CCCWC June 2013 competition results
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55 clues entered. 47 votes cast (45 competitors, 2 others).
FLESH POT
A close run thing this month, with a newcomer to the podium arriving in style – straight into a first place! Well done Tim – a very clever clue!
A more familiar podium inhabitant in second – John T maybe showing signs of a return to his traditional form!
Our mystery man ysteverany shows that last month's 2nd was no fluke, following up with a 3rd – keep up the good work!
Simon starts to reproduce some of his recent Azed form by taking 4th spot – could be the one to watch out for!
Final podium spot goes to a tie with Dave H, also placed for the second month running, and Paul C maintaining his good form for this year.
As always, well done to all for the variety and great entertainment!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 | Tim Anderson | You could get left so excited catching something saucy here | (left so)* incl. H.P (sauce) & lit. Catch = see | 48 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 18 | John Tozer | I see this has fetishes and pole dancing | comp. anag. (I see flesh pot ~ fetishes pole) & lit. | 41.5 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 44 | Steve Randall | These mostly flop about in topless bar perhaps | Anagram (indicated by 'about') of THES[E] (mostly) + FLOP. | 33 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 16 | Simon Shaw | Fundamentally licentious establishment that primarily conceals knocking shop ? | Anag. in initial letters, & lit. | 23.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | Dave Howard | Cook beef stew with this old tenderloin, perhaps (5,3) | 2 defs. – Cook beef stew with this/old tenderloin, perhaps – D1. meat-cooking pot; D2. Tenderloin: name for old city district known for corruption and vice, i.e. flesh pot | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 52 | Paul Coulter | Train dogs to hunt and trap a covey of game birds | FLESH+POT (Chambers – a wicker trap for lobsters, etc.) | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 23 | Andrew Mulholland | Material from top shelf distributed here? | Anagram ('material from' indicates 'the letters of') | 20.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | Mike Baker | Place to find erotic entertainment? Top shelf, potentially | Anag. | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 40 | John Nicholson | Stripping club (Hearts) of Scottish Premier League title gutted fans | (H+OF+SPL+TE)* | 19 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 15 | Doug Stanford | Frequency with which she left top off attracts sex tourists | f=frequency + [she + l + top] anagram | 17.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 13 | Female helps to show off plenty of it here | F+*HELPS+TO; show off=*ind; plenty of it=abundance of sex appeal | 17 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | 36 | Site regularly having hot female pole-dancing? | (SiTe + H F POLE)*; &lit | 17 | 0 | 3 | |
| 13 | 9 | Exotic help with soft porn venue. | Anagram (help,soft) | 15.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 53 | Treatment for 'the flops'? | THEFLOPS anag., & lit. | 15 | 0 | 5 | |
| 15 | 19 | I'm coming back, high on cannabis, obtained from house of ill-repute | Self (reversal) + H(igh) + pot | 14.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 16 | 28 | Place for erotic massage of beer belly? (5,3) | Double definition. | 14 | 0 | 3 | |
| 16 | 33 | Recidivist personality taking one drug after another in Sin City? | SELF(rev)+H(eroin)+POT | 14 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | 4 | Butcher helps to initially fill the good old vessel to cook meat | helps+to+f (anagram); def refers to the Biblical flesh pot | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 19 | 11 | Fellow hopes to get stoned in cleared-out loft? That's high living! | f + anag hopes in l(of)t | 13 | 3 | 5 | |
| 19 | 39 | Stripper has fabulous tassel tips pole dancing here? | First letters (tips) s+h+f+t and 'pole' anagrammed. | 13 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 2 | After change of heart, expose oneself, lifting shirt here? (5,3) | flash (expose oneself) -> FLESH (after change of heart) + reversal of TOP (shirt) | 12.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| 21 | 38 | Strip joint, maybe, to get meat, then hash. | Def/meat = flesh; hash = cannabis = pot (and to mince/chop small). | 12.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 | 7 | Endless theft plots corrupt Vice City | def: "Vice City"; (tHEFt PLOTS)*; ref: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 12 | 2 | 5 | |
| 23 | 26 | Old stew? One returned sauce to counter | def: Old stew? (Stew is an archaic word for brothel – an example of a flesh pot); One returned (self = FLES); sauce (= HP); to counter (to in opposite direction = OT) | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 48 | Top shelf reserved for vessel in whish meat is cooked. | Re-served is anagram indicator for"top shelf". Vessel in which meat is cooked is a flesh pot (Chambers) | 12 | 1 | 4 | |
| 26 | 10 | Exotic hostel primarily for pleasure in Babylon, perhaps | (hostel + f p)*, def=Babylon, and semi&lit | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | 42 | The French, when after a woman, stroke softly inside the pleasure centre. | "The French" = le ; "when after" – "a woman" = female = f >> f(le); "stroke" = (fle)shot ; "softly" = p – "inside" >> flesh (p)ot: "the pleasure centre" = def. | 11.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| 28 | 43 | The hot female stripper primarily pole dancing here. | thfs+pole=anag+clue | 10.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 29 | 6 | Dirty Den returns to start playing with himself — fuming, central characters quit | DEFINITION: Dirty Den – as in "den of iniquity" | WORDPLAY: <(TO + P·laying + H·im·SELF) {returns} – fu·MI·ng {central characters} removed {quit, as in left} | SURFACE: Dirty Den was a British soap character played by actor Leslie Grantham, who was disgraced for sending women pictures of himself masturbating. | 9.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 30 | 20 | In which goose might be cooked if found here in old Soho? | dbl defn | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 | 31 | Posh felt phoney in spicy girls' club | Poshfelt* | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| 32 | 51 | Top-shelf naughtiness for red-light district | TOPSHELF* (I hadn't previously appreciated the meaning of top-shelf so it fits the surface quite nicely!) | 8.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 33 | 14 | Flab on the tum from high living | FLESH+POT | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 33 | 24 | More tea? Vicar finally flipped, abandoned house | FRESH POT with L instead of (VICA)R | 8 | 3 | 4 | |
| 33 | 37 | Spooner's high-class residence in Soho? | Posh flet sounds like vocally-challenged apartment which in turn give flesh pot | 8 | 1 | 5 | |
| 36 | 3 | Bodily appetites primarily push one to strip joint | FLESH + P(ush) O(ne) T(o) | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 36 | 21 | Lot's wife punished? ——— unwise, I'd fancy! | comp. anag.& lit., ref. Gen. 19:26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 36 | 46 | Top shelf circulation appreciated here? | (anag)Top shelf = Lads mags.. | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 39 | 25 | Newspaper keeps doubly quiet with nothing on the Parisian den of iniquity (5,3) | FT containing SH P O after LE | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 39 | 41 | Tailor left shop near beer bar (5,3) | Anagram of LEFT SHOP, indicated by 'tailor' and 'near beer bar' is the definition | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | 50 | Top-shelf arousal could lead here | anag. & lit | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 42 | 32 | Posh felt shapeless in strip club | (Posh + felt)* = flesh pot; shapeless = anagrind; strip club = def. How Victoria Beckham might feel at a strip joint. Personally, I think she has a wonderful figure and I always get slaughtered by my lady friends for saying this. | 5.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 42 | 54 | Where one will pay dearly for a fetish with pole dance that's exclusive. | &lit – anagram FETISH/POLE anagrind:DANCE that's:IE exclusive(not included) | 5.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 44 | 1 | A house of ill repute where he oft helps… | def = house of ill repute; anagram = oft + helps | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| 44 | 17 | Gyrating top-shelf centrefold doing a turn for Dirty Den | Two reversals + cryptic def.: Gyrating top-shelf ("TOPSHELF"—>"FLEHSPOT") centrefold doing a turn ("FLE(H|S)POT"—>"FLE(S|H)POT") for (=) Dirty Den (def.) | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 44 | 27 | Personality turned up finally in popular strip joint (or "gentlemen's club") | SELF rev. + [(u)P in HOT]; def by two examples | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 47 | 12 | Felt uneasy about Posh Spice's luxurious lifestyle (5,3) | FELT* containing POSH* | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 48 | 34 | Regularly feel the lust that put off model in house of ill repute (5, 3) | FeeL thE luSt tHat Put Off Model = T House of ill repute = def | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 49 | 8 | Entertainers in this establishment similar to those on the top shelf, maybe? | Parallel drawn between workers in a flesh pot and the contents of top shelf magazines; TOP SHELF* | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 50 | 45 | Tissue holder's solitary pleasure | Def = (body) tissue holder. Solitary indicates singular; fleshpot(s) = pleasure | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 51 | 30 | Place where sexual activity is on offer is top shelf bizarrely | anag(topshelf) & lit | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 52 | 35 | She lifts her top in return of exceedingly pornographic strip club. | Reversal of TOP SHELF (exceedingly pornographic) with the S (top of SHE) lifted one position. | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 52 | 47 | Top shelf, possibly? | TOPSHELF*. "a place where entertainment of a sexual nature is on offer" | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 52 | 49 | Top-shelf action from Amsterdam. | anagram of Top-shelf, with Amsterdam as def (Chambers: A city known to provide an abundance of entertainment of a sexual nature) | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 55 | 22 | Marmite was once viewed as part of a kind of sumptuous living | Marmite = cooking pot; flesh pot = cooking pot (obs.), flesh pottery (viewed as part = -tery) = sumptuous living | 0 | 1 | 3 |