CCCWC March 2015 competition results
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51 clues entered. 45 votes cast (40 competitors, 5 others).
DREAMBOAT
A welcome return to the top of the pile for Mr Tozer, obviously back in form following his recent AZ victory too – well done John – a simple but effective clue with a beautifully disguised definition.
And talking of being in form – Mr Parfitt – third podium in a row – 5th, 4th and now 2nd – 1st next month? Another wonderfully disguised definition – well done Dave.
Another form horse in 3rd – last year's overall 2nd place Tom Borland, with an ingenious &lit.
4th spot went to a new name – welcome Nick Baggott – a simple anagram, but such a convincing surface.
Final placing goes to Rod Beards, who is moving up the consistency table – his clue evened things up for the other sex!
Well done everyone – another great competition!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | John Tozer | Fantasised about a snake charmer | boa in dreamt | 56 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 14 | Dave Parfitt | Doctor moving amoeba to centre of Petri dish | DR + AMOEBA anag. + (pe)T(ri); dish = def. | 39 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 43 | Tom Borland | Sort of Bardot, incorporating elements of Mae West? | MAE rev. in *BARDOT; &lit. (across clue) | 31 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 39 | Nick Baggott | Prince Charming drama to be animated | def / anag drama to be | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | Rod Beards | Arranged date with Rambo – he's a hunk | Anagram (DATE + RAMBO); "he's a hunk" = definition | 29.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 12 | Jason Crampton | Dish is perfect container for sauce | Dish = definition; perfect = dream; container for sauce = boat | 28.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 13 | Tim Moorey | Dish to cut out, fried bread and tomato | anag less to | 24.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | John Appleton | Hunk's mad to bare nuts | (mad to bare)* | 24.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 45 | Simon Shaw | This ideal constitutes adorable mate I'd fancy | Composite anagram & lit. | 22.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Martin Price | An ideal vessel in which to serve sauce for a tasty dish? | ideal = dream/vessel = boat (as in "gravy boat")/def. | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 32 | Met aboard exotic cruise perhaps? | Metaboard* eg (Tom) Cruise | 19.5 | 4 | 8 | |
| 12 | 2 | Adonis found in love with drab mate, surprisingly. | Anagram of O ("love") + DRAB MATE. | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 7 | Buffet meat board offering a hot dish | Buffet = (verb) anagrind/meat board*/offering = concatenator/a hot dish = definition | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 10 | Democrat on Obama dancing tango: He is so hunky! | D + RE (on) + OBAMA* + T (phonetic alphabet) | 19 | 0 | 3 | |
| 15 | 24 | Hunk of bread, at most half-baked | BREAD AT MO anagram | 18 | 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 46 | This type of model may be top-rated | &lit comp. anag. {model} DREAMBOAT+TYPE = MAY BE TOP-RATED | 15 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | 22 | Had a vision about a snake charmer (9) | dreamt (had a vision) about boa (a snake). Charmer is the definition. | 13.5 | 5 | 4 | |
| 18 | 9 | Date Rambo slyly, foxy lady! | anag(slyly)of daterambo+def (*Rambo is Sylvester "Sly" Stallone and "sly" defines a fox) | 13 | 2 | 4 | |
| 18 | 51 | Wonderful person imagined? A snake concealed | DREAMT around BOA | 13 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | 16 | Drab mate? Nothing of the sort! | & lit, (drabmate)* with o | 12 | 3 | 3 | |
| 21 | 21 | God-given beauty to be piece of rib – and Adam reproduced | anag. incl. r | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 50 | Wild boar tamed – a prized companion | boar tamed anag. | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | 38 | Pet doctor met a boa, unfortunately. | def+dr+anag(metaboa) | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | 40 | She is a smashin' broad, mate. | Anagram BROAD MATE | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | 8 | Cruise, perhaps, as a result of Spooner's fish worship? | Bream dote/dream boat. Def. Cruise, as in Tom. | 9.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 26 | 4 | Amazingly attractive guy surprisingly met abroad | MET ABROAD (anagram) | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | 19 | Fantastic date, Rambo? | Anag. daterambo ref. old holywood film | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 26 | 29 | It sounds like her fancy lover before tea. (9) | This is a clue where the sentence is used as a "definition" and also wordplay. The wordplay is the sound of ( DREAM (FANCY) + BEAU (HER LOVER) ) before "T" (TEA). | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | 33 | Object of affection imagined squeezing the squeezer | Object of affection (dreamboat) imagined (dreamt) squeezing (surrounding) the squeezer (boa) | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 | 49 | Wild boar mated, producing stud | Dreamboat = anagram of boar mated, stud = definition | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | 27 | Ideal catch, we hear | DREAM+BOAT (ketch hom.) & lit. | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 32 | 26 | I may be envisaged as mate, broad being aroused | anag. & lit. | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 | 11 | Dish in bad tearoom sadly missing an egg | Anagram (sadly) of BAD TEAROOM – O | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 33 | 42 | Some think Brad Pitt is me and Brad abandoned acting to set | (ME BRAD)* + (A TO)* | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 35 | 20 | Finding love in an awfully drab mate, not him surely? | Finding love = o…(anag)drab mate… | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 35 | 34 | Old bad meat, recipe for disaster for beefcake (9) | O(ld) bad meat r(ecipe) = anagram fodder, for disaster (anagram indicator) , for= resulting in beefcake= definition | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 37 | 15 | Doctor orders meat, stuffed with type of snake, dish. | DR+EAM(BOA)T; def = dish | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | 1 | A boxer tamed rebellious old partner, cut and bruised from knockout! | {A BO(ex rev)R/TAMED}* [bruise, anagrind {Chambers}; knockout, Chambers 4th defn.] | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 38 | 3 | After injury abroad met an attractive guy once (9) | (abroad met)*, after injury=anagrind, an attractive guy=def., once = dated usage indicator | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 38 | 48 | Who gets her all-aflutter, met abroad? (9) | Anag & lit. with reference to US derivation. | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 41 | 47 | Use this to make tomato bread dish (9) | Comp anag. USE 'this to' MAKE i.e. (DREAMBOAT+TO)* gives TOMATO BREAD. Def- Dish | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 42 | 31 | Magnet worry about desk drawer at first (9) | DR. + AMBO in EAT; Ref kitchen installer | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | 30 | Looking for a sexy guy? Try the new Meat Board. | Sexy guy = dreamboat, anag of Meat Board | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | 44 | Spooner's fish show excessive love for wonderful person. | Spoonerism BREAM DOAT. | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 45 | 35 | One might be a "Mr Toad", unlikely, except in his own eyes. | (BE A MR TOAD) unlikely* &lit. Mr Toad is renowned for his narcissism. | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 45 | 37 | Perhaps he's in bed with inamorata, lost in a whirl (9) | (BED inaMORATA)* Definition: He (perhaps) + suggestive elements from the fodder | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 47 | 17 | Drive a doctor has in a toe tapping dance to be a charmer (9) | Drive = DR, Doctor = MB, tapping dance= anagrind for A TOE or EOAT, charmer = def DR + E+ (A+MB)+ OAT | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 23 | Horny ma bared to a hunk! (9) | Direct = a hunk. "ma bared to" = anagram(indicator = horny) | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 47 | 28 | In October, Adam distraught, having lost only child, a babe | (OCTOBERADAM – O(nly)C(hild))*. Babe: “a stunningly attractive woman or man” (Chambers) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | 36 | Perfect mate with a bod that attracts – Romeo, in short? | (MATE A BOD)* outside R(Romeo); &lit | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 47 | 41 | Smashing dame! (Ta, Rob) | Anag. 'dame ta Rob': ref. Robert Teuton who gave us this dish | 0 | 0 | 2 |