CCCWC September 2024 competition results
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37 clues entered. 30 votes cast (26 competitors, 4 others).
CONSTITUTION
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Fabric blend in cotton suit | fabric; anagram | 47 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 22 | Luciano Ward | Legal system is against, not for, offering sex for money | CON (‘against’) + PROSTITUTION minus PRO (‘for’); def = legal system (system of laws) | 33 | 0 | |
| 3 | 21 | Phil Stephenson | Law of nature | DD | 30.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 23 | jeanette | Make up the rules | DD, Make up – as in what constitutes something, the rules – straightforward def | 30.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | Satyen Nabar | Count on tea – to begin with, it is fantastic for health | {COUNT ON T(-ea) IT IS}*; to begin with= 1st letter selection ind, fantastic= anag ind, defn= health | 19.5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nick Smith | Configuration of cost to unit in construction | COST TO UNIT IN anagram | 19 | 2 | |
| 7 | 20 | Ramki Krishnan | Law firm leader leaving establishment (12) | Def = law, CO (form) + INSTITUTION (establishment) with 1st letter removed | 18 | 0 | |
| 8 | 27 | Amrita Majumdar | Physique of model in cotton suit (12) | IN COTTON SUIT * | 14.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 34 | Simon Griew | Tarted up in cotton suit and make-up | (IN COTTON SUIT)*; def = make-up | 14.5 | 1 | |
| 10 | 4 | Vinit Wankhede | Character of kid with street education -independent, taking leadership position! | CON+ST+ITUTION (TUITION with I moving to first postion) | 13.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | Dhirendra Tripathi | Custom design (12) | Double definition. Custom as in social code. Design as in physical make-up. | 13.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 30 | Rules for dancing in cotton suit | (INCOTTONSUIT)* | 13 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Dupe poor tits into accepting upper-class laws (12) | CON + TITSINTO* around U Def: Laws | 12 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 33 | Take odd excerpts from Crown vs. O. Twist, quote in own legal document | Take odd excerpts from – odd letter selection in…; CrOwNvSoTwIsTqUoTeInOwN; legal document – def | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 18 | I quit teaching after deception twisted its structure (12) | Con its<< (tuition – i) Def: structure | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 35 | The law firm isn't upset about receiving a single complaint | def – the law, wordplay – CO(firm) +1 TUT(a single complaint) in ISNT*+ON(isn't upset about) | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 3 | Articles opposing unpopular establishment | CON+inSTITUTION | 8 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 37 | What makes you set down rules? | Double definition | 7 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 31 | Splattered cotton suit in make-up | Splattered = anagram indicator. COTTONSUITIN*. Make-up = definition. | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 26 | Outlay on training institute advanced to cover new charter of rights (12) | COST(Outlay)+TRAINING institute advanced (TUITION with I moved to front gives ITUTION) around N(ew). Def:Charter of rights | 6 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 28 | Prisoners given organised tuition for make-up | CONS/tuition anag. Maybe female prisoners mostly. | 6 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Count on it: it’s make-up | *COUNTONITITS. Make up is anagrind and definition. &lit. | 5.5 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Fashion: it continues to eschew English make-up | fashion=anagrind; it continues to=fodder; eschew English=delete 'e'; make-up=def. | 5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 25 | Old Ironsides' physical state? | Old Ironsides is the nickname of USS Constitution, the oldest naval ship still afloat. Physical state is the definition | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Company with new foundation, not fashionable form of government | CO N INSTITUTION less IN | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 29 | Prisoner’s tense learning to promote one system of laws | CON’S T TUITION to promote I | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 19 | In order to continue endlessly, it's something unwritten | In order = anagrind; TO CONTINU ITS = fodder; something unwritten = def; also &lit | 3 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 5 | Company for single establishment structure (12) | CO for I in INSTITUTION. Definition: Structure | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 32 | Study its intricate lessons to remove one's make-up (12) | Study: CON, its intricate: STI, lessons to remove one: TUITION – I, def: make-up | 2 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Design it to count in sovereignty primarily (12) | DESIGN = anagram indicator; Anagram fodder = IT + TO + COUNT + IN + S[overeignty] = SOVERIEGNTY primarily; Definition = DESIGN as well as &lit | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Dug in against sin; out to reform basic character (12) | Dug (TIT) within against (CON) + anagram of SIN OUT. Definition = basic character. | 1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 36 | What is the unit cost into developing laws? ( 12 ) | anagram of unit cost into | 1 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Fashion icons tout tin for make-up. | Anagram of [ICONS TOUT TIN] | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 1 | A walk in the park without balm, essentially, is good for the makeup | CONSTITUTIONAL – bALm. "good for" = "able to produce" (MW dictionary), as link | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 2 | Adrift, it cuts notion regarding the class of Kirk's original starship. | Anagram of 'it cuts notion'; the original starship Enterprise was Constitution class | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Hush! Free tuition in the beginning to study architecture? | Combination of ST (hush) and anagram (free) of TUITION preceded by (in the beginning) CON (to study) – Def. architecture | 0 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Make-up Toto smeared over jacket of clown suit in getting changed | TOTO* in (smeared over) C(low)N+SUIT+IN* (getting changed) | 0 | 0 |