CCCWC May 2014 competition results
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53 clues entered. 35 votes cast (34 competitors, 1 other).
BINGLE
Richard Saunders is back to his best form and tops the pile this month – congratulations Richard!
Last month's winner, Luciano just misses out on the double, coming second.
A very close third is Dave P, who was runner up to Luciano last month – can't keep these two apart! – well done Dave.
Roslyn, who has enjoyed some success in the past, returns to the podium in 4th spot and the final placing goes to Steve R, his first podium this year after a good run of them last year.
Well done to everyone for another enjoyable contest.
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Richard Saunders | Cause of broken leg in middle of outback? | "Broken" indicates anagram of LEG IN (OUT)B(ACK) | 43 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 | Luciano Ward | Arrangement of locks, being flawed, restricts completion of canal (6) | Completion (ending) of (cana)L in BEING* | 30.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 31 | Dave Parfitt | Destructive impact of Darwin’s revered book no good for bishop | BIBLE with NG for B; Darwin = Australian city | 30 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 45 | Roslyn Rougvie | Newspaper boss left bleeding horribly in Aussie pile-up. | ble(ed)ing* | 27.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 49 | Steve Randall | Rubbing leg reveals bump down under | bump down under – def, rubBING LEg – hidden | 22.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | John Tozer | Crash, 1929 style? | 2 meanings; hairstyle popular in 1920s; ref. Wall Street Crash, 1929 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 37 | John Appleton | He loves Miss Bennett's short hairdo | Def = "hairdo"; "He loves Miss Bennett" = BINGLEY (ref. Pride and Prejudice). | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 51 | Patrick Martin | Sassoon's work, perhaps, in book: memorable verse needing no introduction | B + (J)INGLE, ref. Vidal Sassoon in cryptic reading, Siegfried Sassoon on surface | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | Jeffery Robinson | Bob's a smash in Australia! | dd. First definition of bingle from Merriam-Webster (which may be more accurate than that in Chambers): 'a woman's short bob partly shingled at the back.' Second as Chambers 1. | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | sam wilkinson | Belgian fails to get a new hairdo | Belgian (fodder), fails to get (deletion indicator) of 'a', new (anagrind), hairdo (definition) | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 48 | Tim Moorey | Result of being crazy overtaking van in Launceston? | l in anag & lit L Tasmanian capital | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 1 | A source of admissions to Victorian hospital? Bruce's first in, with broken leg. | Def/ B + in + leg (anag) | 13.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | 53 | Upset from being left out. | Anagram of BEING + L (left). Upset is an alternate definition of bingle (Australian). | 12 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 29 | Dame Edna's car-crash hairstyle | Double definition | 11.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | 25 | Crash courses through absorbing lectures | Def: crash; hidden (absorBING LEctures); courses = flows/runs | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | 28 | Cut short game with the French. | Cut = def: bingle (vt). short game = BING(O) with the French= LE | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 52 | Toss leg break to cause short cut | BIN+GLE (leg)* [def: short hairstyle] | 10.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | 43 | Minor upset as Scots pile on top of the French | def: minor upset (thefreedictionary.com – bingle: n 1. Australia – a minor crash or upset); Scots pile (BING) on top of the French (LE); surface suggests the type of 'handbags' incident that often occurs when rugby players compete at a ruck or maul. | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | 38 | Heap left at end of drive? | BING+L+E & lit | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | 16 | Can gel different hairstyle (6) | BIN + GEL* | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 9 | Belgian pop not a smash down under (6) | Belgian = anagram fodder , not a = remove the a, pop = anagram indicator, smash down under= definition | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | 35 | Hairstyle you'll see combing leave, after cutting fringes? | …Com(BING LE)ave | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | 40 | Joy curtailed after lots of wine — accident down under! | bin + gle(e) | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | 39 | How hair might be cut by accident in Australia (6) | Double definition – hairstyle from Chambers, accident from Collins | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | 46 | One Direction knocked off the top, replaced by Timberlake's fourth big hit | 'One' = SINGLE — 'Direction knocked off the top' >>> (s)INGLE — 'replaced by Tim[b]erlake's fourth' >>> BINGLE — 'big hit' = def. — Ref: July 2013 One Diection's "One Way" was knocked off the UK singles no.1 position by Justin Timberlake's 4th no.1, "Mirrors". | 6.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | 21 | Check out damaged belching car in collision. | anag(damaged)belching-ch + def | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 27 | Crooner in "Road" films left East longer than Bob | BING+L+E [bingle as a short haircut longer than bob] | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | 30 | Darcy's mate cut off in road mishap | BINGLE(Y) | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 29 | 2 | Absorbing lecturer demonstrates hairstyle | Hidden | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 44 | Model girls' bonces with fancy cross cut | Composite anagram & lit. | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 50 | Run to first hairstyle collision! (6) | Triple definition. RUN TO FIRST (In baseball slang, a single) and HAIRSTYLE and COLLISION (Australian slang). | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 32 | 14 | Bob's close relative creating an impact Down Under? | 2 defs | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 32 | 15 | Boy lost leg in an accident | B+ LEG IN*; def – an accident | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 32 | 17 | Car crash with none inside – blessing in disguise (6) | Anagram of BLE(-SS)ING | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 32 | 18 | Car crash, with rider mostly at fault, is bewildering (6) | Composite Anagram of Bingle (Def: Car Crash) + W (From With) + Ride (From Rider with deletion indicator "mostly") = Bewildering | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 26 | Crash of Saab in Glenorchy? | Glenorchy is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Hidden word indicator: "of". Semi&lit. (I hope the Ximeneans will accept "?" in lieu of "perhaps".) | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 32 | 42 | Leading character from Belgian comic's swept hairstyle | *BELGIAN minus A (leading character); def. hairstyle; ref. Tintin | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 38 | 5 | Bachelor drops second for first base scoring hit | SINGLE-S+B – Def: BASEBALL HIT | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | 36 | Hairstyle's no good cropped in humour | ng (abbrev) in bile | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 3 | Alice springs surprise? | A crash (surprise) in Alice Springs (town in Northern Australia). Question mark to indicate cryptic, as otherwise suspect 'Springs' would need to be capitalised. | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 41 | 32 | Don's back and leg broken in car-crash down under | NIB rev. + LEG*. Both “don” and “nib” can mean a swell or bigwig. | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 33 | Feather cut, perhaps, having point set about liquid gel | NIB< + GLE* | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 34 | Hairstyle girlfriend cut finished with fashionable gel | BIN[T] (girlfriend cut) + GEL (anagram) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 41 | Lara implicated in bombing letterboxes? | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 7 | BBC's first great broadcast? Darwin's Impact | B + grate (ingle) homophone. Darwin's (Australian) Impact = def. | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 46 | 23 | Compromise on cuts revealed as search giants in possible merger | Bing + Google portmanteau. A hairstyle midway between bob and shingle | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 | 6 | Bachelor friend of Walter is unlikely to choose this hairstyle | B + INGLE (generally a female hairstyle) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 | 10 | Belting pile-up outside of Hobart terminal? | Anag – (Hobar)T; &Lit ref. Bingle(1) (Aust sl – 'belting' also used here as the slang indicator) | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 47 | 11 | Big Len! Crash into surfer having a barbie. | Anagram. Crash used as DEF and WP. Relation to surfer in Internet Free dictionary. | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 | 12 | Bob Charles, an endless match for Brando, Ferrar or Thorp? | bob = hairdo; Bob Charles NZ golfer; Charles Bingley is a male suitor in Pride & Prejudice, as are Colonel Brandon, Edward Ferrars and John Thorpe in other Austen novels – remove final letter from each | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 47 | 19 | Car-crash in Perth generated heartless elbowing | Car-crash in Perth = def., (elb(ow)ing)*; generated = anagrind | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 47 | 22 | Cherry cocktail wine ends up causing fender-bender (6) | Direct = fender-bender. Bing = cherry, LE = cocktaiL winE (ends = indicator) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 47 | Redraft ‘Neighbours’ lines to nourish this SE-Aussie smash | 'to' = into. Neighbours lines anag nourish bingle SE. Defn: Aussie smash/collision (Chambers 1) | 0 | 0 | 2 |