CCCWC May 2008 competition results
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PHAT (Printer’s Devilry)
THE LONG LOST CLUE WRITING COMPETITION - PHAT (PD) - THE RESULTS
What a relief! - on two accounts! On your account the PHAT PD RESULTS atlast. On my account the end of my cutting and pasting!!
The final "manual" CWC ended up being very close! Well done to Tom, and tough luck to Niall for just missing out!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tom Borland | Blokes might call – 1:00, Mon. | Blokes might call 100 mph a ton | 35.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 | Niall MacSweeney | Coe's running after thief! | Cop hates running after thief (Seb Coe (athlete)) | 34.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 14 | Luciano Ward | Is any mall beautiful, woman? | Is a nymph a tall, beautiful woman? | 30 | 5 |
| 4 | 21 | Brian Dungate | Software sales taxed | Software's alpha test axed | 28 | 5 |
| 4 | 32 | John Tozer | Love poem, Oz art that's typical of the modern generation | Love pop, hate Mozart: that's typical of the modern generation | 28 | 3 |
| 6 | 31 | Teyrnon Powell | Women reveal their toes in recent national survey | Women reveal their top hates in recent national survey | 27 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | Margaret Irvine | Cheater's promoting a controversial type of bowler | Cheap hatter's promoting a controversial type of bowler | 22 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | Robin Gilbert | Chastity belts stored in attic – a new twist to sex-war drama | Chastity belts stop hatred in Attica – new twist to sex-war drama (Ref. Aristophanes' play Lysistrata (in which wives withheld conjugal rights to stop their menfolk fighting).) | 16.5 | 4 |
| 9 | 29 | Dave Williams | Tune to be played by human: go for trumpets | Tune to be played by Humph: a tango for trumpets | 16 | 3 |
| 10 | 13 | Peter Cargill | How illiberal – error in Printer's Devilry! | Ho! Will I be Ralph, a terror in Printer's Devilry? (illiberal = unenlightened; Ralph = imp in printing house) | 14 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | Cut Rick's cored bylaw | Cup hat trick scored by Law (ref: Denis Law – Scottish striker) | 10 | 2 | |
| 11 | 25 | The ripest juiciest fruit makes Alan go | The ripest juiciest fruit makes "Alpha Tango" (Tango is a well known brand of fizzy fruit-flavoured drink) | 10 | 1 | |
| 13 | 7 | Claims that he was frequently 'seen to' down Ascot, chemically refuted by abstainer | Claims that he was frequently seen to down a scotch, emphatically refuted by abstainer | 8 | 2 | |
| 14 | 4 | Bowler chucking banned -- one mustn't throw us exuberantly! | Bowler chucking banned -- one mustn't throw up hats exuberantly! | 6 | 1 | |
| 15 | 23 | Some May income delayed reckoning which diminishes interest | Some may in comp hate delayed reckoning which diminishes interest | 5.5 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Cuckoo perches; he is taking spot of golden eagles | Cuckoo perp hatches heist – a king's pot of golden eagles | 5 | ||
| 17 | 15 | "Mornington Crescent – bombed? No! ..it's inhuman, I'm sorry pilot" | "Mornington Crescent bombed? No – it's in" (Humph at an "I'm sorry.." pilot) ( in fond memory of the late great presenter of ISIHAC) | 4.5 | ||
| 18 | 18 | See ace; not at end, service to come | See a cenotaph, attend service to come | 4 | 1 | |
| 18 | 19 | Shove lupin, shatters pots on the ground | Shovel uP HATpins hatter spots on the ground | 4 | 1 | |
| 18 | 28 | Tip to check | Tiptop hat check | 4 | 2 | |
| 21 | 8 | Clever Eastenders doing the Independent crossword like more standard ones | Clever Eastenders doing the Independent crossword like Morph – a test – and 'ard ones | 3 | ||
| 21 | 20 | Since the takeover was the latest, couching a forward plan in more acceptable terms was paramount | Since the takeover was the latest coup, hatching a forward plan in more acceptable terms was paramount | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | 2 | Alan – go read end of email from Vienna | "Alpha tango" – read end of email from Vienna (ref. .at suffix for Austrian domains) | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | Post-eclipse there's Ra lit again | Post eclipse – there's Ralph at it again (reference the May Message Board problems and Ralph the printer's imp) | 2 | ||
| 23 | 22 | Software sales; they're record results! | Softwares Alpha-test; hey! re-record results | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | 24 | The Chimes, Tarzan, but not Curious George | The chimp hates Tarzan but not Curious George | 2 | 1 | |
| 27 | 1 | "America lies," Outlaw Inge's saying, "Guilty verdict!" | A meri caliphate's outlawing, essaying guilty verdict | 0 | ||
| 27 | 12 | He saw magician put rabbits into sandcastles, saw every disappointed boy | He saw magician put rabbits in top hats and cast less awe – very disappointed boy | 0 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Once again playing canasta, I restored 0 hearts everywhere | Once again playing, can Astaire's 'Top Hat' re-"do" hearts everywhere? | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | 26 | The school is soon teeming with Brits (once the nursery grouches!) | The school is soon teeming with brits once the nursery group hatches | 0 | ||
| 27 | 27 | The sylvan dances? Wonderful! | The sylph, at van, dances – wonderful! (Just for fun, "wonderful" is a definition for PHAT) | 0 | ||
| 27 | 30 | Watch humdrum parade | Watch Humph at drum parade | 0 |