CCCWC June 2019 competition results
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50 clues entered. 39 votes cast (35 competitors, 4 others).
FLUTTER
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Pete Milne | Bat chewed butterfly, discarding the wings | Anagram of b(UTTERFL)y. Bat = flutter, as in eyelids. | 55.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | John Tozer | Both sides in final say it’s a gamble | f, l utter | 40.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 26 | Satyen Nabar | Following mess, Conservative leader quits leading to speculation | F + CLUTTER – C; Following= F(abbrev), mess= clutter, Conservative leader quits= delete C, leading to= link, speculation= defn. | 39.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 50 | Bob Kellett | What Spooner's butterfly does after shedding its cocoon (7) | Spooner's butterfly = FLUTTER BY; get rid of (shed) its cocoon B(utterfl)Y; def &lit | 28.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 33 | Tom Borland | Left turf without a farthing, this having been misplaced? | *LEFT TUR(F); &lit. (f = farthing) | 27.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | Ramki Krishnan | Agitation in Florida state(7) | Def = agitation, FL (Florida) + UTTER (state) | 25.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 49 | Luciano Ward | What flautist deploying tip of tongue produces? | FLUTER deploying T = FLUTTER (trilling sound on wind instruments, produced by deployment of tongue): &lit | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | yok-foo yap | Beat Florida state (7) | Charade of FL (Florida) UTTER (state) | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | ALLAN SCOTT | Following learner driver, complete gamble | F + L + utter | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | jimmosco@uwo.ca | Jack might do this easily, in a breeze! | Jack, i.e. Union Jack, in a breeze, might FLUTTER. | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 45 | Starts to fight leadership with total confusion | F(ight) L(eadership) + UTTER | 15.5 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Bet florin, say | FL (florin) + UTTER | 13 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 36 | Movement of Zebra Longwing from Florida state (7) | &lit – Florida = FL, state = UTTER, the Zebra Longwing is the state insect (a butterfly of course) of Florida | 13 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 40 | Pound in strong state ! It's a risk for speculators (7) | pound = L, in strong state = f(l)utter + definition | 12 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 47 | Toss an old coin – a florin say? | flutter= toss a coin (archaic). FL = florin, UTTER = to say | 11.5 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Bet of gutless fool, say | F(oo)L UTTER | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 20 | Fellow left complete confusion. | F + L + UTTER: def CONFUSION | 10.5 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Backing financial tips? Sheer speculation ! (7) | Def: Speculation UTTER (say) behind (backing) F(inancia)L | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 9 | Bet musician keeps time. | Bet (definition – flutter (slang)) – musician (fluter – rare variation for flautist) around T for time. | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | 15 | Change of heart for heartless fool, say. | FL UTTER | 9 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 27 | Football League leaders provide a sound bet | F L + UTTER | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 24 | Folk musician keeping tempo creates quite a stir | Folk musician = fluter (Collins); keeping tempo = flut(t)er; creates = link word to def; quite a stir = def (excitement/sensation Collins) | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 42 | Sensation with heart adrift, say? | f(ee)l + utter & lit. | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | 17 | Dance foxtrot with Mock Turtle! | Flutter=dance; f=foxtrot+*turtle(mock=fake) | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | 38 | Occasionally felt state of excitement! (7) | Occasionally felt = FL, state = UTTER, excitement = definition. Whole clue too is & littish | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 14 | Butterfly swimming losing by a long shot? Could be (7) | Anagram of BUTTERFLY without BY. A long shot = a bet or a flutter. | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 37 | Musician has time for a bet (7) | flut(t)er | 7.5 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 48 | We heard you flatter indiscriminately without a bat of an eye. | We heard (homophone ind) you=U + FLATTER indiscriminately (anag ind) without A (deletion) = bat of an eye (def) | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | 29 | Frisky turtle going after female is a racing sensation | Anagram of turtle after 'F' (for female) = definition (excitement) | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | 46 | Suit posh for a dance | FL(a)<U>TTER [to flutter = to dance] | 6 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Both sides in Final speak of feeling nervous. | Both sides in F(ina)L + utter/speak of.. | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 13 | Butterfly, injured after having lost wings, gave a tremor (7) | (-b)UTTERFL*(-y), anagram indicator = injured | 4.5 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 44 | Sound choked having ignored starting price: top filly comes first in bet | Splutter minus 'sp' with 'f at the start | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 32 | Just a small bet odds fall, up to the final number | The odd letters of 'fall up to the' plus the final letter of 'number' spells flutter; just a small bet = definition | 4 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Father changes sides, leading to unmitigated flap | FL+UTTER (l for r in FR) | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 39 | Perfect fool on vacation goes first in punt | f(oo)l utter=total; punt=bet=flutter | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 37 | 3 | Appalling left turns Poles avoided to see fan | Appalling = * ; ((LEFT TURNS) – (NS))* ; fan = def. | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 18 | Dubiously let turf accountant accept this? | Anagram/and lit combination. | 3 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Flap following confusion having toppled leader | f+(c)lutter; def flap | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 39 | 30 | Funster at first turning turtle in dance (7) | Indirect: F (Funster at first) + LUTTER (turtle*, anag. indicator – turning) Direct: dance | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 1 | A daily double, maybe, or a treble, might make one's heart do this. | Daily double + treble = types of bet (and of drinks): a bet = a flutter(which one's heart might do, after a winning bet [or a consoling drink]). | 2 | 1 | ||
| 41 | 34 | Loud demented turtle is in a stir! (7) | F + (TURTLE anagram) = FLUTTER (STIR) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 35 | Loud struggle in Paris caused a tremor (7) | Loud is F Struggle in Paris – lutter is the French word for struggle Tremor is definition | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | 41 | Punt that's evacuated in Channel river | T[ha]T (is evacuated) in FLUE (Channel) + R | 2 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 43 | Short illness before a race leads the Queen to another bet? | FLU+TT+ER | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Fine line between this and sheer chaos. | F (L[ine between]) + sheer ( = UTTER), def. & lit. (flutter = confusion) | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 47 | 28 | Fretful movement drops farthing with the first toss of a coin | Anagram of fretful less F(arthing) plus T(he); Toss of a coin = def | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 48 | 6 | Bat following turtle all around is what peacocks do! A small bet? | Triple definitions. F (following) + LUTTER (anagram of turtle; all around being anagram indicator) gives FLUTTER (BAT) which is what peacocks do or which is a small bet. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | 16 | Dance bar’s appropriate after I methodically fill up (to the brim) | Def: Dance. Wordplay: Methodically FiLlUpToThEbRiM bar M ('s appropriate after I: is ('s) -> am ('m)). Surface reading: Eat before going out | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | 21 | Female turtle's wiggle (7) | direct = wiggle; wiggle also anagram indicator: turtle = lutter; f = female. | 0 | 0 | 1 |