CCCWC October 2012 competition results
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50 clues entered. 47 votes cast (41 competitors, 6 others).
POSTICHE
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Pete Milne | False echo tips bats | ECHOTIPS*, ai = bats | 56 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 27 | Tim Moorey | One's seen in chambers on the defending counsel's head? | i in pos + c in the & lit; defend = guard, protect | 40 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 18 | R.E.Boot | Historically false, badly shot epic | (shotepic)* | 39.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 39 | Shyam | The cop is sporting a wig (8) | Anagram (Sporting) of THE COP IS | 34.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 48 | John Appleton | Wig model acquiring nasty itch | POSE (model) around ITCH*; def = wig. | 32.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 46 | Dave Parfitt | What's parking on oldie's head and itches, possibly? | P + O + ITCHES anag. & lit. | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | Adrian Harris | Added locks after I caught the man | POST (after) I C(aught) HE (the man) | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 16 | Robert Vere | Hairpiece itches terribly after initially putting on | p(utting) o(n) itches* | 26 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | Roslyn Rougvie | Fresh hot pies with a bit of custard over the top. | Anag. hot pies + c; def. over the top | 24.5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 21 | Mike Baker | It could create awful itches on heads of players on-stage | itches* on PO, & lit. | 24.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 29 | Prosthetic? Right, this could be | &lit. (RT + POSTICHE)* = prosthetic (an artificial part of the body) | 22.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 12 | 34 | Spurious line of verse penned by Manx poet | stich in poe(t); Collins explicitly gives postiche=spurious | 19.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 44 | Wapping's syrup and hot spice concoction? | Wapping's syrup = wig (rhyming slang "syrup of figs") + anagram of hot spice indicated by concoction | 18.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | 30 | Replacement locks found in the post, I checked. | "post I checked" contains postiche. "Replacement locks" (of hair) def. | 18 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | 35 | Stir hot spice into East End syrup? | Stir (anag ind) hot spice = postiche = (def) false hairpiece (rhyming slang – syrup of fig…) | 17.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 24 | Mailman admits church is a sham | POSTIE admits CH -> POSTI<CH>E | 17 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | 10 | Counterfeit top is initially convincing on bloke | &lit (wig) = (TOP IS)* + C(onvincing) + HE | 15 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 28 | Pitches thrown holding ball underhanded (8) | P(O)STICHE* underhanded = defiinition | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 19 | 45 | Weave a line of verse between three characters in poem | def = weave / 'a line of verse' = STICH between PO and E | 12 | 0 | 4 | |
| 20 | 37 | Substitute hot spice soup (8) | Direct = substitute; hot spice = postiche (soup = anagram indicator) | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | 47 | What's set on one chap’s head, hirsute only at the sides? | POST (set) + I + C(hap) + H(irsut)E; &lit | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
| 22 | 31 | Rug that posh eccentric regularly rearranges | Anagram of POSH -C-E-T-I- (rug – slang for wig) | 10.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | 2 | A line in e.g. Sassoon's work, showing a cut? | stich in poe(m) & lit.; Vidal/Siegfried Sassoon | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 23 | 8 | Cop this new mane if down to the last strand | anag. + e (strand = component part) & lit. | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | 23 | Little guy's devoured by model in false hairpiece. | Tich in pose/def x2. | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| 26 | 32 | Sit properly on chamberpot, dear, right off rug! | SIT* after PO + CHE[r] | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | 49 | Wig of the cop is rumpled (8) | THECOPIS* (It really applies to wig-using uniformed cops!) | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | 26 | Nut burying bird in Peru runs away to New Barnet | ostrich (buries head in sand!) minus r in PE; [P(OST(r)ICH)E]. Barnet = hair. | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 28 | 33 | Spice with hot ginger syrup | *SPICE+HOT ind by ginger=enliven; syrup=wig | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 30 | 43 | This translator, subverted, became the last conspirator – Brutus perhaps. | compound anagram (postiche + translator)* = (the last conspirator)* Brutus (a kind of wig) = def | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 31 | 12 | False, involuntary movement repressed by smart drug (8) | (involuntary movement =)TIC; 'repressed by'is container indicator; (smart =)POSH; (drug =) E; =>POS [ TIC ] H + E 'False' is the definition | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 31 | 13 | False lover of Lenore entertained loose chits | PO(STICH)E chits anag. | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | 20 | Inappropriately placed in charge, he follows behind. | Inappropriately placed (admittedly a bit of a stretch, but see below) is the direct – ic (in charge) + he following post (behind) | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 | 41 | The imitation copies the brief incorrectly | def{The imitation} anag{copies the – e(brief is last letter deletion indicator, incorrectly is anagram indicator)} | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 35 | 19 | If wanting a bit of a roborant, what could provide third of vitamin C? Rosehip syrup | anag. incl. t, C less r; syrup = wig | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 | 6 | Chip got wise and unraveled this wig | anagram of chip got wise is postiche wig. "this" s/be italicized. | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 36 | 15 | Front part of special toupee is revolutionary, and inappropriate? (8) | Front = initial letters of "part of special toupee is" revolutionary = che &lit clue where postiche is an inappropriate hairpiece, indicated by ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 36 | 38 | Sun: GRASS ADMITS A FIDDLE, VOLUNTEERS ABOUT LEAK, "IT'S FALSE!" | PO(S)T+I+CHEat (TA rev. & del.) | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 39 | 1 | A hair extension possibly giving tiny person outward appearance of model | tich in pose | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | 17 | Hairpiece worn after op rejected itches atrociously | OP rev + ITCHES* | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 39 | 22 | Jerry's caught a tiddler deploying last of dynamite. A case of gilding the lily? | PO'S + TICH (see Chambers) + (dynamit)E. "deploy" = "bring into use" | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | 50 | Wig wearing East German shot 250 (8) | OST in PIC + E | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | 25 | Mailman swallowed chestnut syrup | CH in POSTIE; syrup = def. | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | 36 | Stop getting upset about top of head being frozen, wearing this should help? | Stop (anag) ic(h)e…ice about (h)ead = wig | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 45 | 9 | Counterfeit Heroin found in cops tie very disturbing (8) | Counterfeit = confirmation H found in cops tie (anagram)very disturbing | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 46 | 40 | The cops are suspicious – I’ll be put inside for false pretences. | 'I' in anag. ‘the cops’: def. of postiche in Collins = ‘anything that is false; sham or pretence’ | 0.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 47 | 4 | Artificial flower given to a female earns scant credit | PO = flower (river); SHE = a female; around TIC(K) = scant credit; def. 'artificial' | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 47 | 5 | Charles II leaves the First Earl of Shaftesbury's party with a rug. | (The First Earl of S. (A A Cooper) founded the Whig Party and he was not, at times, fond of Charles II.) Whig – H + def | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 47 | 7 | Conceivably Rooney's weave itches after plastic surgery. | DEFINITION: Conceivably Rooney's weave:- anagram of ITCHES after plastic surgery OP>PO | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 47 | 42 | The tennis player, good at imitation, wins with an epic shot! | Ana: epic+shot | 0 | 0 | 6 |