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CCCWC June 2015 competition results

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51 clues entered. 41 votes cast (37 competitors, 4 others).


PARLEYVOO

Congratulations to Teyrnon for his first win on the CCCWC website! A comfortable victory with his simple, neat but well-spotted anagram.
 
Margaret continued her consistent run with a second place to follow up her win a couple of months ago – another neat anagram.
 
Steve R finally hits the podium after some strong efforts this year – a Nice clue!
 
JT recaptures a top 5 spot after a two month gap since his last win, and congratulations to Leon who gains his first ever podium finish – the two of them both finding the same anagram.
 
A special mention must also go to Dave Parfitt whose amazing run of 6 podium finishes has sadly come to an end – but it was so close! He was just squeezed out into 7th place – very well done Dave, I am sure that is a record that will take some beating!

PosNo.NameClueExplanationPoints Merits 
137Teyrnon PowellPaolo? Very unusual name for a Frenchmananagram + definition611  2  
210Margaret IrvineFrench overplay free loveoverplay* + 0452  3  
333Steve RandallNice chap in A&E very poorly treatedNice chap = Frenchman, anag of A E V POORLY34.52  5  
42John TozerA Frenchman, pay for love? Must be abroad missing France!anag. less F31.51  3  
57Leon MarzillierFrench curiously pay for love but not with francsPAYFORLOVE* minus F29.51  2  
66Kenneth HorneEric Cantona, say, rough player with very good heart.Eric Cantona, say = Frenchman >> Parleyvoo Rough* PLAYER >> PARLEY + (V)ery g(OO)d heart.23.50  2  
73Dave ParfittA vet briefly struggles with poorly Alsatian?A + VE(t) + POORLY anag.; Alsatian = someone from Alsace223  2  
89Larry BaumFrench Open leader trails erratic player Five-LoveFrench=PARLEYVOO Open leader=O after (PLAYER, anag) + V + O21.51  2  
939Dave WilliamsPay lover to get changed in front of old Frenchman(paylover)* + O201 
1027Don ManleyMagical lover boy not born a Prince? Frog!anag. less b incl. P, with apologies for definition!160  2  
1028Martin PriceMaybe Strauss-Kahn got lovey with a pro, in a tumble?Def. ("a Frenchman")/anag.162  1  
1229 Mistakenly levy a poor FrenchmanMistakenly= anag indicator ,levy a poor = anag fodder ,Frenchman= definition14.51 
1344 Poor Valéry runs away, teased thus?*POO(R) VALERY; &lit.12.50  2  
141 A Frenchman is quitting Paris—unknown in love, destroyed by lovePAR(is) + [Y in LOVE*] + O122  1  
1422 Language of love or pay-off?LOVE OR PAY anagram122  2  
1436 Overplay tragedy? That's nothing for a FrenchmanPARLEYVO+O (overplay anag.)120  2  
1718 French-Scottish gingerbread avec premier vin and duck egg.def+scottish gingerbread=parley;(avecpremiervin=withtopwine);premier=first or top(ofvin)=v;+o+o110  2  
1741 Play over and over in medley – one from Armentières perhaps.Anagram of play+over+o(ver). Frenchman, but also reference to refrain in WW1 song.110 
1919 Frenchy makes distraught lover pay before love.Frenchy: definition; distraught: anagrind; lover pay: fodder; love: O101  1  
2042 Played polo with a very disturbed FrenchmanAnagram of 'polo' and 'a very'90  1  
2111 French players almost drunk see two ballsPLAYER[S]* + V(see) + O + O80  1  
2114 French swimming pool very appealing, essentially.anag (swimming) of POOLVERY(appe)A(ling).80  1  
2120 Frog's crazy gravity-free groovy leapg(roovyleap)*, def=frog81  3  
2449 Standard new levy on glasses is laughably FrenchStandard = PAR + (LEVY)* = LEYV + glasses = OO; laughably French = def..7.51 
254 Before tango's conclusion, relatively older man and mistreated lover incorporate ultimate in perversity to have intercourse in Paris[Pa + (lover)*], incl. y, + o ; ref. 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci film6.51  4  
2615 Frenchman, ignoring sex at first, pays old lover to dress up(PAY(s)/O/LOVER)* [parleyvoo = Frenchman, Chambers]61  1  
2640 Perhaps he pays for lover to get fresh with his tongue?Compound anagram: (HE PAYS FOR LOVER)* = (FRESH + PARLEYVOO); his tongue = French (one def. of PARLEYVOO). Entire clue could describe Frenchman (another def. of PARLEYVOO) by reference to his characteristic kissing method.62  2  
288 French No.6 player having lost the lead is down one set to loveSet=Anag[(N)o + V(I) + player] + O(=love). Definition: French50  3  
2832 New levy breaks a poor wretched FrenchmanLEVY* in (A POOR)*52 
2845 Running into manure ruined early victory for one in the French racep(early*+V)oo/Def. = one in the French race; Chambers: A Frenchman51  1  
2851 Would dashing lover pay for ring, meaning to get engaged?lover pay (anag)…O = ring50  3  
3243 Poor Leavy bashed the French. (9)POOR + LEAVY anagrams to PARLEYVOO.4.50 
3321 Hinky dinky talk in Armentieres patois!(9)Double definition. (from the "song", of course!)40 
3330 Moneypenny for one very upset about licenciate with licence to kill – Le Chiffre among many?P(ersonal)A(ssistant) + (VERY* around L(icentiate)) + OO (= licence to kill). Ref. James Bond. And yes, I know that it wasn’t in fact Bond who killed Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, but he did have a licence to kill him.40 
3526 Mad over play with ordinary informal language of Moliere (9)Anag of OVER PLAY + O(rdinary); informal language of Moliere = defn3.50 
3635 Oscar's first play: over-complicated question to migrant on the French border?O (Oscar's first) PLAY OVER (anagram fodder) complicated (anagrind) – question to migrant on the French border? – definition2.50  1  
3724 Love and pray fervently with love, say like the Gauls (9)(Love+Pray)*20 
3750 Standard, small room to accommodate very poor, rupee-less Frenchman (9)EVY [anag of VERY after deleting R (rupee-less)] in PAR (standard) LOO (small room) Frenchman is the def.20 
3916 Frenchman's duck during over – play not up to scratchO in (over – play)*1.50  1  
3947 Speaking French poorly? Eva is upset. (9)Anagram poorly+Eva1.50  1  
3948 Standard line, for example at start of various spectacles, is to speak FrenchStandard = PAR; line, for example = LEY; start of various = V; spectacles = OO; definition = to speak French1.51 
4212 French police acting very poorly, English getting stuffedE in anag incl a v police = put in order, unprotected UK vehicles at Calais. A for acting and v for very are both in Chambers10  1  
4246 Say Napoleon very loosely, on a no-names basis? Yes, a ———Comp anag, less N N, & lit – Napoleon as example of Frenchman (as indicated by say)10 
445 Can this question make one vocal, pray?&lit composite anagram (make) of ONE VOCAL PRAY = CAN PARLEYVOO (this question)0.50  4  
4434 Nice language from play overcooked with love (9)Def. Nice language –> language spoken in Nice (France) –> French. Wordplay: (play over)* + o (love); anagram indicator cooked0.50  1  
4613 French provocatively translated when no ITV commercials initially interruptProvocatively* – (ITV+C)00  2  
4617 Frenchman’s quaintly poovy circling Van Gogh’s venue endlesslyPOOVY (anagram) round ARLE(s)00  1  
4623 Local French resistance love struggling with Axis before being captured by Jerry[R LOVE Y (Axis) A (before)]* in PO01  1  
4625 Lévy, just not acute, a poor, confused Frenchman!(LEVY A POOR)*; 'just not acute' to delete the accent; {Note: His detractors may agree but nothing personal intended}02  1  
4631 Moulin Rouge dialogue? Weird, loopy rave!*LOOPYRAVE; ref OTT film00 
4638 Parisian chef e.g. combining bit of sage leaves, parsley, vegetable root and eggsParisian chef = Parleyvoo (def.). Parley (= PARSLEY – S, or "bit of sage leaves parsley") + V (vegetable root) + O + O (eggs)00