CCCWC June 2024 competition results
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40 clues entered. 31 votes cast (29 competitors, 2 others).
BARNACLE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Chris Bond | Ball lost as Barcelona prepared for Hull fixture | BARCEL(o)NA* / def = hull fixture (Barcelona beat Hull City 5-3 in a friendly on 03/06/1951) | 48 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | Seerat Hazir | Can a liner’s hull be damaged by it? (8) | (CAN A LineR BE)* Semi-&lit. | 33 | 0 | |
| 3 | 23 | Ramki Krishnan | Learn ABC, silly goose! (8) | Anagram of LEARNABC, def = goose | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | Dave Williams | Clean out behind pub and find this stuck to bottom of schooner? | *CLEAN after pub=BAR. | 20.5 | 1 | |
| 4 | 38 | Luciano Ward | Seafood, raw, infused with salt | BARE (raw) with NaCl (sodium chloride = salt) inside; barnacles are edible | 20.5 | 1 | |
| 6 | 39 | Nathan Townshend | Snarled cable ran under the hull, it could get attached | Snarled = grind; cable ran = fodder; under the hull, it could get attached = def | 17.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Jessica Merchant | Distressed about new lace bra that's hard to remove | Around N, LACEBRA* (distressed) | 17 | 0 | |
| 8 | 10 | Paul Coulter | Expose grasping salt as a maritime hanger-on | BAR(NACL)E | 14 | 1 | |
| 9 | 19 | John Prager | Inject salt into undressed goose | NaCl in BARE. Defn = barnacle goose. | 13.5 | 1 | |
| 9 | 25 | Vinit Wankhede | Main inhabitant, kind of lean crab | Main inhabitant = Def , LEANCRAB* | 13.5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 17 | I'll stick with soap to get pants clean | BAR + CLEAN* | 13 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 | 32 | Right balance struck? It's on the rocks! | Anagram of R+BALANCE. | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | 31 | Ran cable to form a permanent attachment (8) | Ran cable = anagram fodder , to form = anagrind , + def | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Can be essential part of drag at sea, around bottom of hull | (CAN BE [d]RA[g])* around [hul]L, &lit – ref to the fact that barnacles can cause drag on a vessel. | 12 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 16 | Hull resident’s in trouble; car ban with voided license (8) | Hull resident is def. CARBAN in trouble + LE | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 5 | Can be real problematic getting rid of mate – ultimately clingy individual | (CAN BE REAL)* – (mat)E; problematic= anag ind, getting rid of= del ind, mate ultimately= e (last letter of mate), defn= clingy individual | 10 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 14 | Hanger-on found in pub area where drinks are clean out | Pub area where drinks are = Bar + * clean | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 33 | Rock groupie waved clean bra | Rock groupie – definition, waved – anagrind, CLEANBRA – fodder. | 9 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Hanger-on returned drug left by toilet behind pub | (E L CAN) all reversed behind BAR | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 35 | Saloon perhaps not perfectly clean – it's difficult to get rid of | BAR/*clean [Saloon car in the surface; Collins definition] | 8 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 37 | Salt-eating shelled sea-creature (8) | BARE(shelled) containing NACL.(salt – sodium chloride). Def: Sea Creature | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Finally humiliated, Farage left debacle and ran – silly goose! (8) | Anagram of DEBACLERAN –DE (finally humiliated Farage) | 6 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 36 | Salt in naked shellfish | NaCl (salt) in Bare (naked). Surface a reference to the new food trend of naked clams | 6 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 20 | It sticks fast in tunnel: can Rabbit pull it back? | hidden (in) in reverse (pull it back). The answer is not Winnie the Pooh. | 5.5 | 1 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Check out clean sticker? | BAR anagram of CLEAN | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | 30 | Rail with unusually clean hanger on | BAR + CLEAN*; def = hanger on | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 34 | Sailor Bill’s soubriquet, having a fixation with the Queens’ and many others’ bottoms! | Seafarer Bill’s soubriquet (“Barnacle Bill the Sailor” – lewd traditional song) having a fixation with (adhered to) the Queens’ and many others’ (ships’) bottoms! | 4 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 8 | Clear ban perplexed one difficult to get rid of | Anagrid (perplexed) of CLEAR BAN. Definition: One difficult to get rid of | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Gutted, rueful… bae can become a clingy creature (8) | Gutted rueful= rl Fodder: rlbaecan* Anagrind: become Def: a clingy creature | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 22 | Lean crab mistaken for goose? | lean crab (mistaken = anag indicator); goose barnacle (Lepas anserifera) or barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) – myth re geese once thought to be spontaneously generated from barnacles. | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | 24 | Left CAN return – inspired by straightforward fellow who is difficult to shake off | Left – L; CAN – CAN; return – NACL; – inspired by – inserted into…; straightforward – BARE; fellow who is difficult to shake off – def | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Nude bathing out of bounds, unclad, silly goose! | goose; BARE(nude) outside uNCLAd* | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 29 | Possibly it's a hard life on a ship (8) | Cryptic definition referring to the hard exoskeleton of barnacles and their being found attached to ships. | 3 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 21 | It's stuck to vessels right before Salt Bae eats (8) | Def: It's stuck to vessels; right=R, before=connector, Salt=NACL, Bae=BAE, eats=containment indicator => BA(R NACL)E | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Marine hanger-on – a nuisance for Hull | Double definition | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 12 | For goose, secure salt and cure finally | bar, NaCl (chemical formula), (cur)e | 1 | 1 | ||
| 37 | 1 | A Guinness on the pier at Sandcastle-On-Sea? He hasn't got the bill yet! | Alec Guinness starred as William Horatio Ambrose, aka Barnacle Bill in the film of the same name, in which he bought… and commanded… a pier! | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 18 | In a confusing development, Barcelona kicks ball to their number one fan? | In a confusing development = anag. ind.; Barcelona = anag. fodder; kicks = gives up (e.g. a habit); ball = O; "?" for the whimsical definition. tl;dr BARCELONA* minus O | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 38 | 27 | Mohel: can rabbi be essentially atavistic bloodsucker? | hidden word ("be essentially") reversed ("atavistic"); definition is "bloodsucker" (=parasite, a metaphoric meaning of "barnacle") | 0 | 1 | ||
| 38 | 40 | Stop and name sources of a crustacean leech equivalent? (8) | Semi &lit; Stop = BAR; Name = N; Sources = first letter indicator for A + C[rustacean] L[eech] E[quivalent]; Definition = A crustacean leech equivalent? | 0 | 0 |