CCCWC September 2013 competition results
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61 clues entered. 49 votes cast (45 competitors, 4 others).
LION-HEART
After last month's nail-biter, a pretty convincing winner this time round! Some ingenious wordplay and a very convincing surface result in Tom leading the field for LION-HEART – maintaining his recent run of excellent form – well done Tom!
A tie for second place next – firstly another consistent performer of late – moving up one from his 3rd place in August – with an excellent & lit. – congratulations to Richard.
Also tied for second place – yet another consistent performer – 4th podium finish of this year for Dave P. with that clever anagram using the mother-in-law's stuffing! Great stuff!
Fourth place goes to someone else who spotted this anagram, and also achieved his 4th podium of the year! So well done Steve R. – you are certainly establishing yourself very swiftly amongst the regulars!
Well we couldn't keep him out! Congrats go to Mike for just squezzing into the top 5 yet again! Can he keep it up!
As always, thanks to everyone who took part, and good luck in October – the Annual Competition is bunching up nicely as we approach the run-in!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Tom Borland | Capturing rook left one ready to mate champion | R = rook in L = left, I = one, ON HEAT = ready to mate; def. champion | 72 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 21 | Richard Saunders | Dynamic hero in tale, having no end of courage? | hero in tal(e) * &lit | 56 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 42 | Dave Parfitt | No chicken stuffing in mother-in-law’s spread | (m)OTHERINLA(w) anag.; def. = 'No chicken' | 56 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 13 | Steve Randall | Brave man endlessly upset mother-in-law | anag (upset) of [M]OTHERINLA[W] (endlessly) Definition: Brave man | 39.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 | Mike Baker | Another term for dare-devil, I fancy | Anag. ANOTHER L I; & Lit. | 35 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 35 | Tim Moorey | Latrine hard work? Nothing in it with Ajax, for example | O in anag incl h | 29.5 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 29 | Vinod Raman | Hero left antihero reeling (4-5) | L+antihero*; Def:Hero | 27.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | 57 | John Appleton | Torah has line re-set in bold type | (TORAH + LINE)*; def = bold type. | 23.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 32 | David Harry | Killer of Judean people – Hitler on a rampage | Anag. 'Hitler on a': (Richard the) Lionheart's crusade aimed to take Jerusalem in Judea from the Saracens who lived there | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 58 | Neil Gregory | Valiant chap – one with pride and male cunning (4-5) | Valiant chap <> defn one with pride <> lion male cunning <> HE ART | 18.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | As part of battalion – hear the King. | Hidden word (as part of) def King. | 17.5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 12 | 19 | Dashing hero in tale dispatching enemy leader? | hero in tale* minus E &lit | 15 | 3 | 6 | |
| 13 | 46 | Porter finally penned a hit after gallivanting with Noel Coward? Au contraire! | R penned (confined) by AHITNOEL anag; def = Coward? Au contraire! | 14 | 1 | 5 | |
| 14 | 7 | Anti-hero left – replaced by extreme opposite perhaps | anag anti-hero + l | 13.5 | 3 | 4 | |
| 15 | 20 | Doctor I enthral with love is a man of great courage | I ENTHRAL O* (doctor) | 13 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | 30 | Horatius proved to be one in a million – hear the cheers! | "Horatius proved to be one" and hidden | 12.5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 17 | 10 | Brave being married women ignored by rude mother-in-law | (m)other-in-la(w) anagram; m=married, w=women | 12 | 0 | 5 | |
| 17 | 15 | Brave man left antihero confused. | L (left) + ION HEART (anagram of antihero) & Def = "Brave Man" | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| 19 | 37 | Light Infantry has another possible recipient of the VC ? (4-5) | (L)ight(I)nfantry has (juxtaposition indicator) another (fodder) possible (anagram indicator) def – recipient of the VC ? (lion-heart n. a person with great courage – Chambers) | 11.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | 33 | Latin hero, perhaps, like Julius Caesar? | Anagram of "Latin hero" | 10.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 21 | 34 | Latin hero trashed King Richard's reputation? | anag. Richard the Lionheart | 9 | 2 | 4 | |
| 21 | 36 | Leo, darling, meet Richard | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 1 | ——— battling with leader of Philistines, renders Goliath lifeless, prone? | Lion-heart + P = (Go)liath + prone. Comp. anag. & lit | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 23 | 5 | Action hero in brief tale is brave character | Action = anagram indicator; (hero + in + tal)* = lion-heart; brave character = def. | 8.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 | 28 | Hero: an exemplary figure, inspiration girds this man | LION+(HE)ART & lit. | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 | 38 | Locksley's leader, a hero in time at war? | L(ocksley) + (A HERO IN T)* | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 25 | 54 | The ballsy man perturbed mother-in-law; scratching at first and ultimately immature! | def + anag(perturbed)of "mother-in-law" – m&w | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 25 | 60 | With style of hair, Elton was known to be extremely bold. | Anag..'hair Elton' – Elton John's hair problem…Wearing various fancy wigs and weaves. | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | 9 | As the lead, actor's thin role is appalling in Hercules | (Actor's THIN ROLE)* | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 30 | 51 | Sire of fantastic Latin Hero | Lion Heart fathered famous gelding 'Latin Hero' Fantastic = anagram indicator of Latin Hero | 5.5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 31 | 11 | Brave fellow to follow receiving pardon with refusal to go back (4-5) | TRAIL containing EH NO, all reversed | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | 44 | No scaredy-cat ! | Cryptic definition | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 31 | 47 | Regal Richard plays a thin role? (4-5) | Regal Richard = def Plays = anagrind A thin role = fodder | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 31 | 52 | Slatternly harlot, in ecstasy initially, making up to a guy with balls. | Anag/def. | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 35 | 2 | A courageous person such as Io may be found here | "A courageous person" = definition. "such as Io may be found here" = wordplay: such a way Io may be given in wordplay in a cryptic crossword; heart of Lion | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 35 | 14 | Brave man in boxing ring after 50, donning short suit (4,5) | Brave man (definition), in boxing ring {I[O]N}, after 50 (after L), donning(juxtaposition indicator), short suit {HEART(S)} L+I[O]N+HEART | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 35 | 23 | Fearless 10! (4-5) | L (IO) N i. e. 10 is lion('s) heart. Fearless is def. | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 35 | 43 | No retreating he engages in overthrowing trial | ON(reversed)+HE in anag & lit; overthrowing=defeating+anag ind; trial=adversity | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 39 | 18 | Courageous person I love maybe? | I + 0 (love) – heart of l[IO]n | 3.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| 39 | 41 | No chicken left, a heron's shot and eaten by the computer department! | L(left)+(AHERON* in IT). ai=shot. IT=the computer department. | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 41 | 24 | Fifty-one and another shuffled, to find a trump card | LI + ANOTHER anag. 52 cards in pack. & Lit | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 41 | 25 | "Fifty-one and up for it!" admitted Richard the First | LI + ON HEA(R)T | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 41 | 48 | Richard certainly, Io maybe (4-5) | Richard I / IO being the heart of LION | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 41 | 50 | Rival for salad in, it's said, a selection of a million hearty meals. | Def: 'Rival for salad in, it's said' (being a play on Saladin, Richard I's foe during the crusades); 'a selection of' being the hidden word indicator for 'a mil(LION HEART)y meals.' | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 41 | 55 | The type with real courage start to love one another after fighting | L + I + anag. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 46 | 4 | A very brave person, he sat in gases and lit | li(O, N, (he) Ar)t; and lit clue | 2.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 46 | 40 | National hero on a drawn out Crusade? | anag. less 'on a' & lit. (sobriquet of Richard I); crusade v.i. | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 46 | 61 | Worried hero falterin'? No fear! | Anagram (worried) of hero + falterin – fear, &lit | 2.5 | 2 | 6 | |
| 49 | 3 | A stout fellow's portion of taglioni brought on a cardiac arrest very shortly after | def. stout fellow = def.; tagLIONi + HEART (-failure, indicated by very shortly) | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 50 | 22 | Extraordinarily the arial font wants fat for a very bold type (9) | Extraordinarily – anagrind the arial font – fodder wants fat – without fat link – for defn – a very bold type | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 51 | 27 | Ganglion cell nucleus has a lot of nerve! (4-5) | The nucleus (center) of "ganglioncell" has a "lion heart" and "has a lot of nerve!" can define "lion-heart". | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 51 | 39 | Monarch, fluttering on the air, has first landing | Def. = Monarch; anag. on the air + l | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 51 | 59 | Very brave person, leader of leaders, leader marching back, man Austria imprisoned (Richard the First?) | L(leader of leaders)+ION (leader, ie No.1 in reverse)+R(first letter in Richard)inside HE(man)+AT(Austria). A bit of a semi &lit, referring to Richard the Lion-Heart(also Richard I) | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 54 | 12 | "Brave King" premieres held exclusively at Rialto Theater. | direct: Brave; King = LION; HEART = Held Exclusively At Rialto Theater; premieres = position indicator | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 55 | 16 | Brave person heard to use faulty hotel I ran | anag & ref Fawlty Towers | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 55 | 26 | Following end of free-for-all, unhappy antihero becomes courageous fellow | (free-for-al)L + ANTIHERO* | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 55 | 31 | Io the Brave? | cryptic – l(io)n heart. + def. | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 55 | 45 | Our bold hero is like Aslan with an element of guile. | Aslan (LION) element (He) guile (ART) | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 55 | 49 | Richard I followed side ready to join Christianity's third invasion | L (side) + I + ON HEAT (ready to join) with R (Christianity's third) inserted (invasion) | Def: Richard (or Richard I if reusing the I is permitted) | Ref: 3rd crusade. | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 55 | 53 | Tall hero in battle, leader of liberationists proving deficient | anag. less l & lit., battle v. i.,ref. Richard I, tall king failing to take back Jerusalem in Crusade | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 55 | 56 | This warrior's end in crusadings and fighting: Saladin's throne? | Comp. anag. LIONHEARTS(crusading)SAND* = SALADINSTHRONE. In surface reading, "end" = objective. (I realize that, if the hyphen in LION-HEART is regarded as obligatory, this doesn't work, but usually (eg, Azed) it is only the letters that count.) | 0 | 0 | 6 |