CCCWC March 2021 competition results
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72 clues entered. 52 votes cast (48 competitors, 4 others).
CORNFLAKES
This was a close one. Barely a cornflake separated the first two clues but in the end Steve Hicks squeezed into first place, following up his 2nd place in January. A neat anagram &lit – congrats to Steve.
The unlucky bridesmaid was John Hood with what was another neat anagram (without the &lit though). There were just 2 points in it, but it notches up John's first podium of the year.
A little further back in 3rd place was Nick Smith who found the same anagram as John. This is Nick's first podium for a couple of years, so well done sir!
Fourth spot went to Terry Neale, who last reached the top 5 in October last year. Another nice anagram coupled with a smooth surface.
Final placing went to Steve Randall. Whilst you are managing to keep him away from the upper echelons of the podium so far this year, this is still his second score of 2021. Very similar anagram to Terry and again a convincing surface story.
Thanks to all for the efforts you continue to put it, which makes it all worthwhile – good luck on your April Odyssey!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Steve Hicks | Crazy folk near South Carolina? | &lit. anagram(FOLK NEAR+SC). Def(Chambers): A crazy or silly person (US sl) [plural] | 58 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 45 | John Hood | New Orleans KFC breakfast? | (ORLEANS KFC)* | 56 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 66 | Nick Smith | Unlikely menu item in New Orleans KFC? | ORLEANS + KFC anagram | 43.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 49 | Terry Neale | Popular breakfast cooked alfresco outside of kitchen | Popular breakfast = def; cooked = anagram indicator; alfresco outside of kitchen = anagram fodder (alfresco + k + n). | 42.5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 36 | Steve Randall | Meal alfresco finally OK, lockdown relaxed | anag of ALFRESCO [o]K [lockdow]N | 36.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 21 | John Tozer | Falconers roughly grabbing hawk’s tail? They’ll get eaten for breakfast! | k in anag. | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 19 | Anthony Nannini | Ears boxed for eating noisily at the breakfast table ? (10) | Straight cryptic. Ears of corn in a box crunched at breakfast. | 25 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 67 | Neil Mondal | Unruly flock's near – a rooster indicates their presence? | (FLOCKS NEAR)*, definition based on Kellogg's cornflakes mascot | 23 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 71 | Nathan Townshend | Who'd have thought footballers swilled sake for breakfast? | Who'd have thought = COR; footballers = NFL; swilled sake = AKES; breakfast? = definition | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | Vinit Wankhede | Folks are extremely certain about choice of breakfast | Fodder = FOLKS ARE CN (extremely certain), about – anagram indicator, choice of breakfast – definition | 19.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | 59 | Andy Smith | Sort of scran eaten primarily with semi-skimmed milk? | (OF SCRAN E LK)* | 19.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 48 | Podiatrist’s breakfast? | riddle | 18 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13 | 70 | What may be bowled with floated delivery? (10) | Cryptic definition – ref to bowl of cornflakes, mixed with milk delivered by milk float | 17.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 27 | For starters: Crab on ramen noodles. For later: a Kinder Egg surprise. They'll set you up for the day. | Acrostic clue. Definition: they'll set you up for the day. | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 15 | Confused falconer's eating hawk's tail for breakfast | wordplay = FALCONERS* around K (hawK's tail); def = breakfast | 13.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | 30 | Fruit loops, or an alternative? (10) | Double defn; "Fruit loops" ie crazy people. "Alternative" cornflakes are an alternative breakfast cereal. | 13.5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 17 | 20 | Essentially wholesome snack for student perhaps | anag of (-whol)E(-some) SNACK FOR L (student); &lit | 13 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 61 | Spooner's breakfast? Two bob buns. | Spoonerism – florincakes. Also spoon used to eat cornflakes! | 11 | 2 | 5 | |
| 19 | 28 | Fork's clean crazy for what you should eat with spoon! | anag., clean = entirely in C. and usage here justified by OED quotations, though none very recent! | 10 | 3 | 4 | |
| 19 | 55 | Set clean forks for breakfast (10) | (cleanforks)* | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | 62 | Stirring this cereal about could constitute uncool breakfast. | UNCOOLBREAKFAST anag of CORNFLAKESABOUT | 10 | 3 | 2 | |
| 22 | 51 | Put clean forks out for breakfast (10) | wordplay: anagram of “clean forks” definition: breakfast | 9.5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 23 | 11 | Clean forks arranged for breakfast? | cleanforks* | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 16 | Conkers flourishing around Florida are nuts indigenous there | anag. of conkers including FL a; FL = Florida; a = are (metric measure); nuts indigenous there = defn. | 8.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 23 | 18 | dandruff falls from ears into cereal | dandruff = flakes; falls from = follows; ears, eg corn = cereal (def) | 8.5 | 3 | 4 | |
| 23 | 24 | Folk dancer’s giddy daughter went nuts for Orlando | FOLKDANCERS* – d; def: “nuts for Orlando”, I.e. crazy people (US) | 8.5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 27 | 35 | Light snack for little eaters primarily | &lit *[SNACK/FOR/L/E]; light = Chambers anagrind; cornflakes are often primarily targeted at children | 7.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 27 | 72 | With this cereal, a chef baked French loaf and cakes | Composite Anag. (CORNFLAKES+ACHEF)* = (FRENCHLOAF CAKES)*. Anag indicator – baked . Def : This cereal | 7.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 29 | 4 | Arrange clean forks for some breakfast (10) | cleanforks*; def:some breakfast | 7 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Clean forks set out for having breakfast cereal (10) | Anagram (set out) of *clean forks*, connecting word = for having, definition = breakfast cereal – omg, everyone and their mother must have stumbled upon this anagram! | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | 43 | My new friends (at first) Constance and Victoria say they’re into bowls in the morning | my = COR; new = N; friends at first = F; Constance and Victoria say = LAKES; they're into bowls in the morning = def. | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | 44 | My snake perversely eats crust of falafel for breakfast | My = COR. SNAKE* perversely (anagram indicator). Eats – containment indicator. Crust of falafel = FL. Breakfast – definition | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | 50 | Popular breakfast snack for the French can be bananas (10) | Popular breakfast – def , SNACK +FOR +LE (the French) is anagrammed, can be bananas is the anagram indicator | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | 53 | Seamen are stuck with endless fish and chips for breakfast | Co(d) + RN + flakes | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 34 | 56 | Set out clean forks in preparation for breakfast | Set out – anagram indicator; clean forks – anag; preparation for breakfast – definition | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 3 | American nuts and cereal for breakfast | Double definition | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 14 | Cocaine rejected by sensitive souls preferring something banal for breakfast | SNOWFLAKES – SNOW (cocaine) + CORN (something banal). Def = breakfast | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 22 | Fat rascals perhaps scoffing flan or duff ignoring a breakfast dish | CAKES('fat rascals' perhaps, ie cakes by example) outside FL(a)N OR*; def: breakfast dish | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 39 | Meal/snack prepared with or without a dash of milk tastes fine | & Lit. F (=fine) in anagram of (MEAL SNACK OR)* less – A – M(ilk). | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 40 | 68 | Use clean forks for ready-to-eat breakfast (10) | Use as anagram indicator/ clean forks* / ready to eat breakfast is definition | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 23 | Flans and Coke laid out with starter of rice (usually eaten with milk) (10) | Anagram ("laid out") of FLANS and COKE with R ("starter of rice"); definition is "usually eaten with milk" | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | 25 | Folk dancers heading off to perform for nuts in US | Anagram of FOLK+(d)ANCERS. In America, a cornflake is a crazy person (Chambers). | 5 | 3 | ||
| 43 | 10 | Clean forks aren't in order when you have this basic breakfast | (Clean forks)* | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 43 | 41 | My extremely naff film is about the French female's morning ritual (10) | COR N(af)F KES) about LA | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | 65 | Undecided on KFC's real breakfast favourite. | on KFC's real (anag) | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 46 | 34 | King and Knight tuck into alfreso style breakfast for some | k + n + alfresco anagrammed | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 46 | 37 | Meal slight eccentric makes when the sun goes down? | Down clue: SCORN FLAKE with S to bottom (s = sun, Chambers) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 46 | 57 | Silly Americans! I'll have them for breakfast! | Def. x2 (US usage: "a crazy or silly person"). | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 46 | 58 | Slacken for cooked breakfast? | (slacken for)*. Surface suggests one might have to slacken one's belt before indulging. Not autobiographical, you understand… | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | 2 | American fools scare northern folk terribly | Def = "American fools", SCARENFOLK* | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 50 | 31 | Hard blistering scattershot attack best to dismiss those facing early bowling? | CORN + FLAK + (b)ES(t) | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 52 | 12 | Clean forks can be used for this breakfast cereal (10) | (Clean forks)*, anagrind – can be used, definition – breakfast cereal | 3 | 1 | ||
| 52 | 40 | Misguided falconers fed kestrels primarily roasted maize and nuts | FALCONERS* fed the letter K; 2 defs (cereal and crazy people) | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 52 | 63 | This is a bit tough – peelings for breakfast! (10) | This is a bit tough – corn / peelings – flakes / for – link / breakfast – definition | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 55 | 8 | Characters to scare folk, the core of QAnon mob? | *SCARE FOLK + N; &lit. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 55 | 52 | Salad forks? Clean spoon is needed to eat this dish | salad = anagram indicator; forks clean = anagram fodder; spoon is needed to eat this dish = definition | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 57 | 1 | A cereal? Blimey, give them stick everywhere except west. | Blimey (COR) them stick (FLAK) in NES(W) | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 57 | 6 | Breakfast pastries stuffed with alternative new filling loathed initially (10) | Def: breakfast. CAKES (pastries) around (stuffed with) OR N F(-illing) L(-oathed) (… initially). | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 57 | 33 | Incredible number of chocolate bars eaten for breakfast | Incredible=COR, number=N, chocolate bars=FLAKES, eaten for breakfast=DEFINITION | 1.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 60 | 7 | Breakfast sets clean forks | Anag | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 60 | 9 | Clean forks added for our morning cereals? | Anagram"clean forks", def "cereals" | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 60 | 29 | Frank Close had these for breakfast! | FRANKCLOSE* (anagram indicator = 'had') | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 60 | 47 | Pastries stuffed with boiled lemon skin for a healthy breakfast (10) | CAKES (pastries) around (L-N FOR)*, boiled = anagram indicator, skin = end-letter picker Definition = a healthy breakfast | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 64 | 5 | Awful continental breakfast habit tenant dropped for UK fave (10) | ((continental breakfast) – (habit tenant))* ; def. = UK fave ((breakfast) understood) | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 65 | 32 | Impatiently cleans fork and spoon for these | (CLEANS FORK)*. Defn = something you use a spoon for | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 65 | 38 | Mealie chips for morning meal. | corn+flakes=def | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 65 | 42 | My freakish fans like no one's fare (10) | Straight: fare. Indirect: COR (my) + [FANS LIKE – I (no)]* indicated by freakish. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 65 | 46 | Old-fashioned swindles surrounding Latin breakfast food | CORN + FAKES around L | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 65 | 54 | Sentimental prose fails to show up in first feed of the day. | Sentimental prose = corn; fails to show up = flakes. | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 65 | 60 | Spill the beans, mostly about religious leader with limited involvement of Superior, perhaps to expose goofs in America. | CONFES(s) around R and LAK(e): Spill the beans mostly= CONFES(s): about religious leader = R: limited involvement of Superior perhaps = LAK(e): def. crazy or silly persons in USA. | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 65 | 64 | Trimming rings from flowing Afro locks, one put in a bowl for breakfast (10) | Subtractive (trimming) anagram (flowing) AFRO LOCKS ONE – OO (rings) Put in a bowl for breakfast = def | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 65 | 69 | What many usually eat in the morning, or when ending oddly full, in between pastries (10) | What many usually eat in the morning = definition (OR + [whe]N + F[u]L[l]) in between CAKES (pastries) | 0 | 0 | 2 |