CCCWC September 2011 competition results
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52 clues entered. 38 votes cast (35 competitors, 3 others).
CLANDESTINE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mike Baker | Candles confused with part of fork under the counter? | CANDLES* + TINE; ref The Two Ronnies 'Four Candles' sketch | 78 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | Dave Parfitt | Client ordered clothing range for closet | CLIENT (anag.) around ANDES; closet = secret, private | 45 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 49 | Martin Price | Underground leader leaves Bin Laden sect in disarray. | Def/anag of (B)in Laden sect. | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | Margaret Irvine | Private client excited about extensive range | Andes in client* | 29 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 | John Tozer | End ties after stumbling on family secret | clan + anag. | 25.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | Luciano Ward | Client, bursting, pulls chain in privy | CLIENT* "pulls in" ANDES (chain = mountain range) | 24.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 43 | ALLAN SCOTT | Secret Society Lenin acted to disband | anag of S Lenin acted | 21.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | 36 | Paul Coulter | Private premiere cancelled for most insipid film around | C(bLANDEST)INE | 20.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 48 | Dave Tilley | Two-faced since dental treatment (11) | anagram of "SINCE DENTAL" | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 52 | John Appleton | Unseen Family Fortunes is out! | CLAN + DESTINIES, – IS | 16.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | 51 | Underground travel? Can't in Leeds (10) | Def + anag ind and anag | 14.5 | 3 | 5 | |
| 12 | 3 | At first, the English careworker and Niles fool around in secret | Anag (TEC NILES AND) Ref. the long-running Frasier storyline between Niles and Daphne | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| 13 | 1 | About to touch down on time at JFK, one of the Germans switched off the radar | C + LAND + EST (Eastern Standard Time) + (EIN)* (switched); off the radar = def. | 13 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 22 | Intend to go after family secret. | destine: intend (Concise Oxford, clan: family, secret: def. | 13 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | 4 | Behind-the-scenes coterie beginning to derail state seeking full UN membership (excluding China?) | clan+d+(Pal)estine, ref. China unlikely to veto Palestine's request | 11.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 17 | Furtive, confused and silent in church | def = furtive; anagram of 'and silent' inside CE (Church of England) | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
| 17 | 34 | Private land entices criminal | (LAND ENTICES)* | 10.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18 | 21 | Indecent lass cavorting (but not a hint of sex) in private | indecent lass* less s(ex) | 8.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 19 | 31 | Private family fortune is detailed by earl. | Def = private; family = clan + destin(y) + e(arl) | 7.5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 20 | 38 | Private property occupies Church Street's fashionable quarter | LAND in CE + ST,IN,E; Def'n: private | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 50 | Underground secure parking suspended, annoying person in nice convertible | land (= secure) +(p)est (= annoying person) in cine anag | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 6 | Canny Scots band isn't about to cut 'Flower of Scotland' | CLAN = Scots band; *ISNT in DEE = 'Flower of Scotland'; def. Canny | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
| 22 | 24 | Neets with clan identity riot under cover of darkness? | NEETS(acronym for those Not in Employment, Education or Training)+ CLAN ID anag; def. 'under cover of darkness' = secret/furtive. (Topical ref: the recent UK riots and the initial preoccuaption with the perpetrators being unemployed and members of gangs) | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | 30 | Private doctor licensed antiserum – dispensing with compound I'm sure! | Private = definition; doctor is anagrind to licensed antiserum minus anag I'm sure, anagrind: compound | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | 42 | Secret Seven in Lace: Enid Blyton's last novel? | S=7 (Med. Rom. num.) in LACE ENID N* | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | 2 | Adam's top's not kept clean, instead crumpled in closet | CLE(A)NINSTEAD*; down clue; ref. boys' habits with clothes | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 | 7 | Church holding manor with estate in secret | (LAND + EST + IN) in CE | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 27 | 10 | Cloak-and-dagger operation in which the criminal was nailed by the scent of the illicit drugs he was carrying! | The sense of cloak-and-dagger(clandestine)… Anag. nailed and scent = Clandestine | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 27 | 19 | Groom seen clad in tux, wanting wife for such a staged marriage | *(seencladintux – ux) : ref "The Clandestine Marriage" | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | 20 | "Hidden Estate" is appearing in French movie houses | c(land+est)iné | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 | 18 | Furtive silent dance! (11) | @lit ; furtive = direct + anagram indicator. | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 31 | 23 | Kept secret about incest, admitted one out of denial, upset. | (anag.) incest……den(i)al | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 27 | Peculiar dance, silent, hush-hush. | DANCESILENT*; anagram indicator: peculiar. Defn: hush-hush. | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Family Fortunes is shot behind closed doors, Dennis eclat canned(11) | Family Fortunes…clan-destin(i)e(s)…is shot(thrown out) Subsidiary indication Dennis eclat(anag) indicator canned/drunk | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 34 | 46 | Sly hints can confuse us initially – with logic circuit solve at last! | (CLUES + TIN, substitute U(s) by AND) + E | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 33 | Private, kinky, silent dance (11) | Anagram. Salome is intended to come to mind, and the 5-letter anagram indicator should make it slightly less trivial, as "dance" is also an indicator. | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 16 | Family head reveals secret (11) | Charade, head=destine as in "Where are you destined to?" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 37 | 26 | Patsy keeps Dante's burning secret | Patsy/Cline, famous singer around anag. of Dante's | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | 39 | Private, self-contained field officer missing in action | (SELF-CONTAINED minus FO)* | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 37 | 41 | Secret and hidden, silent dance organised. | 1 | 0 | |||
| 37 | 45 | Silent dance ensemble secretly executed | SILENT DANCE anag. | 1 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Out of public reach, blazing candle isn't extinguishable at first | Out of public reach = definition. "Blazing candle isn't" = (CANDLE ISNT)*. "Extinguishable at first" = E | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 47 | Sly partners dealt nice mix | NSDEALTNICE*; NS=bridge partners. (NB: slypartners* with 'dealt' as anagram indicator could serve as initially misleading wordplay here.) | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 11 | Concealed client-end program loads in a little time (11) | ACLIENTEND* takes in a+s (little time) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 12 | Concealed in haste without a repeat performance (11) | Anagram ('performance') of CONCEALED IN HASTE [minus ('without') A ECHO ('a repeat')] Semi &lit : def = Concealed {all ref Chambers] | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 44 | 14 | Entices quivering drop in secret | LAND=drop in ENTICES anag | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | 29 | Private dance isn’t kinky without sinister drug | Anag. of DANCE ISNT, outside (without) L (sinister), + E (drug) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | 32 | Private injured Achilles tendon removing large oval bomb! | Private=def; anag.(injured) Achilles tendon -L,O,H | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | 35 | Private on parade needs it to follow band | Private = def, band = clan + needs it*, on parade = anagrind(assembled in order for inspection or other) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 37 | Private property? For Proudhon, that is pinching what belongs to me. Monsieur, non! | C’EST (French for "That is”) around (“pinching”) LAND ("property?") + (MINE – M(onsieur)). Def. "Private". Ref. Pierre Proudhon – “Property is theft” | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | 40 | Rough candle, carelessly set in secret. | CANDLE* + (SET IN )* Definition "secret" (adj) | 0 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 44 | Shady family group planned route to lose tail and get drugs (10) | Shady = def, family group = CLAN, planned route to lose tail = DESTIN(Y), get drugs +E | 0 | 1 | 1 |