous- having a royal in backseat (6) | DIC(K)EY | 16.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | 40 | Taking a chance, when the King is introduced, to make stylish bow? | dic(k)ey……dicey = chancey….K = King…Bow(1) & Bow(2)… Dickey Bow (Chambers ref.) | 16.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | 42 | Unsteady seat behind false front | 3 defs | 12.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | 21 | Front of melodic keyboard | 'of' indicates hidden word | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 37 | Some police about for vital tie | Some police = CID (rev.) + vital = KEY; def. tie | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | 26 | King in risky sort of seat | K in DICEY | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 32 | Risky pinching clerk's bottom in a driver's seat (6) | In DICEY (=risky) insert K (=pinching clerk's bottom), to get ('in' is the link) DICKEY (=a driver's seat) | 10 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | 5 | Before finale of play, Richard the Third becomes an ass. | DICK + E (third letter of THE) + end of PLAY; ass=DICKEY | 9.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 14 | Detectives return with button for shirtfront | CID< then key=button (Chambers def#2 for key1) | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 25 | Key CID action to expose false front. | Key CID anag. | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 | 30 | Not functioning properly, busy department goes back on shift, maybe. | Def/DIC rev = CID/shift = key (on computer keyboard). | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | 9 | Crucial medical centre's first for East End's sick | meDICal + KEY; East End's sick = def. | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 29 | Modern-day prophet wearing extremely dandy shirt? Back off! | Ex-BBC sports presenter David ICKE is a well-known self-styled New Age (modern-day) prophet; surrounded by ('wearing') DY – extremes of dandy – gives the answer. Def = false shirt front, i.e. made with no back. Also possible play on 'dandy' relating to decorative or frilly nature of some dickeys. | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | 28 | Maybe bow to king in risky situation | Maybe bow (=def) king = k in dicey (=risky) | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | 4 | Back yard conceals empty cask that's about knackered | back yard = dy; that's = ie, about ck; D[I(CK)E]Y; knackered = def. | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 2 | A donkey sounds like he's from Billericay? | Dickey = british informal word for Donkey, esp. a male. Ian Dury and the Blockheads no. 1 hit, quote openning lyrics: "…… my given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay, and I'm doing very well…..".(Dickie sounds like dickey) | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 29 | 7 | Comedic Keystone Cops chasing a donkey!(6) | direct = a donkey.Container: comeDIC KEYstone. Indicator = cops (catches, nabs…). | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | 15 | Did I see a clue full of faults? | 'D, I, C, key | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 29 | 36 | Sleuth busy tailing crook | Dick+eye less e; sleuth=dick/relentless tracker; busy=eye; tailing=cutting end off; dickey/crook=not in good condition | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | 38 | Spasmodic Keystone Cops are quite tumbledown! | cops=traps (spasmoDIC KEYstone) +def (Keystone Cops= "ineffective law enforcers" from Urban Dict. and refers to silent film era's rather wonky Keystone Kops) | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 41 | Unsound lizard theory believer taken by its conclusions | (David)ICKE in D+Y (conclusions of lizard theory) | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 | 17 | False breast not in good shape | CD & D | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 36 | 20 | For starters driver in carriage needs central seat. | DIC + central = key | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 | 23 | I’m partially vested in one risky holding: Kopeks (6) | DIC(K)EY – I’m partially vested in one = definition; dickey: “vest or vestee” – Random House Dictionary | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 38 | 18 | False shirt front for an ex U.S. president by the sound of it..(6) | ref Richard Nixon. | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | 19 | Folding seat old dairymaid carries to some farm out West | DEY (old dairymaid) around [W]ICK (farm to some) | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | 31 | Reportedly unpleasant after detective's first collar? | Homophone of icky after d (detective's first) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38 | 45 | Your loud detachable shirtfront is icky, Ed! | Anag: icky+ed | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 42 | 6 | Bird wrecks a day's cricket — silly act as first drop of rain falls! | anag.less anag. incl. r: ref. reputation of umpire Harold Bird for being rain-averse (Dickey=flying bird rather than umpire = Dicky!) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | 16 | Diss Jenny? Early signs of disorder (including catcalls) kibboshed Eclair yesterday | First letters. Def.: Diss Jenny? – see Chambers, sv dicky² / dickey: “(E.Anglia) an ass” (cf Diss, Norfolk). Ref. Jenny Eclair, comedian. | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 42 | 22 | Frost perhaps? Cold and primal, resulting in bad condition | 'Jack' Frost, from TV's 'A Touch of Frost, is an example of a Detective Inspector = DI; cold = C; primal = KEY; Def = in bad condition | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 42 | 35 | Short Gilbertian sailor, not dead but feeling unwell | Dick (Dead) ey (e) | 0 | 1 | 2 |