CCCWC May 2024 competition results
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35 clues entered. 27 votes cast (22 competitors, 5 others).
EVEREST
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | John Appleton | High point of day before holiday | EVE + REST | 33.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 17 | Peter Moore Fuller | Most dangerous peak to fall off? | Most dangerous – SEVEREST; peak to fall off? – remove first letter (down clue; &lit (? as Everest is the most dangerous in terms of number of deaths, but much lower down when it comes to deaths per ascent. | 26 | 1 | |
| 3 | 20 | Simon Griew | Mount woman who was tempted to go to bed? | EVE (woman who was tempted) + REST (to go to bed?); def = mount | 24.5 | 1 | |
| 4 | 11 | Anthony Nannini | Heading off for hardest challenge (7) | Heading off for = remove first letter , hardest = (s)everest + def Chambers Everest = anything very difficult to accomplish | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | Vinod Raman | Breathe easy after first lady Hillary's conquest (7) | def: Hillary's conquest, Breathe easy: REST, first lady: EVE | 23 | 1 | |
| 6 | 19 | Steve Randall | Most talented out of 150 gets the top spot | CLEVEREST out of (no longer having) CL | 20 | 0 | |
| 7 | 18 | Luciano Ward | Most extreme peak to fall off? | SEVEREST ('most extreme') with top ('peak' (down clue)) removed (falling off); &lit | 18 | 1 | |
| 8 | 29 | Sanjeev Vaidyanathan | Some believe restaurants are where you can get really high? (7) | Some = hidden/telescopic indicator with solution = beliEVE RESTaurants; Definition = where you can get really high? | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | Charlie Oakley | Start to ski off most extreme mountain | Start to ski = S, off (removed from) most extreme = SEVEREST. Mountain = definition | 15.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | Ramki Krishnan | Fantastic mount…ultimately severe! (7) | Anagram of T (mount ultimately + SEVERE, fantastic is anagram-ind, &lit clue | 15 | 1 | |
| 10 | 26 | Satyen Nabar | Perseveres tenaciously to conquer mountain | Hidden word | 15 | 1 | |
| 12 | 13 | In severe struggle find the highest achievement | (s)EVERE ST(ruggle) | 13 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 27 | Severe scramble to top (7) | Anag SEVERE + T (first letter of To). &lit. | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 25 | Peak energy charges reflecting supply time | Peak; e(energy) inside serve<<(rev. of supply) plus t(time) | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 2 | Always way above the rest? | EVER + ST. | 9.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 4 | Chill ensued after First Lady Hillary achieved this high point | EVE+REST | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 9 | First woman on way to get the top spot? | First woman = EVE; on = RE; way = ST; to get = link; the top spot? = def (Refers to Mexico's first female president-elect) | 9 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 7 | First lady has to take a break from summit covering China and Nepal | Eve + rest | 8.5 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Mighty peak rising from hot, sere veldt | 'From' = hidden word, 'rising' – reversal for a down clue | 8 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 23 | Off the base of Himalayas, most arduous mountain peak! | (-S)EVEREST: most arduous = SEVEREST , off = cancelled / struck off = deletion ind., the base of Himalayas = S (down clue). Element of misdirection is the fact that K2, not Everest, is considered as the most difficult mountain peak | 8 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 22 | Nearly every English saint was at the summit (7) | Definition: summit Nearly every: ever E, St. | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | 21 | Mountain hares, having turned tail, head off (7) | (l)EVERE(TS<), where having operates in both the reversal and the deletion | 7 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 35 | Women start to trek, taking on formidable peak (7) | EVES+T around (taking) RE(on) . Def: Formidable peak | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Electric vehicle with steering not in good condition has highest range | EV/[STEER(in/g)]*; condition as anagrind [see Chambers] | 5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Formation's leader and another three at the rear lost in severe storm in this toweringly inhospitable place | (s)EVERE ST(orm); "Formation" refers to the arrangement of letters, SEVERE STORM. | 5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Lie down on first lady and climax | EVE + REST. Climax = highest point = Everest | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | Peak efficiency initially’s very shortly before cutting 60% of staff | peak = def; efficiency initially = E; very shortly = V; before = ERE; cutting 60% of staff = ST(-aff) | 5 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 30 | Some névé rests here | n(évé rest)s &lit. névé = snow. | 4.5 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 32 | The first lady led the others to a highly significant location (7) | First lady = EVE; the others = REST. | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 1 | A quarter to five, before sunrise, capital time to mount! (7) | E to V ERE S(sunrise capital) T. Def: Mount | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Most dangerous peak covered, is also the highest | (S)EVEREST. Semi &lit | 3 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 8 | First lady to remain at the very top of the world | EVE + REST | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 34 | Topping hardest here? | 1 | 1 | |||
| 34 | 28 | Smartest to save extremely colossal mountain (7) | clEVEREST (smartest) to take away (save) CL (extremely ColossaL). Def. – Mountain | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 33 | The pilgrimage of climbing humans? | Cryptic | 0 | 0 |