CCCWC August 2013 competition results
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59 clues entered. 55 votes cast (48 competitors, 7 others).
CRUMBS
Crumbs – this was a close one! It was nip and tuck all the way and then Mike just pipped it at the end – showing Margaret (see below) that he hasn't quite given up his crown yet for the annual honours! That's Mike's second win of the year and he remains a strong contender.
Commiserations to Neil who so nearly stole the show on his debut! But well done indeed for a very impressive showing – we hope to see more of that in the future.
Richard was not far behind in 3rd place, demonstrating his usual consistency – with another consistent performer in Dave P. taking 4th spot.
Finally, yet another familiar name completes the podium as Margaret maiantains her excellent record for this year.
Congratulations to all for another excellent competition!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Mike Baker | My cheerleader uniform bulges at the sides | Def = My (expression of surprise); outside letters | 56.5 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 44 | Neil Gregory | Rolls broken down? Oh Dear! (6) | Double meaning | 54.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 56 | Richard Saunders | What's left of cake? Odd bits to be emptied out | Left of cake = C, odd = RUM, bits emptied out = BS | 51.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 40 | Dave Parfitt | My spirit is crushed by cold, heartless bullies | RUM inside C, B(ullie)S; My = def. | 48.5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 31 | Margaret Irvine | Gracious toast gives rise to them | Double definition | 45 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | Tom Borland | Broken bread representing Christ! | Double def. | 42.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | Robert Vere | A cry of dismay as scrum collapses upon ball's introduction | (b)all in scrum*. In rugby the scrum half "introduces" the ball into the scrum. | 41.5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 26 | John Tozer | Fancy almost nothing to eat | 2 meanings (fancy exclam.) | 34.5 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 16 | Kenneth Horne | Conservatives, strange gutless bastards, they are worthless. | Conservatives C), strange (RUM), gutless bastards (B-S) + def | 30.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 17 | Simon Shaw | Consume split bread rolls making these on side plate | Compound anagram & lit. | 27.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 9 | Bits of masters' bread eaten by curs after tumbling? | m,b in anag. & lit., ref. Matt.15:27 ('even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table') | 22 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | 36 | Jockey clubrooms with no separate toilet – blimey! | clubrooms* – loo | 21 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12 | 53 | Tatty clubrooms lacking loo? That's terrible! | Anag. 'clubrooms' less 'loo' | 21 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 32 | Heavens above – what great tits love! | (Great tit = paris major) | 17 | 1 | 7 | |
| 15 | 2 | A superior vineyard on Mont Blanc's south-western edges? Ça alors! | CRU+MBS ('western edges' being an acrostic indicator for 'Mont Blanc's south'); def = Ça alors! (a French exclamation equivalent to 'Crumbs!') | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | 28 | Freezes credit for northern wretches | [n]UMBS {Freezes}, substituting CR[edit] for N[othern] | Def: wretches (crumb = worthless or contemptible person) | 15 | 3 | 4 | |
| 17 | 13 | Cold rum with a touch of brandy and Southern Comfort may be served in these | C + RUM + B + S = CRUMBS (of comfort) | 14.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 18 | 19 | Crikey! B——— scrum collapsed! | Def/anag | 12.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 19 | 20 | Crikey! Caught with intoxicating drink, bishop on Sabbath! | C + RUM + B + S | 12 | 1 | 4 | |
| 19 | 30 | Gracious spirit found in youngsters spurned by university | Def = Gracious (interj); RUM in CBS (CUBS without U (university)) | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 | 41 | Odd caress around bum rendered expression of surprise | Odd caress = crs; around = containment indicator; bum rendered = (bum)*; expression of surprise = definition. | 12 | 0 | 3 | |
| 22 | 5 | Baby lions consuming first of red meat remains. | Cubs around (r)ed and (m)eat. Def. remains. | 11 | 1 | 7 | |
| 22 | 23 | Dismay expressed about bishops having drink | Dismay expressed=crumbs. about=c, and bishops(in chess)=bs, having drink(rum), c+rum+bs | 11 | 4 | 3 | |
| 22 | 51 | Starts to cross river unaware many boats sink ; utter dismay | initial letters | 11 | 1 | 5 | |
| 22 | 55 | Well I never, confined to barracks having imbibed intoxicating liquor on Sabbath | rum in cb(confined to barracks) + s=sabbath | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| 26 | 3 | American network adopting strange expression of surprise | Strange=RUM taken inside CBS (American network); def=expression of surprise | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 27 | 52 | Stroke limits men starting in Civil Service to a pittance | rub = stroke, (C)RU(M)B(S) | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
| 28 | 54 | US Broadcaster stashing odd bits of food | CBS (US broadcaster) around RUM (odd) | 8.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | 4 | American telly has strange, worthless characters | C(RUM)BS | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | 47 | Scraps silly curbs on marijuana seed (6) | M in CURBS*, Def.-Scraps, Collins: Seed.n.- the source, beginning, or germ of anything. | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 31 | 42 | Pieces doctor set in leg | MB in crus | 5.5 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Bits n' pieces (6) | Double definition, of course :) | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 32 | 18 | Credit sum is keeping baron broke (little remains) (6) | CR+SU(B)M* broke = anagr.ind. /little remains= definition / Chambers: Cr=Credit; B=Baron | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 32 | 22 | Disgusting people. Not by half. Cruddy rioters. We have no love for them. | CRUddy+MoBS | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 32 | 27 | Freeze credit for new head of school leaving students expressing dismay | NUMB (with CR for N) S | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| 36 | 6 | Barbarians' number one involved in wheeling scrummage? Good grief! | B(arbarians) inside SCRUM wheeling i.e. 'S' rolling round to end | 4.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 37 | 15 | Conservative king and posh Frenchman attending British head of state—they're extremely unpleasant people! | C[onservative] + R (king = [R]ex) + U (posh) + M (Frenchman = [M]onsieur) + B[ritish] + S (head of state) | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| 37 | 21 | Cunning U-boat initially blew the Viceroy of India into little pieces. | "Cunning U-boat initially" = cub. "[RMS] Viceroy of India" (Royal Mail Ship). "cub" blew "RMS" into little pieces = cRuMbS. Def: Little Pieces (Ref: WW2 event). | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 37 | 38 | More than one scumbag right for a good thrashing | Def- more than one scumbag SCUMB(ag)/R* (thrashing) | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| 40 | 10 | Broadcaster keeps odd bits | C(RUM)BS – Broadcaster = CBS, odd = rum | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 41 | 12 | Buried in frenzied scrum, ball's left completely in shreds | BALL has left (discarded) ALL(completely) in SCRUM*, shreds- def | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 41 | 49 | Small pieces of cakes and biscuits sometimes have liquor added in (6) | C B S containing RUM, ref rum balls etc made of cake crumbs with rum. | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | 7 | "Bits and Pieces", song by Meatloaf unveiling recent come back | Initials (pieces) of words backwards: Song By Meatloaf Unveiling Recent Come | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 43 | 33 | How rum BSc wrongly explains the composition of bread? | rum BSc anagram, wrongly indicates rearrangement. | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | 35 | In other words, the lamb is more palatable in morsels of dry bread | dbl def (the Lamb=Christ; is more palatable=euphemistically) | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | 37 | Minced oath? | "Minced oath" serves as a (C?)D since crumbs as an interjection is a disguised or minced oath (for Christ). The wordplay (minced) leads to this particular minced oath, crumbs being "minced" bread. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | 48 | slices of bread in disintegration. | Defn. alit. type of clue. | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 43 | 58 | Worthless guys celebrating BSc with rum… | Worthless persons= crumbs Anag. Bsc + rum =crumbs | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 49 | 14 | Compress nearly about million boron bits (6) | Compress nearly {CRUS(H)}about (containment indicator) million (M) boron (B) bits (definition) | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 49 | 24 | Eg wafer remnants substantive church served up as host for mass | sb.+ URC (reversed upward), including m. (Down clue) | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 49 | 29 | Gated? Strong drink knocked back with a snort of snow. Crikey! | CB (confined to barracks) around (“knocked back” here = drunk/swallowed) RUM + S(now). | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 49 | 34 | I go to pieces when remains are lost from smashing curb (6) | CRUMBS (PIECES) = ANAGRAM OF ((SMASHING + CURB) – GIN (WHEN) – ASH (REMAINS)) | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 49 | 43 | Rock music, Bread; when rough idea's forgotton, what's left? | Anagram of MUSIC BREAD minus IDEA. Early 70s rock band. | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 49 | 45 | Rolls pranged? Crikey! | Bread rolls | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 49 | 59 | Yikes Harry! Has no sub-charms worked? | Anag. SUBCHARMS-HAS. | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 56 | 25 | Expresses surprise, but backs the start of standard British measures undergoing renewed callibration. | Defn; backs (reverses) the start of (= initial letters) of last six words (= SBMURC) | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 56 | 46 | Scraps empty vehicle and damaged Minehead bus. | Scraps = def; empty vehicle = CR (CAR – A) + MBUS*. | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 56 | 50 | Starts cooking bread sauce, adding odd ingredient to plenty of these? | C(rum)BS…C/ooking B/read S/auce…rum/odd | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 56 | 57 | What's strange when nothing's shed from loaves? Really! | RUM(strange) for O in COBS; cob=cobloaf; really=crumbs | 0 | 0 | 4 |