CCCWC October 2020 competition results
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60 clues entered. 51 votes cast (45 competitors, 6 others).
GLORIA
Hearty congratulations to Jeff Robinson! A long time competitor who has now achieved a first win – a silky smooth surface to his clue.
Second spot went to Teyrnon who had the same ORIGINAL (minus IN) idea, and also another lovely surface.
It's that man again in third – Steve Randall with some nifty wordplay nets his 7th podium finish out the the 10 competitions so far this year – incredible consistency!
Subtractive anagrams seem to be the order of the day, as John Appleton bags his second podium of the year in 4th place.
Terry Neale bucks the podium trend with a straightforward anagram that hits the spot – 5th spot!
Thanks to everyone as always, no time to dwell on past glories as we dive into SUBMARINE…
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Jeffery Robinson | Fashionable cut from original woven fabric | ORIG(in)AL* [Chambers 2.3. for fabric] | 65.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | Teyrnon Powell | A Song of Praise missing in original broadcast | ORIG(-in)AL* | 45.5 | 1 | |
| 3 | 51 | Steve Randall | Sorting marigold borders out forms part of the service | [m]ARIGOL[d]* | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 56 | John Appleton | Two-thirds of algorithm revised as it goes over one's head | ALGORI*; gloria = halo, hence going over one's head. | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 40 | Terry Neale | Oil and rag needed for restoring part of saintly image | Oil and rag needed = indicating anagram fodder (oil + rag); for restoring = anagram indicator; part of saintly image = definition ( gloria = halo) | 32.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 43 | Tony Harker | Rain galore might be scattered near this. | RAINGALORE anag NEARGLORIA: GLORIA=fabric used for umbrellas. | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 37 | Nathan Townshend | Matt Hancock's trackers all starting to abandon faulty algorithm – Hallelujah! | Matt Hancock's trackers all starting = MHT deleted from ALGORITHM* | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | 52 | Tom Borland | Suppression of church by oligarch disrupted Christian praise | *OLIGAR(CH); def. Christian praise | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 36 | Alexander Antao | Mass number of unstable atom is large, team's worked out (6) | Cryptic definition [number = song] | (ATOM IS LARGE)* [unstable] – TEAMS* [worked] | Surface: nuclear chemistry | 24.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 44 | Paul Coulter | Revolutionary broadcast on Labour's goals starts mass movement | Goals+Labour's+On+RIA (full rev.) | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 21 | Famous song a girl composed about love | (AGIRL)* around O | 22.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 18 | Ecclesiastical praise from church is shunned by unorthodox oligarch | Anagram of oligarch minus ch = abbrev. for church. Def. 'ecclesiastical praise'. | 22 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 29 | Hymn regularly written up in Xavier college (6) | Reversed alternate letters {regularly written up in …}: (-x)A(-v)I(-e)R (-c)O(-l)L(-e)G(-e)<<. | 19.5 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 3 | A girl – a girl crazy about love (6) | Def: A girl; AGIRL* around O, "crazy" being the anagrind | 16 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 32 | Largo Ibert first composed for part of Mass | Largo + i (Ibert first) composed (anag. ind) = part of Mass (def) | 15.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 24 | Flying Loganair, one essentially is masked for Corona | Log(an)air, anag.; ref. Glasgow based airline Loganair; Corona virus; essentially = in the middle | 14.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 17 | 33 | Latin original lost in translation. | Def: Latin. ORIGINAL less IN = Gloria. (Translation *) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 41 | One absorbed by largo playing church hymn | {LARGO around I} anagram | 12.5 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 80s pop song from original 'in/out shake it all about' | 80s pop song = Gloria (Laura Branigan). Anagram of ORIGINAL minus IN (shake it all about = anagrind) | 11.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 31 | Inside the ice house hot air is a blessing (6) | (i)GLO(o) + (air)* | 11 | 3 | 3 | |
| 21 | 45 | Ring a girl up – this one? | anagram of O A GIRL | 10 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 2 | A couple from Gladstone, Oregon, Iowa, or part of Mass | A couple from Gladstone = GL; Oregon = OR; Iowa = IA. Def = part of [the Latin] mass (cap added for misdirection). (Note Gladstone *is* a city in Oregon) | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 7 | A girl tragically torn apart by love for a girl (6) | AGIRL* split by O | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Girl with a ring, perhaps? | Anagram of GIRL+A+O(ring). Double definition. | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | 55 | This song starts to ostensibly laud God heavenwards | [down clue] Song = AIR. Starts to… O, L, G. Heavenwards (going up). Semi &lit (This…) . Ref. 'Glory to God in the highest…' (Gloria in excelsis Deo) is the start of the Gloria. | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 26 | 5 | A girl , disgraced hides love for another girl (6) | A Girl * , disgraced anagram indicator , around O , def- another girl | 9 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 50 | Song – often lauding God’s advents – in crescendo (6) | #Down_Clue. ( AIR(song) + O,L,G acrostic )all reversed (in crescendo is the indicator) . Def: &lit | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| 28 | 8 | A girl upset without love? (6) | O in (AGIRL)* | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 48 | Running out of church, crooked oligarch bears religious symbol | Anagram of OLIGAR(ch) (ch = church); 'bears' = 'produces' re answer | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 10 | A prayer’s needed with test ‘n’ trace shambolically contributing to escalating R rate – this one? | Comp anag &lit: A GLORIA TEST N TRACE -> TO ESCALATING R RATE | 7 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | I may interrupt examination when bottom lifted by Gynaecology's head woman | (Down clue) G(ynaecology) + I in LORA (=ORAL with L moved from bottom up) | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 30 | 47 | Ring girl about a dress material | (O GIRL)* A, def = dress material | 7 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Beginning of godly state follows my prayer (6) | G(odly) IA = state (Iowa) follows LOR =my; Prayer = definition | 6.5 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 58 | Walk round lake and valley in a splendid circle | L in go + ria (a drowned valley) | 6.5 | 2 | ||
| 35 | 6 | A girl on the run without love | Anagram of A GIRL and O (love); &lit, anagrind 'on the run' is probably a bit of a stretch but it's from the first line of 1980s Laura Branigan hit Gloria | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 34 | Log tossed into turbulent air in this hurricane | log & air anag. Ref Hurricane Gloria which caused damage and loss of life in Eastern USA in 1985 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 39 | Object of philosophical musing while passing noisy ailing van (6) | Noisy ailing + van => sic[k] Transit; object of musing = sic transit GLORIA | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 9 | A girl with nothing on but a halo | (AGIRL+O)* Anagram indicator: "on" (= "about" and "on the way to being drunk" (Chambers)). Definition "a halo". | 5 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 17 | De Janeiro gal mixed-up woman | De Janeiro = Rio + gal (anag (mixed-up) = woman (def) | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 57 | Van originally delivered this in pieces. It was something out of the ordinary (6) | Much covered song – originally delivered (ie sung – also composed) by Van Morrison (when in the band Them), wherein the name is spelled out G-L-O-R-I-A – hence the hint "in pieces". The Gloria is part of the mass – also known as the Ordinary when not a special one (eg Requiem etc). Apparently it's OK not to capitalise "ordinary" in that context. | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 41 | 42 | Psalmist's swansong, possibly endless? | The gloria concludes the performance of a psalm; Gloria Swanson(g). | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 27 | Good men having trouble about accepting a halo | G L(OR)IA; G-good, OR-men(other ranks), inside rev of AIL-trouble; def: a halo | 4 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 49 | She's aptly named to set out goal covering biblical teachings. | Gloria = Hymn of praise..Glo(RI)a…Goal (anag)..RI = Religious Instruction. | 4 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 4 | A girl, character featured once in pop hit | anag. incl. o & lit., ref. Laura Branigan's 1982 record | 3.5 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 13 | Alias girl with a halo | Alias=otherwise; *GIRL+A+O(halo) | 3 | 0 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Girl's a girl, upset over love (6) | Direct: Girl; Wordplay: [agirl]* (indicated by upset) containing (over) O (love) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 28 | His praise unsettled girl with a ring | His praise = God's praise = definition, (GIRL + A + O)* | 3 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 46 | Ring embellished long ago for King and Emperor to wear (6) | Ring = definition, embellished = anagrind, long ago = lago = anagram fodder, to wear = inclusion indicator, King and Emperor = ri | 3 | 0 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Even bigger length of a woven material | bIgGeR (igr+ l + o' + a)*, anagrind: woven | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | 23 | Fine cycling, rejecting dry fabric | fine = log, cycling > glo; rejecting dry = reversing air; fabric – definition | 1 | 0 | ||
| 49 | 54 | This fabric is for the girl on arrival | def gloria (fabric )- anagram Girl+o +a | 1 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 12 | A van Morrison hit with them, and him reported | "GLORIA" 1960s hit song written by Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker and recorded by Morrison's band "Them" and him reported (homophone – hymn [gloria]) def. | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 35 | Love seen in a girl struggling for a halo | O (love) seen in A GIRL struggling (anagram indicator) for GLORIA (a halo) | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 60 | Woman nominally from part of Florida residing in Georgia | (f)LORI(a) in GA | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 14 | Back-to-front record recalls song by who? Them? (6) | Log -> GLO (synonym of 'record' with back letter moved to front) + AIR< (air = song) = GLORIA ('Gloria' is a song performed by a band called 'Them') | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 16 | Day-Glo rialtos exhibiting a musical setting | Hidden | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 20 | Extraordinary girl with halo seen ocasionally (6) | Two readings. 1. WP only: (GIRL + AO)* (extraordinary). 2. Double def: Girl('s name) from the ordinary (mass) and a relatively rare (I've never seen one!) optical effect. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 55 | 38 | Me or Gail? Take your pick! | * or gail | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 53 | The band of renown? (6) | Double definition. (The clue stands by itself but as a matter of interest [or not] "Les Brown and his band of renown" featured in Bob Hope radio shows. Gosh, was that in the fifties?) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 59 | What goes with the power? Sounds like a halo! | The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene novel): ie Glori (homophone) + a/def. | 0 | 0 | 1 |