CCCWC June 2023 competition results
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41 clues entered. 32 votes cast (27 competitors, 5 others).
WORLD WIDE WEB
WOW! (not WWW) – a runaway winner this month! Hearty congratulations to John Hood who romped home in style! That's John's fourth podium of the year and puts him in the lead for the Annual Competition. A worthy winner with a clever definition and wordplay.
Second place goes to Philip Sant – second podium in a row – a neat definition and the semi &lit surface particularly clever.
Third place goes to Nic Pursey, a concise clue with inventive wordplay.
Vinod extended his podium run to three in a row with a cleverly disguised definition.
Charlie Oakley followed his win of last month with an ultra-concise cryptic definition.
Thanks to all as always for the entertainment…satisfaction to ensue shortly.
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | John Hood | Die unexpectedly, leaving bewildered widow shuffling a massive array of documents | [DIE]* (anagrind unexpectedly) removed from [BEWILDERED WIDOW]* (anagrind shuffling) | 60.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 15 | Philip Sant | Often seen as the origins of what's wrong with virtually everything? | pessimistic(?) semi &lit; wordplay suggests answer often seen as www; def = "virtually" everything | 26 | 1 | |
| 3 | 29 | Nic Pursey | Three short weeks in a surfer's paradise | www | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | Vinod Raman | The net bowler we did arrange to take wickets (5,4,3) | Def: The net, BOWLERWEDID* [arrange (as an intransitive verb) is the anagrind], wickets=W | 22.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | Charlie Oakley | Surfer's paradise? | Cryptic definition | 18.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | Satyen Nabar | Be wilder! Do bit of weed after whiskey shot in surfers' paradise | BE WILDER DO W(-eed) after W*; anag ind: shot, whiskey: W, defn: surfers' paradise. | 17.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 25 | John Appleton | System, vast and complex. | &lit, WORLD (system), WIDE (vast) WEB (complex) – all Chambers Thesaurus. | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 35 | Ramki Krishnan | Where one readily locates definitions with illustrated, detailed examples – was "Encyclopedia Britannica" initially (5,4,3) | Acrostic with whole clue being an extended def | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 36 | Jane Fitzpatrick | Widower bawled, sadly lacking a way to connect and share | anagram [indicator: sadly] of [widower bawled] – [a] | 15.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | Dave Williams | CERN-developed system drew low bid, we worried | *(DREW LOW BID WE) | 13.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 38 | With Wordle I'd puzzle, connected to this network | w(=with) + [Wordle I'd]* + web &lit. | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
| 12 | 4 | Catholic Network – where billions go for news and entertainment | worldwide + web | 11.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 9 | Expanded openings for whingers, wreckers and weirdos? | WWW expanded = World Wide Web; a tongue in cheek &lit | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 8 | Eccentrically lewd bride. Wow! Is this how she computes? | {LEWD BRIDE WOW}* | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 26 | Taking on board extra spin bowler primarily doing well in the net. | include WIDE (extra) in anagram (spin) of BOWLER D W | 10.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | 33 | Were bold WWI manoeuvres pinning Germany a manifestation of international information exchange? | WEREBOLDWWI anag enclosing D; def = a manifestation of international information exchange | 10.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 7 | Doctor Dre blew widow into the net | *DRE BLEW WIDOW "the net" | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | 2 | Bewildered, wow, lost without e-network | (Bewildered wow – e)*, definition = network | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | 20 | Safari's one way to tour this | CD. Safari is a popular web browser | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | 21 | Scored a hatrick on line | A hatrick = www in a cricket scorebook, on line = definition | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 21 | 32 | Welsh women and whiskey, we'd be wild and row when drunk | WWW definition; WEDBEWILDROW* | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | 39 | Wow! Lewd bride? Get off the internet! | WOW LEWD BRIDEanagrammed | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 23 | 19 | Primarily where we'd browse daily, being routed say, here? | &lit.; comp. anag. WWW + say; routed = anag. indicator | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | 22 | Servers might help you to browse the menu here (5 4 3) | Straight cryptic | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| 25 | 3 | Browser accesses evidence of Spiderman having taken over the earth | Double definition. Access to the web is by browser, and web of spider is worldwide. | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 40 | Wow! Lewd bride performing here | (WOW LEWD BRIDE)*; anagrind is "performing"; alludes to a certain genre that is abundant online | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | 30 | Triple whiskey the consequence of networking? (5,4,3) | cryptic definition (Triple whiskey = WWW) | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 12 | Maybe Venus (broad with singular fishnets) can be viewed here? | Maybe Venus = WORLD; broad = WIDE; singular fishnets = fishnet = WEB; can be viewed here? = DEF | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 27 | Term describing large network involving internet domains and end-user workstations mainly | WORD (Term) describing (surroundind) L (large) + (network) WEB involving (containmentind) IDEW ( internet domains and end-user workstations mainly):: WOR(L)D+ W(IDEW)EB. & lit | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 11 | Low-cut bride wowed, cavorting around the global network (5,4,3) | Anagram of LWBRIDEWOWED | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | 18 | Perhaps, Lee Child’s online encyclopaedia? (9,3) | Double definition : Cryptic definition: Lee Child (The web was invested by Tim-Bernard Lee) Lee Child is a best-selling Anglo-US fiction writer. Subsidiary definition being “online encyclopaedia” | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | 31 | We blow-dried with sprays that you can find online | (WE BLOWDRIED W)*; def = that you can find online | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 33 | 10 | Information network started by Worrel, Weekes and Walcott? (5,4,3) | The web is accessed with 3 Ws (ref: the 3 Ws of West Indian cricket) | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 34 | Where one could find www.boiled.red? (5,4,3) | Definition = Semi &lit; Anagram fodder = www.boiled.red; Anagram indicator = ? Note that .red is a valid domain, though the aforementioned website is currently not operational – and hence the "could" | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | 37 | Widower blew Five Hundred on linked documents | On = drunk, anagrind (WIDOWERBLEW +D) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 14 | Network with repeats to show initially? | Network [which] the abbreviation for 'with' repeats to indicate in shorter form | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 37 | 16 | Old West Indies cricketers spun, we hear, with extra trickery | The WI cricketers, Walcott, Worrell and Weekes, were known as the Three W's. 'Spun' = 'whirled' (homophone); a wide is an extra in cricket; net = trickery | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | 13 | Network for surfers has doctor, lord and wife amidst large network | Def (network for surfers) – anagram (doctor) of LORD followed by W(ife) (abbreviation) altogether getting inside (amidst) WIDE (large) followed by WEB (network) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 38 | 17 | On Safari, IT's a means to all your dreams (12, 3 words) | Safari is Apple Iphones WWW Browser + IT = Internet Technology | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 38 | 23 | Spiders Airbnb network? | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 41 | www.bolderidea not a problem (5,4,3) | Anagram of WWWBOLDERIDE: definition www. | 0 | 0 | 1 |