CCCWC Christmas Special 2010 competition results
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42 clues entered. 31 votes cast (26 competitors, 5 others).
NATIVITY (Letters Latent)
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Mike Baker | Tiny Tim – very poorly and without money in classic Christmas scene | A latent; anag. TINY TI(m) +V | 46 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | Tom Borland | Carbon-free energy coming to save us? | N; A(C)TIVITY = carbon-free energy, def. 'coming to save us?' | 38 | 4 |
| 3 | 23 | Michael Semple | Poorly one, tiny at birth | (V). I (one) TINY AT anagram. Poorly – anagrind. | 30.5 | 4 |
| 4 | 35 | John Hood | Titian very easily painted stable scene | LL='Y': (TITIAN V)* : def='painted stable scene' | 25.5 | 4 |
| 5 | 40 | Margaret Irvine | Very small spruce brought round for Christmas | I; v in natty | 24 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | Pete Milne | A representation of antiquity, without question | V. (ANTIQUITY minus QU)*. QU = question. &lit | 21.5 | 2 |
| 7 | 14 | John Tozer | It's involving children principally that makes this play | N; a(c)tivity & lit. | 21 | 3 |
| 8 | 42 | Luciano Ward | Work expressing the birth of Christ? | N; ATIVITY = ACTIVITY (work) expressing C (birth of Christ); &lit. (as in work of art) | 20 | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | Tim Anderson | Last man to bat blocking clever delivery? | Latent letter V. II (eleven) in natty. | 17.5 | 3 |
| 10 | 18 | David Harry | Life’s not about where one comes from | N latent: 'activity' minus 'c' | 15.5 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | Birth of a Gemini in chic surroundings | V is latent; II in NATTY (II being the symbol for Gemini) | 13 | 2 | |
| 11 | 21 | New life exalted? It's the Virgin Birth | Y is latent; N + (VITA<) + IT; The clue needs to be read as a down clue for "exalted" to indicate a reversal | 13 | 1 | |
| 13 | 29 | Stable situation results from Conservatives withdrawing from undertaking. | N. Def/a(c)tivity. | 12.5 | 4 | |
| 14 | 33 | Tiny Tim, a poor invalid, marks Christmas | [V] (TINY TIm A)* | 12 | 4 | |
| 15 | 22 | No entry for competition, doing Christmas | LL N; a(c)tivity | 11.5 | 3 | |
| 16 | 31 | Strangely, it echoes a very anonymous birth | N; (it+it+a+v+y)* | 10 | 1 | |
| 17 | 19 | Looking back on life in the can, it often entailed hard labour | Y. rev. VITA = life in TIN (can); "it" refers to NATIVITY, hard labour being difficult birth. | 9 | 3 | |
| 18 | 39 | Verily, a joyful Christmas Day? Nay, twice it is ruined. | V-latent NAY + IT + IT anagram | 8.5 | 3 | |
| 19 | 38 | Venus foremost in ingenious horoscope | I omitted; V in NATTY | 7 | 2 | |
| 20 | 25 | Smart setting for very low budget Xmas show | v in natty ; LL= i | 6.5 | 2 | |
| 20 | 27 | Spruce decorated by a couple for Christmas | v latent; ii in natty | 6.5 | 4 | |
| 22 | 5 | Child initially dropped from activity describing birth of Mary's child. | "N" is the latent letter. Activity minus c (initial of "child") gives ativity, then def. | 6 | 2 | |
| 23 | 11 | Horoscope shows pessimism, though without backing info. | N. Defn: horoscope; pessimism=negativity, omitting reversed gen=info | 5.5 | 1 | |
| 24 | 36 | Tyrant, very angry missing Redeemer's first Christmas, created such a scene! | NAT(I)V(I)TY; anag ind by angry, TYRANT(Herod)+V(very) less R | 5 | 3 | |
| 25 | 6 | Christmas and it's spruce all over vatican city | latent letter – I. *Spruce – natty. v – vatican city(veh.registration). Also spruce used as christmas tree | 4.5 | 2 | |
| 26 | 7 | Einstein's theory not about length, in nascence. | Latent: N; Einstein's theory: RELATIVITY minus RE [about], L[ength]; Definition: in nascence | 4 | 2 | |
| 26 | 41 | Was I tiny at birth? | (v) latent. Was (anag) 'I tiny at'. Birth = lit | 4 | 3 | |
| 28 | 16 | Labour perhaps will result in crowning of child in ——— | N latent; C(hild) in ATIVITY = ACTIVITY; &lit.; down clue | 3 | 2 | |
| 28 | 37 | Vain tit to milk production | (VAIN TIT)* = NATIVIT (-Y) Production = Birth | 3 | 2 | |
| 30 | 3 | Born into slavery, raising money gets life on the up (8) | Y : VITA (rev) in TIN (rev) – down clue | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | 13 | In point of fact that's wrapping around the box time | I: TV t in nay & lit. | 2 | 1 | |
| 30 | 20 | New Art Ministry regularly producing play? | V; N(ew) + A(r)T(m)I(n)I(s)T(r)Y – NATIITY; def = "play?" | 2 | 2 | |
| 30 | 26 | Special birth? A toast from a tiny vat | letter latent: i, Anag= tiny+vat | 2 | 1 | |
| 34 | 15 | Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Profanity, its vanity but NO swearing. | Definition , anagram of its vanity minus s. | 1 | 1 | |
| 35 | 12 | Horoscope's clever about Victor | I latent; V in NATTY | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 36 | 8 | Excellent non-vintage bottle I open yearly on Chaucer's birthday | Missing letter T; N(AI)V+I+Y; birthday = def. (OED: obs., signalled by Chaucer) | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 9 | Goings-on when birth of Christ is embraced in this | N letter latent: Goings-on = ATIVITY around C (birth or 'origin' of Christ) &Lit. | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 10 | Horoscope: Again, today starts; ends lucky – number seven rolls! | (T) horoscope=def; rolls=anag of letters at+y+n+vii | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 24 | Short stork visit creates birth (8) | Direct = birth; Y dropped: short stork visit = nativit | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 28 | Spruce trees – five to make a Christmas scene | Latent I. NATTY around V. Trees in sense of corners | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 30 | State of Israel in Egypt’s power? No, Islamic troops initially repulsed and it’s invading | V latent. TI + IT in NAY. Refs: Biblical captivity & Yom Kippur War. Def.: "State of…power?" – an instance of "slavery by birth"; State = Condition. | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 32 | Tantivy – headlong – being born thusly! | (I) anag. word=headlong + def. | 0 | 1 |