CCCWC April 2018 competition results
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46 clues entered. 42 votes cast (37 competitors, 5 others).
SOLITAIRE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | John Appleton | Is it a role-playing game? | (IS IT A ROLE)* | 47.5 | 2 | |
| 2 | 42 | Sowmya Ramkumar | Very drunk atmosphere before European game | SO LIT AIR E Game – Def | 45 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 15 | Toby Robertson | Diamond ring I lost jogging by river | ILOST* + AIRE (a major UK river) | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 13 | Tom Borland | Diamond flogged to Israeli | *to Israeli | 36.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | John Hood | American card game's confusing to Israeli | TO ISRAELI * | 34.5 | 2 | |
| 6 | 20 | Vinit Wankhede | Free love? Is it real or just a game one plays? (9) | (O+ISITREAL)* Free = *ind, love = O, OISITREAL = fodder, just a game one plays = definition. Solitaire is played by a single person. Ref. Free Love belief or practice. Definition from Chambers : free love (noun) the practice of having sexual relations with people regardless of marriage or fidelity to a single partner. | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 31 | Martin Price | Patience, for Trump, is a lot undone by anger. | Def (patience [card game] = solitaire in USA)/is a lot (anag) + ire = anger. | 26.5 | 3 | |
| 8 | 9 | Colin Thomas | Cast a role – is it something played alone? | Anag. AROLEISIT | 21 | 1 | |
| 8 | 44 | Luciano Ward | Very fancy retail stores start to introduce singular gemstone | very = SO; fancy retail = LITARE; start to introduce = I; LITARE stores I = LITAIRE; def = singular gemstone | 21 | 2 | |
| 10 | 38 | John Tozer | Single father embraces young temptress, losing head | (L)olita in sire; single, noun | 20.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 | Extremely drunk, starts to argue incessantly over card game (9) | Extremely = SO, drunk = LIT, starts to argue incessantly = A I, over = RE, def = card game | 19.5 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Emphatically incandescent with rage, holding a bird that's "ceased to be"? | A in SO LIT IRE; def extinct bird, with vague allusion to Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 29 | One in a cloister wandering about apart? | I in anag. less c & lit. | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 2 | A hermit's game, for one. | DD | 15.5 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Change ails Tories, who haven't succeeded… Patience required | (AILS TORIEs)* | 15.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 26 | It's a role I adapted for Patience (9) | It's a role I = anagram fodder, adapted = anagrind, for= definition indicator , Patience= definition (American version of solitaire). | 15 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 32 | Patience – it is precious (9) | Double defintion. Patience -alternate name for Solitaire the card game. Solitaire as in diamond the other defintion | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | 34 | Play this game alone? It's brilliant! | Double meaning. SOLITAIRE is the game that is played alone. Brilliant is synonym of SOLITAIRE or a diamond of brilliant cut. | 14 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 25 | It is a role to be played with patience on Broadway | Anagram of ITISAROLE. Anagram indicator TO BE PLAYED WITH. Definiton: patience is called solitaire in USA. | 13 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Bad loser adopts computing with artificial intelligence in game | Anagram LOSER adopts IT with AI | 12.5 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 35 | Rationalised less and shuffled cards alone | (RATIONALISED-AND)*, def=cards alone | 12.5 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Concealing ball tampering, liar tries to get rid of sandpaper finally at a game | LIARTRIES* minus R around O (ball), Tampering= anag ind, Defn= a game; Topical ref: Aussie cricketer's ball tampering episode. | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 4 | American patience wears thin unfortunately, when missing Eastern oil supply | Chambers 2nd def.; anagram, supply2, of [(WEARSTHIN* minus when) plus E/OIL] | 8.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | 46 | With one loser, it's a game | Anagram of I(one)+LOSER+IT+A. AI=GAME(ie lame/injured). &lit | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | 33 | Patience required to somehow isolate half of Iran (9) | 7.5 | 1 | |||
| 26 | 1 | A diamond set by itself baffles mineralogist: Cut no good; top mediocre. | Def + anag(baffles) mineralogist -ngm | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 26 | 37 | Sickly sailor it appears, reaching mid-ocean pegs out on board? | sailor it (anag)..mid-oc(E)an | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 5 | Awful upfront assault on innocent lives tries America's patience | Anagram of leading letters (AOIL) + tries | 6 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Emerald Isle to air disarray? | (Isle to air)* def. by example 'Emerald' (gem set by itself, here in the sea), Brexit will cause many problems for Ireland. | 5 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 43 | Very drunk with a passion for a card game (9) | Definition: card game; Wordplay: SO (very) + LIT (drunk) + A (a) + IRE (passion) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | 45 | West Indian singer in exclusive screening of sex show | West Indian singer – Definition (from Chambers: West Indian thrush), exclusive – SOLE, sex – IT show – AIR, screening of – c/c ind | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 7 | Bird's game, and either heads or tails bats. | * ei + or + tails = solitaire, def: Bird's game = solitaire: 1) a kind of bird, 2) a game ( ref: Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricket umpire). | 3 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Guillotined Voltaire's first flawed diamond. (9) | (Headless Voltaire's + I) anagram = Diamond. | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | 27 | 'Lone Wolf' is one role it plays | *IS+A(one)+ROLE+IT; lone wolf=recluse | 3 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Isolated Irish, lacking Davis's lead, lost patience. | Definition = 'patience'. 'lost' is anagram indicator (see Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary) for 'Isolated Irish lacking David's lead' = ISOLATE IR. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 35 | 39 | Single player game ratios lie in tatters | Anagram of 'ratios lie'; definition = single player game; surface alludes to the fact that multi-player computer games have become much more popular in recent years. | 2 | 2 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Diamond geezer's last partner and I have a dance after getting very drunk (9) | ((geeze)R E [bridge partner] I A)* after SO LIT ; def: diamond; R, E and I *have* A, not "has". | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | 8 | Bondswoman's triumphant seeing off the pack in singular game | Double def – ref Jane Seymour in Live & Let Die | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 12 | Confuse sailor and tie the only game in town | SAILOR + TIE; song lyric | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 19 | For one player: short solo, followed by a near riot, oddly and confusedly. | 0 | 0 | |||
| 40 | 22 | In due course settled to openly wear the French flashy silk necktie | SO LIT AIR LE | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 28 | Maniac: it is a role that shows patience. | Maniac (adjective: anagram indicator). Definition=PATIENCE | 0 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 30 | Parted Gemini setting a brilliant example here? | GEM-IN-I(independent) setting; plus def by example. Mythologically relevant surface | 0 | 1 | ||
| 40 | 36 | Sexual allure and atmosphere in unique, solo rock | (IT + AIR) in SOLE | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 40 | 40 | Startled, I arose carrying French bed with a monk! (9) | direct=a monk. "I arose" = anagram of "soaire", startled=indicator; lit = French bed; carrying=container indicator | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 41 | Tie sailor sported? That’s often given the finger! | (TIE SAILOR)* ; (sported = *) ; given the finger = ref. this type of ring’s role (elliptical usage for solitaire ring) in engagement and ref. to derisory gesture. | 0 | 1 |