CCCWC August 2015 competition results
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55 clues entered. 43 votes cast (40 competitors, 3 others).
CHESTERFIELD
A comfortable win for a seasoned campaigner – indeed Luciano's third 1st placing of this year – hearty congratulations! – and it means Luciano nudges ahead in the annual competition too.
Michael revisits the podium after a few year's absence with a fine second place – although I had not realised that this combination was out of fashion!
In 3rd spot a new name to the CCCWC – first entry and straight onto the podium with a lovely anagram, very well done Marie, and welcome!
4th place went to Martin with his clue that had some tricky wordplay to break down – well done Martin.
Final podium placing went to Don who continues his fine form this year – another nice anagram, well-worked into the surface.
Congratulations to all for another sterling batch of fine efforts!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Luciano Ward | Child feels tired after bouncing around sofa | CH + [FEELSTIRED*] | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 15 | Michael Doyle | Fashion died with combination of shirt, fleece and long overcoat | (d+shirt+fleece)* ; Defn: long overcoat | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 30 | Marie Boileau | Persecuted heretics fled Derbyshire town (12) | direct = Derbyshire town chesterfield = anagram of "heretics fled" (persecuted = indicator) | 35.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 33 | Martin Price | See what you do, when your team's not in town? | See = Chester (bishopric)/what you do when your team's not in (ie not batting) = field/def. | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 51 | Don Manley | Where Tony Benn sat spouting leftish creed | anag. | 32.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 36 | Steve Randall | Sitters here caught by the fielders easily (12) | C + THEFIELDERS* (easily) | 28.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 37 | Nick Smith | Tailored shirt and fleeced coat | SHIRT FLEECED anag, & lit | 27.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 55 | Barry Solomons | You could wear this when cold, if sheltered poorly. | c = cold + (anag) if sheltered… ref: overcoat | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | 12 | Dominic Baggott | "Destroy filth!" decrees earl | An anagram (‘destroy’) of ‘filth decrees’ | 21.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | Dave Parfitt | Here, League football club sited ground | HERE + L + FC + SITED all anag. & lit.; ref. Chesterfield FC | 20.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 44 | Top of church here is left twisted by tail of arch-fiend | C (HEREISLEFT)* D ref the legend explaining the twisted spire of a Chesterfield church | 20 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | 2 | Animation to set child free, what 'Mr Benn' represented? | *SET CHILD FREE; disennobled, Tony Benn was latterly MP for Chesterfield | 17 | 2 | 1 | |
| 12 | 24 | Marxist, Saint, and Queen lead candidates for seat | CHE+ST+ER+FIELD | 17 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 27 | One stuffed shirt fleeced badly | Defn = "one stuffed" for sofa; (SHIRT FLEECED)* | 16.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | 48 | Wanting ultimate in fun, children's feet scrambled for the sofa | Anagram of CHILDRENSFEET minus N | 16.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 4 | Butts you might want to drag from a fancy sofa? | double definition = Butts you might want to drag from/a fancy sofa – CHESTERFIELD cigs still sold | 12.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | 17 | Fletcher dies mysteriously in Davenport (6) | anagram of Fletcher dies | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| 18 | 39 | Ted feels rich unwinding on the vintage couch (12) | TEDFEELSRICH | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 41 | This author's letters to his son reflected his wordplay! (12) | CHESTERFIELD (AUTHOR OF "LETTERS TO HIS SON") is ANAGRAM OF "REFLECTED HIS". | 10 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 | 49 | Well-armed seat of desert chiefs left abandoned | Well-armed seat = cryptic def./ DESERTCHIEFSL* / abandoned=wild=anagram | 10 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 52 | Where Tony Benn stood and sat, perhaps? | Tony Benn MP for Chesterfield 1983 – 2001 | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 1 | A Scottish lad nurses miserable fester on the padded sofa. | Scot lad=chield+anag(miserable)of fester+def | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 23 | 5 | Check play area outside compound provides somewhere to sit | Check = ch (as in chess), (chemical) compound = ester, play area = field, def = somewhere to sit | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 8 | Child set free to roam town with crooked spire | CHILDSETFREE* The most prominent landmark of Chesterfield in Derbyshire is the "crooked spire" of the Parish church. | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| 25 | 22 | Left here with disc dislocated! | (Anag, &lit | 7.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 26 | 6 | Cheers lifted twisted spire town | Anagram of CHEERS LIFTED; Anagrind = twisted; definition = spire town (or 'twisted spire town' with 'twisted' doing double duty); Chesterfield is known for its twisted spire. | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 | 10 | Corbyn, in the lead, has other three contestants getting special place to relax | Def = "place to relax" (sofa); (C[orbyn] + THREE* + FIELD) around S[pecial]. | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 23 | Man feels right with it worn in cold day | man:he; worn:anagram indicator; fodder:feels+r+it; right:R cold:C day:D C(HE+STERFIEL*)D &lit: chesterfield being an overcoat tailored for men | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| 28 | 46 | Upset child set free on couch | anagram: child set free = chesterfield Def. of chesterfield = sofa or couch | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 | 13 | Doctor feels it leads to cancer, research documents have evidence (12) | Anagram of {FEELS IT C.R.D.H.E.} indicated by "Doctor" / acrostic (leads to) for CRDHE – &lit (Chesterfield cigarette) | 5.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 30 | 16 | Fleeced shirt rudely boasts a twisted spire | Fleeced shirt (anagram fodder) rudely (indicator) boasts a twisted spire (defintion: landmark of Chesterfield) | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 53 | Where with slipped disc felt uncomfortable for sitting? | Anag less w & semi lit. "With slipped" indicates removal of w from anagram. | 5.5 | 2 | ||
| 33 | 18 | From where the heretics fled, completely confused. | From where (CHESTERFIELD as location) heretics+fled (anagram of CHESTERFIELD, in a totally confused state) | 5 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Hefted relics about; old coat and sofa | HEFTED RELICS* | 4 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Here league Football Club sited ground, and here fine listed top of church is twisted | anag including l FC; anag including f, the Crooked Spire & lit | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 25 | Misplace, surprisingly not in Macclesfield, the spire that's crooked here | MACCLESFIELDTHESPIRE* [that's crooked] – MISPLACE* [surprisingly] = CHESTERFIELD | 4 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 32 | Seat for a Lord in the Commons? | ref Lord Chesterfield, C constituency (and also its ex-MP Tony Benn?) | 4 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Techs reshaped Queen's green wide ass supporter!(12) | direct: wide ass supporter. techs = CHEST (reshaped = indicator),Queen = ER,green = FIELD. | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 40 | The idle serf caught unwinding on the lounge. | anag(unwinding) of theidleserfc +def | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 45 | Town where criminal Fletcher’s inside, purging sin | Town = def.; anag. *FLETCHER[SIN]SIDE | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 14 | Established church defiler managed a seat in the house of lords? | (est+ch+defiler)*; Def: a seat in the house of lords;cf. Lord Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield who commissioned the sofa. Also a topical play on 'House of Lords' and the latest additions to that chamber | 3 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 3 | Arthur, former Republican leader, led the battle for Ulster | CHESTER+FIELD [American president Chester Arthur] | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | 28 | Opener and tailender of Somerset enter to acclaim on stadium seat (12) | Def: SEAT; Opener and tailender of Somerset=ST, to acclaim=CHEER => CHE(ST)ER, stadium=FIELD | 2 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 35 | Sidle here with comfort, maybe? Could have room, this | comp. anag. & lit. (SIDLE HERE, COMFORT anag. = ROOM, ———) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | 11 | Couch grass found after having area sampled from cultivated hectares | Def: COUCH. Wordplay: anag.[HECT(A)RES] + FIELD (=grass) | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | 43 | This town has a building with defects on her, alas! | &lit composite anagram; indicator: building. Ref: Chesterfield's famous twisted spire. | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 45 | 50 | Where to find church with crooked spire feted (not quietly!) around start of Lent. | CH[urch] + crooked=anagrind; S[p]IRE FETED L[ent]=fodder; &lit (Chesterfield being famous for its church with a crooked spire) | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Overstuffed lounger reflected his lack of control | *'reflected his' ind by 'lack of control' (disorderly) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 48 | 34 | Selfie the commander quickly shot only showed a sofa | (SELFIE THE CDR [commander quickly))*; shot = *; sofa = def.. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 50 | 26 | Old revolutionary's speciality is seizing territory for sofa (12) | CHE'S FIELD is seizing TER | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scots lad covers rot head to toe in long old coat | ESTERF (i.e. fester) in CHIELD | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 42 | This three-seater is unusual 'Fischer' red leather settee | Comb.anag.&lit [(FISCHER RED LEATHER SETTEE)*=(CHESTERFIELD THREE-SEATER)* for 'Fischer' leather settee, see http://www.raymourflanigan.com/fischer-leather-sofa-202330801.aspx] | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | 47 | Upset Fidel stretches with no way to make an overcoat (12) | Anagram of Fidel + stretches less st(no way) | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 54 | 9 | Church on tele Fred is repairing has a crooked spire | Ch + anag. (down clue); ref. St Mary's Chesterfield, Fred Dibnah, TV steeplejack; def. 'has a c. s.' | 0 | 1 | ||
| 54 | 54 | Would Pires be prominent here ?(12) | Pires= twisted spire (prominent feature of Chesterfield). Football reference to mislead. | 0 | 0 | 1 |