CCCWC January 2013 competition results
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40 clues entered. 37 votes cast (33 competitors, 4 others).
PIPSQUEAK
This year's opening challenge ended up in a close run contest between a few Johns, a Don and a Paul, with one of the Johns JUST pipping another.
Congratulations to John Hood who squeaked home by a single point from John Appleton. Don Manley took third place with the third John (Tozer) grabbing fourth spot. Paul Coulter prevented an all rhyming podium by securing fifth place.
Well done to everyone for getting 2013 off to a flying start – one down, eleven to go!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | John Hood | Contemptible person's clever remarks point to Spooner | QUIPS (clever remarks)+ PEAK (point) to Spooner = PIPS QUEAK | 49 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | John Appleton | Kill, and confess nothing | PIP (kill, Chambers3) + SQUEAK (confess); def = nothing (Chambers Thesaurus) | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 9 | Don Manley | I speak up animatedly to defend Queen being described as a 'nobody' | Q in anag.,being=person | 37 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | John Tozer | Nobody let offensive quips disrupt summit | anag. in peak | 28.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | Paul Coulter | Midget quips rudely during climax | P(IPSQU)EAK [apologies to Cyclops] | 27 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 21 | Tim Moorey | Nobody spots an end to deadlock over recurrent EU question | pips + EU q rev in a k | 26.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 24 | Tom Borland | Nothing beats playing Quake | PIPS = beats + *QUAKE; def. Nothing | 24.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | David Nash | One with great expectations quakes violently, the little upstart (9) | Pip(Great Expectations) ref Dickens novel,quakes violently (anag and indicator)the little upstart(def) | 20.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 34 | Martin Price | Spooner's cracks nettle nobody. | Pipsqueak = quips pique/def. | 20.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 27 | Dave Parfitt | Pique as KP circulates text, one provoking contempt | PIQUEASKP anag.; ref. cricketer Kevin Pietersen (nickname 'KP') and last summer's text messaging scandal | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 10 | Insignificant character giving best possible Mousetrap audition | best = PIP (defeat). possible Mousetrap audition = SQUEAK (audition = something heard, Chambers) | 17 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 14 | KP's pique; a twisted, contemptible thing | (KP's pique a)*, KP = Kevin Pietersen | 16.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 35 | Two small noises that are insignificant | 15 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 17 | Nobody hit with bullet, by the narrowest of margins | def=nobody; pip(3) + squeak | 14.5 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 29 | Pitiful sod needs grass seed on | pip, squeak: grass = inform on = squeak | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 11 | Insignificant quip? Speak up! | def=insignificant : 'up' is anagrind for 'quip speak' | 11.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | 28 | Pique as KP Nuts revealed shrimp! | Pique=offence taken; anag ind by 'nuts'; KP=snacks producer | 11 | 3 | 2 | |
| 17 | 39 | Worm prevents quake – Extraordinary! | PIPS+QUEAK (quake)* | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | 6 | Criminal equips pack, head of crowbar poking out, the despicable man | Anag EQUIPS PACK -C | 10.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 | 33 | Spooner exclaims "Sally, say nothing!" | quip speak; nothing = def | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 40 | Would he ape UKIP's irritation about question of being insignificant? | (anag)ape UKIP's….Q = Question | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | 22 | Nobody’s hurt when rider falls in lake naked | PIQUE (hurt) when rider (addition = PS) falls in = PIPSQUE; (l)AK(e) naked; def = (a) nobody | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | 37 | Wearing Lycra, contemptible type quickly appears flustered | Lycra+PIPSQUEAK =(quicklyappears)* | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | 20 | Nobody speak — quip's terrible! | SPEAKQUIP* | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 2 | Animosity about police sergeant, a constant very petty thing | PIQUE around PS + A K | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 1 | A sprog's two WWI medals | PIPSQUEAK/SPROG= YOUNGSTER and WWI MEDALS = PIP + SQUEAK (OED for all defs.) | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | 19 | Nobody quips about crashing into mountain | Quips* in 'peak' = mountain. 'Nobody' = def. | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | 31 | Quips' peak – the height of absurdity in distinguished don's exchange with little man (9) | Reverend Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford, addressing a little man, but exchanging pipsqueak for quips' peak. | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | 7 | Did Orlick make Philip do this insignificant thing? | Ref to antagonists in Great expectations (Orlick and Pip) + definition | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 30 | 23 | Nonentity's resentment about writer's supplementary note on Alaska | (PIQUE around PS) + AK | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | 30 | Police Sergeant in strop about essentially nicking nobody | PS in pique + a + k. def. = nobody | 3 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Speak and quip about something insignificant (9) | SPEAK (and) QUIP (fodder), about (anagram indicator), something insignificant (definition) | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | 36 | Unnamed Scots lass found in skip injured after parking motorbike | QUEA[N] inside SKIP* after P | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 34 | 3 | Contemptible one shows up to defeat sea king, taking hold of queen | PIP+SEA+K around QU | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 12 | Insignificant spot? Southern half of Quebec to Alaska? | def = Insignificant; spot = PIP; southern = S; half of Quebec = QUE; Alaska = AK; reference being a possible retort to the (American?) suggestion that Canada is an insignificant spot on the map | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 34 | 38 | With Spooner's little man, jokes reach a climax we hear! | "pipsqueak" spoonerised is "quips peak" (jokes reach a climax) "little man" def. | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | 5 | Contemptibly insignificant fellow peaks with a quip! | Anag. peaks+quip | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 37 | 26 | Pak's pique-being treated/viewed with contempt (8) | PAKSPIQUE*, *ind-being treated , defn- being (person) treated or viewed with contempt. Surface refers to resentment being expressed in Pakistan since the Laden raid and other events and a growing negative perception about Pakistan across the world. "Pakistan's pique.."(WP),"Post-raid pique.."(NYT) are actual newspaper feature titles. | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | 8 | Dingbat quips within the summit! (9) | PipsquEAK: ipsqu = quips (Dingbat is both the direct and anagram indicator); PEAK = summit (within is container indicator) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | 16 | Nobody gets the better of Kirkpatrick when in pursuit of a lassie that shall be nameless | PIPS + (QUEAN – N) + K(irkpatrick). Def.: Nobody | 0 | 0 | 2 |