The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC August 2014 competition results

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48 clues entered. 40 votes cast (36 competitors, 4 others).


EATANSWILL

Quite a close run thing for the podium places, but the winner nudged some way ahead – nothing corrupt in the voting here!
 
Hearty congratulations to Mark Webberley who can celebrate his first placing with a first place! An acceptance speech is the tradition I believe.
 
Tom B pushed his nose in front of the chasing pack – no stranger to the podium, and one of the two that found the Labour anagram indicator.
 
Third spot sees a return for Richard after a number of years away from CCCWC competition. Welcome back and congrats on hitting the podium with your feet running. Hope we see some more in the coming months.
 
Sam was the other employer of the Labour anagram indicator and was hoisted into his first top 5 finish also – well done Sam!
 
Finally a return to the podium for John A after his win at the start of the year – a nice deceptive definition there.
 
Thanks to all for another fine competition.

PosNo.NameClueExplanationPoints Merits 
126mark webberleyLoosen wallets in a corrupt electionanagrind = loosen; anagram of 'WALLETS IN A'; def = 'corrupt election'510 
221Tom BorlandLabour wallies adopting Brown, a rotten choiceTAN = Brown in *WALLIES; def. a rotten choice37.50 
316Richard HealdHere you may see the corrupt win a seat by wrongful means after pollinganag. + (i)ll, & lit.351  1  
422sam wilkinsonLabour win a seat ahead of Liberals in corrupt electionLabour – anagram indicator of: win a seat, ahead of – juxtaposition indicator of: Liberals (ll), corrupt election – definition33.52 
511John AppletonDrunk as a newt, and ill from rotten choice of diet?(AS A NEWT)* + ILL; def = "rotten choice of diet?", (diet = parliament, see Chambers [2]).323  1  
629Richard HarveyMistakenly we install a corrupt political choiceWE INSTALL A (anagram: indicator MISTAKENLY)25.50 
720Margaret IrvineIts constituents all in a stew, corrupt?all in a stew* &lit24.53 
846Luciano WardWhere dodgy seat is occupied by one with influence?[AN in SEAT*] + WILL (vb = influence (Chambers)); &lit20.51 
940JimfromMNThis town will seat almost any lunatic! (10)WILL + SEAT + AN (ALMOST ANY) ANAGRAM = EATANSWILL ["SEAT" HERE REFERS TO THE POLITICAL POSITION]18.52 
1047Peter CargillWin seat with all manner of corruption here?*WIN+SEAT+ALL ind by 'manner of corruption'183 
1148 Wines at all unusual? Yes, but a rotten selectionWINESATALL*17.50 
1239 The place to win a seat with corruption at centre of ballot?(anag)win a seat + centre of ba(LL)ot…14.53 
131 A river, brown with hogwash, gets the polluted vote!A river(ea),brown(tan),hogwash(swill)+def130 
1331 Poor Law in tales of Dickensian corruption.Poor* (LAW IN TALES = EATANSWILL)132 
1519 Is late lawn hybrid a shady selection?anag(hybrid)islatelawn+def(shady=corrupt)12.51 
1610 Dine and drink greedily – spend a day in Pickwick's parishEAT ANd SWILL122 
1638 Sleaze essentially beats volition here(sl)ea(ze) tans will, & lit.121  1  
1830 Politically divided town from novel, all in a stew(all in a stew)*; semi &lit11.50 
193 Al's late win forged in corrupt electionAnagram AL'S LATE WIN; forged as anagrind; corrupt election = definition111 
1915 Fix of Charlie makes you drunk as a newt then sickASANEWT anag. + ILL; Charlie = cocaine (or Charles Dickens); see 'drunk' in Chambers Thesaurus for 'drunk as a newt'111  1  
217 Corrupt anti-Wales Liberal rigged electionanag. (ANTI WALES L)9.54 
2233 Recycling all waste in a town like Sudbury (10)ALLWASTEIN* , Definition – a town like Sudbury. Coincidental reference to greensuffolk community initiative.91 
2234 Report of place for posh boy, Boris finally getting wish for constituency sewn up?'Eton' + (Bori)s + will, ref. B. Johnson an old Etonian seeking re-entry to Parliament and announcing his target constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip on 26 August90 
2437 Sell a Twain novel, adapted for Dickensian setting.Anagram of "Sell a Twain". "Novel" and "adapted" are anagrinds. Used second anagrind for better surface reading.8.51 
2525 Laws ain't broken during polls in East London? They were here!anag laws aint in E L; poll = head7.51  2  
262 All new, it's a rotten borough!ALL NEW ITS A* (rotten=anagrind), borough!=def. (! as answer is fictional). Semi&lit "it's a rotten borough". — Surface as a headline from the Eatanswill Independent (anti-Blue, pro-Buff) after the election of Blue MP.70 
2643 We install a corrupt MP in this Dickensian boroughwordplay: (WE INSTALL A)*, AInd: corrupt; definition: this Dickensian borough; whole clue serves as extended definition70  1  
2813 Fictitious town with corrupted laws (in tale)(10)Direct=fictitious town. anagram: laws in tale indicator = corrupted (tale refers to a tale by Dickens).61 
299 Corrupt seat in London primarily, with law broken throughout?Anag – (SEAT IN L(ondon)+ LAW)*; &Lit5.53  2  
305 Brown's option after each novel electionEA/TAN'S/WILL; defn.=novel election; reference to Gordon Brown51 
306 Charles' corrupt selection from local river umber? Rubbish!Charles Dickens corrupt selection is Eatanswill, local dialect for river is ea, umber is tan (see Bradford's) and rubbish is swill.51 
3027 Lord Lieutenant's behind machinations to win a seat in rigged electionAnag. of win a seat + LL (Lord Lieutenant)51  1  
338 Corrupt parliamentary seat? A N-S willing coalition provides it!Hidden41 
3312 'ellacious Satan – 'e will corrupt election(Satan 'e will)*40 
3523 Lane was lit up where boisterous parties competedanag – lane was lit30 
3628 Losing 100 – 0? Election laws broken here!&lit; wordplay anag. "ELECTION LAWS" without C (100) and O (zero). Defn. "Election laws broken here"2.52  1  
3636 Rigging neat one will shortly give access to Westminsteranag. of neat, a, + 'll including S.W.1 (postcode for Parliament) & lit.2.50 
3641 Volume setting entails law breakinganag: [ENTAILS LAW] breaking / Def: Volume setting = book location2.51 
3644 We'll abstain having lost heart – upset with this dodgy pollanag: we'll abstain minus B2.50  1  
4024 Late in-laws corrupt election.Anagram (Late in-laws) Using CORRUPT as wordplay and definition.21 
4132 Poor selection of awful law almost stealing (10)LAWSTEALIN*1.50 
424 Bent ballot's broken entail laws (something that's no longer mentioned in Chambers).Def/anag/def (Teuton's lament!).10 
4318 In-laws late following diversion. Rotten borough brought to book! (10)in-laws late= anag fodder, following diversion= after mixing letters. Rotten borough brought to book= def (literary corrupt borough)0.51  1  
4414 Fierce loyalties and oppositions engendered by politics entail laws.Def: First part of the sentence…+ Ana: entail laws= EATANSWILL00 
4417 ILL AT NEWS SOMEHOW AROUND A NOVEL BY DICKENSILL AT NEWS (ANAGRAM)+A = EAT(A)NSWILL* = NOVEL BY CHARLES DICKENS00  2  
4435 Rigged poll in Spain with evil intention to oust sincere leaderSpain: E for Espana, Chambers; evil intention: SATAN'S WILL; sincere leader: S00 
4442 Voting in the buff you say? Where the dickens is law 'n order in odd tale?(is law 'n)* in (tale)*00 
4445 When standing, hogwash talked by college head's a sure way to get a seat (10)HOGWASH = SWILL; TALKED = sounds like, COLLEGE HEAD – place EATAN (ETON) before.00