CCCWC September 2014 competition results
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51 clues entered. 40 votes cast (37 competitors, 3 others).
TASER (Printer’s Devilry)
There were some big hitters jostling for position this month, but in the end a relative newcomer pipped them all to the post by a very narrow margin! Congratulations to Richard Harvey who just missed out on his first podium finish last month but blasts to the top of the leaderboard this time round by a single point! Well done indeed.
Simon was the unlucky one to be just squeezed out into second spot with the NOT A SERVICE clue that found most favour with the judges – tough luck but well done Simon.
Dave P in third kept up his consistent record for the year with a very different angle on the PD break in his clue.
Brian Douglas snatched 4th with his first entry in a while – good to see you back in the fray Brian.
Final podium placing went to John T with his angle on the NOT A SERVICE(man) approach – another competitior with an admirably consistent year.
Many thanks to you all for some fine PD entertainment!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Richard Harvey | Bank of England auditors in specious fraud claim | Bank of England auditors inspect a serious fraud claim. [The solver is given a hint because in the world of finance – indicated by the start of the clue – "SERIOUS" often accompanies "FRAUD"] | 48 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 47 | Simon Shaw | Vespers at the nunnery – normally novice monks can attend | Vespers at the nunnery – normally not a service monks can attend | 47 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 23 | Dave Parfitt | Is huge ant in the latrine with another soldier? | I shut a sergeant in the latrine with another soldier | 38.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 42 | Brian Douglas | There is no vice on Sundays since the vicar died. | noT A SER vice | 38 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 12 | John Tozer | Don't shoot me, I'm a civilian novice, man! | Don't shoot me, I'm a civilian, not a serviceman | 36.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 41 | Tom Borland | The court was right to con vicious criminal | The court was right to convict a serious criminal | 27 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 34 | Mike Baker | Pressed vicar's lemons, tart ahead of schedule | Pressed vicars let a sermon start ahead of schedule | 24.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | Steve Randall | Bogofs fill the shelves in Colombian supermarkets | Bogota serfs fill the shelves in Colombian supermarkets | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 28 | Tony Harker | Murray, shove past Federer | Murray shot a serve past Federer | 21.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 43 | Tim Moorey | Those on the United side consider breakaway sco/ring badly | Those on the United side consider breakaway Scot as erring badly (Scottish referendum, Alex Salmond) | 19.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Donating sperm is no vice | Donating sperm is not a service | 19 | 3 | 3 | |
| 12 | 36 | Shell left oil in an extremely rugged field. | She'll let a serf toil in an extremely rugged field. | 15.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 29 | No! Vice encouraged by the Bishop? | Not a service encouraged by the Bishop. | 15 | 4 | 2 | |
| 14 | 51 | Wham on smiting unbelievers! | What a sermon, smiting unbelievers! | 13.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | 17 | Free school meals are now available, a very good idea | Free school meals are now available at a servery. Good idea (Collins: servery = canteen) | 12.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 45 | Top fashion is mine; expensive fur! | Top fashionisTAS' ERmine; expensive fur! | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | 49 | Week night can be spent having this | Wee knight can besT A SERpent having this | 12.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 18 | 21 | However it appears from this, a specious argument may ensue. | However, it appears from this aspect a serious argument may ensue. | 10.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | 10 | Casanova: from one a special adulterer, from another a famous lover (5) | Casanova: from one aspect a serial adulterer, from another a famous lover (5) | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| 20 | 1 | A mendacious number of criminals caught | Amend act, a serious number of criminals caught | 9.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | 8 | Brazilian photo is exotic art | Brazilian photo I sext as erotic art (NB: Here using a different meaning of "Brazilian" than in the clue) | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 22 | 6 | Blackadder's viewed a penthouse! | Black adder's viewed at a serpent house (Post PD) | 8.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 23 | 19 | Gets to a mine to supply winter warmth perhaps | Get stoat as ermine to supply winter warmth perhaps (mine=coal-mine) | 7.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | 44 | Tonight, Miss, our idiotic aim? Pure pleasure at its best | Tonight, Missouri, Dita's Erotica! Impure pleasure at its best ——— surface refers to Dita von Teese (both surfaces, possibly) | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | 4 | At church, come nigh, vice awaits on Christmas Eve | At church, come night, a service awaits on Christmas Eve | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 | 32 | Penis' blue section approaches maximum size. | Penis bluesT AS ERection approaches maximum size. | 6.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 27 | 3 | An awful lover, passed out, is not terribly delectable! | An awful lot a server passed out is not terribly delectable! | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | Lu's monkey to try Sting's "Sacred Love" | "Lust" – a sermon key to trysting's sacred love | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | 33 | Plumber gave bi device to allow cleansing of unmentionables | gave bidet a service | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | 31 | Oil-based Texas able, on paper, to dominate market | Oil-based textas, erasable on paper, to dominate market | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 31 | 9 | Can novice cater for all who are worshipping vicar? | no/vice: Cannot a service cater for all who are worshipping, vicar? | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 32 | 24 | Is it a record to Beamon? So long! | Is it a record to be at a sermon so long? (ref Bob B's record long jump at the 1968 Olympics. | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 | 18 | Gangs take pies off rightful folk and pop! | Gangsta kept a series of frightful folk and pop! (kep·T A SER·ies ~ p·ies) | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | 16 | Frank doctor's "Guten Abend!" is regarded as just a polite way to say "Lights out" | UNDEVILLED: Frank doctor's "Gutta serena!" Ben disregarded as just a polite way to say "Lights out". FRANK = CANDID and BAVARIAN ; GUTTA SERENA = type of blindness. | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 34 | 22 | In facial, killer looks assured when blemishes are impossible to detect | In fact, a serial killer looks assured when blemishes are impossible to detect | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 30 | Novice was held in church, stunning thing | "Undeviled" version – Not a service was held in church, stunning thing | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 36 | 37 | Shocking thing seen in Rio: dog and ram are turns to enthral onlookers. | Undevilled version: Shocking thing seen in riot, as Erdogan drama returns to enthral onlookers. [Ref 2013-14 demonstrations in Turkey, when Recep Tayyip Erdogan (now president) was prime minister.] | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38 | 35 | Scotch amphibian in his face | Scot champ hi/t a Ser/bian in his face | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 39 | 13 | Emergency resection feels uncomfortable | Emergency rest as erection feels uncomfortable | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 2 | A politician's defections always attract media attention. | A politician's deft, as erections always attract media attention. | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 40 | 14 | Fading tin mine is no longer fashionable | Fading tin(T AS ER)mine is no longer fashionable. | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 40 | 15 | Fashion is vile – covered up designer tears | FashionisTA SERvile, covered up designer tears; tears [anag] in PD clue from crying, in undevilled version tears=rips | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 40 | 20 | He dominated Incas, a tough in drag | He dominated in cast as Erato. Ugh! In drag! | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 40 | 25 | It was no monkey note paper for the zoo visitors. | It was not a sermon, keynote paper for the zoo visitors. | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 26 | Let is the novice you desire when at match point. | Let is not a service you desire when at match point. | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 40 | 38 | Ta – ping of sonar – supper part spatchy. | Taping of sonatas errs, upper parts patchy. Note: spatchy = a taste one craves (Urban Dictionary) | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 40 | 39 | Taste the added sugar in muesli and in Special K. Iller, now? | Taste the added sugar in muesli and inspect a "serial" killer now. | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 40 | 40 | Thanks to Brenda, a shocking piece of roving (5) | Thanks (TAS) to Brenda (ER), a shocking piece of roTA SERving (5) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 46 | Using dodgy racket in hovel of vice, backhander wide boy is out of court – it’s a shocker! | Using dodgy racket in Hove, loft a service backhander wide, boy is out of court – it’s a shocker! | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 40 | 48 | Weasel trading for the fur industry out of season, sells to a mine | Weasel-trading for the fur industry out of season? Sell stoat as ermine! | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | 50 | Were nasal lies awfully long? | Were NasTASE Rallies awfully long? | 0 | 1 | 1 |