CCCWC May 2017 competition results
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46 clues entered. 35 votes cast (32 competitors, 3 others).
MICKEY
What a difference a ? makes! But there we are – punctuation does form part of the clue and that question mark was deemed to be important. Congratulations to Toby who scoops his second victory of the year and opens up a bit of a lead in the Annual Competition.
Huge commiserations to Ramki who came SO close with the same excellent idea, that was so neatly executed by both. In fact it was such a neat idea, and with hindsight seemed so obvious, perhaps it was surprising that more entrants did not go for it. Well Tim Anderson did. With slightly less felicitous wording he moved into 3rd place, his first podium for a while.
Hypatia achieves a first top 5 finish with a smoothly constructed hidden clue. Well done Hypatia.
Michael Kindred takes the final podium placing – his second this year – with the first clue to use a non-Disney definition.
Congratulations to all for what was an interesting word to clue. Good luck with your double clues!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Toby Robertson | King among rodents – Disney’s ultimate character? | K in MICE + Y, & lit. | 70 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 29 | Ramki Krishnan | King among rodents – Disney's ultimate character (6) | K (king) in (among is the container indicator) MICE (rodents) + Y (Disney's ultimate character) Whole clue intended to be a definition for Mickey Mouse | 56.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 31 | Tim Anderson | King among rodents, the ultimate in Disney | K in mice + (Disne)y & lit.; ref. Mickey Mouse. | 42.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 15 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Dynamic keyboard displays character on screen | Hidden word | 34.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | Michael Kindred | Diamonds include king in my trick | Definition = 'trick'. 'Diamonds' = 'ICE'. 'include king' = put 'K' inside 'ICE', then 'ICKE' goes in 'MY'. | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 39 | Jeffery Robinson | Mouse in cartoons keeps entertaining young faces | Acrostic &lit | 21.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | Vinit Wankhede | Ergonomic keyboard with a virtual mouse (6) | ergonoMIC KEYboard ref Mickey Mouse | 19.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | John Tozer | Bugging device acquires crucial dope | mic + key; Mickey Finn | 17.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 36 | Steve Randall | Megadeal in China initially decisive for Rooney? | MIC(acrostic) + KEY(decisive) (Mickey) Rooney? – def by example | 17 | 1 | |
| 10 | 7 | Russ Cook | California's corny, comic Keystone Cops! | Corny = American def in Chambers (Mack Sennett founded the Keystone Cops (aka Keystone Kops) in California). Hidden – 'coMIC KEYstone'. Cops = captures. | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Confounded mice you killed originally or just one of them | MICE Y(ou) K(illed)* | 13 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 37 | Might this be taken as the source of mirth, not very pleasant, involving butt of joke? | M + E in ICKY – def ref mickey taking | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| 13 | 14 | Drug that might be taken for a joke? | Drug = definition (as in Mickey Finn); reference 'take the mickey'. | 11.5 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 34 | Master in charge has essential flask of alcohol | M + IC + KEY | 9.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | 3 | Bad to consume ecstasy after starting mephedrone! It can knock one out | M + ICKY around E | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 19 | Foremost in ManU, out of sorts, dead exhausted? Rooney perhaps | M + (d)ickey; Wayne and Mickey Rooney; WR captain dropped by England soccer | 9 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 21 | I'm the extreme Kentucky cowboy leading broken wild Aussie bull. | anag(broken) of im+e+ky+c; + def. **broken is also used as "trained to saddle; broken in" | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 33 | Manchester's intelligentsia craves leadership. Enter Rooney? | M(anchester's) I(ntelligentsia) C(raves) next to KEY – the "?" (as a DBE indication) casts it's spell over "enter" as well as "Rooney" | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 13 | Dope put mark on driver's seat after spending a penny | M on DICKEY losing D = penny (verbal def of mickey = to dope) | 7 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Finn-ish mouse! | Double meaning clue | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | 9 | Comic Keystone Cops: animated film image | Hidden; cops=catches; Mickey=Mickey Mouse | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 21 | 28 | Josh takes this knockout punch | Double def'n (take the m. + M. Finn); josh(n)=teasing joke | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 4 | Bottle of booze? That's mine! Tip coke inside occasionally – and ecstasy too! | Bottle of booze=definition. "That's mine"="my". "tip coke" occasionally ="ICK", and ecstasy ("e")="ICKE" inside. | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 24 | Irish potato drink (6) | Double definition. | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | 38 | Mourinho initially nasty about resolution of Wayne Rooney, among others | M + [ICKY about E]; ref Mickey Rooney | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | 1 | A funny drink which may be taken for a laugh from a flask. | Triple def. | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | 22 | Important! Taken after moderate iodine consumption initially, it may cause drowsiness (6) | mic +key + definition = Mickey(Finn)(Nb Excess iodine consumption is known to lead to hyperthyroidism (and possible sleep problems) | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 43 | Something that might be taken from speaker of note? | Take the Mickey / speaker = mic / of note = key | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 29 | 18 | For starters, May implied Corbyn was essentially sleep-inducing? | Starters M-I-C + essentially/key | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 30 | 11 | Corny American YMCA-like hit, NOT gangsta | *YMC(AL)IKE; Al = gangsta; def. Corny American | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 30 | 27 | JAGGER EXTREMELY EXTREMELY YOUNG? BULL! (6) | Direct: young bull (Australian slang: Harper Collins) Wordplay: MICK (Jagger) EY (extremely extremely) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 32 | 23 | Insultingly, Roman Catholic might include chanted Kyrie eleison: yes, initially. | m[ight] i[nclude] c[hanted] K[yrie] e[leison] y[es]. | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 32 | 35 | Master in charge of island has a barbarous bullock from Ballarat. | Master in charge (MIC) island (KEY). Definition "barbarous (wild) bullock' from Ballarat a famous Australian town. | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 32 | 44 | Start out in driver's seat to pick up Milligan initially … (Spike) | Dickey = driver's seat – (D out), swap for M. Spike = def | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 2 | A left-footer's asking to be fouled, Spooner says. | Def (a Roman Catholic)/"kick me" (Spoonerism). | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 35 | 6 | Button behind sound receiver unit (6) | Definition:Unit (Mickey is a unit for measuring speed of a computer mouse). MIC(sound receiver) + KEY (button). Across clue | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 35 | 8 | Comic Keystone cops – the stuff that's taken for satire? | Hidden (..mic Key…..), cops(catches) being the indicator; ref to the eponymous slapstick silent movies; def from 'taking the mickey' for being satirical | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 35 | 26 | It's taken in jest! | Cryptic def. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | 41 | Polyrhythmic keyboardist portrays a wild, young bull. | Hidden word; definition – a wild, young bull (Collins) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 20 | Icky me! Animated mouse. | anag(animated) + def | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 25 | It's part of the cosmic keystone; if taken, deflation could ensue. | Cosmic Keystone contains "mickey" – "taking the mickey" deflates the recipient. | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | 32 | 'Knocker-over' — that's often associated with Finn (this person's pounding wicket putting sides off) | (w)icke(t) in my, ref. England bowler's tendency to hit stumps at his end when bowling | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | 40 | My ticker (heart)injected – did I take this ridiculously? | M(tICKEr)Y | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 42 | Sheila's tyke in a bad way, her well has run out | MICKE(r)Y | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 45 | Tailless mice with keys leave south for Disneyland fave | Tailless mice (MICE – E = MIC), + keys leave south (KEYS – S = KEY); Disneyland fave is MICKEY | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | 46 | The thing taken to make fun, by little animals running wild through Kentucky. | The thing taken to make fun (MICKEY as in Take the Mickey) by little animals(MICE) running wild (anag indicator) through Kentucky (KY) | 0 | 0 | 1 |