CCCWC August 2014 competition results
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48 clues entered. 40 votes cast (36 competitors, 4 others).
EATANSWILL
Quite a close run thing for the podium places, but the winner nudged some way ahead – nothing corrupt in the voting here!
Hearty congratulations to Mark Webberley who can celebrate his first placing with a first place! An acceptance speech is the tradition I believe.
Tom B pushed his nose in front of the chasing pack – no stranger to the podium, and one of the two that found the Labour anagram indicator.
Third spot sees a return for Richard after a number of years away from CCCWC competition. Welcome back and congrats on hitting the podium with your feet running. Hope we see some more in the coming months.
Sam was the other employer of the Labour anagram indicator and was hoisted into his first top 5 finish also – well done Sam!
Finally a return to the podium for John A after his win at the start of the year – a nice deceptive definition there.
Thanks to all for another fine competition.
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | mark webberley | Loosen wallets in a corrupt election | anagrind = loosen; anagram of 'WALLETS IN A'; def = 'corrupt election' | 51 | 0 | |
| 2 | 21 | Tom Borland | Labour wallies adopting Brown, a rotten choice | TAN = Brown in *WALLIES; def. a rotten choice | 37.5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 16 | Richard Heald | Here you may see the corrupt win a seat by wrongful means after polling | anag. + (i)ll, & lit. | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 22 | sam wilkinson | Labour win a seat ahead of Liberals in corrupt election | Labour – anagram indicator of: win a seat, ahead of – juxtaposition indicator of: Liberals (ll), corrupt election – definition | 33.5 | 2 | |
| 5 | 11 | John Appleton | Drunk as a newt, and ill from rotten choice of diet? | (AS A NEWT)* + ILL; def = "rotten choice of diet?", (diet = parliament, see Chambers [2]). | 32 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | 29 | Richard Harvey | Mistakenly we install a corrupt political choice | WE INSTALL A (anagram: indicator MISTAKENLY) | 25.5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 20 | Margaret Irvine | Its constituents all in a stew, corrupt? | all in a stew* &lit | 24.5 | 3 | |
| 8 | 46 | Luciano Ward | Where dodgy seat is occupied by one with influence? | [AN in SEAT*] + WILL (vb = influence (Chambers)); &lit | 20.5 | 1 | |
| 9 | 40 | JimfromMN | This town will seat almost any lunatic! (10) | WILL + SEAT + AN (ALMOST ANY) ANAGRAM = EATANSWILL ["SEAT" HERE REFERS TO THE POLITICAL POSITION] | 18.5 | 2 | |
| 10 | 47 | Peter Cargill | Win seat with all manner of corruption here? | *WIN+SEAT+ALL ind by 'manner of corruption' | 18 | 3 | |
| 11 | 48 | Wines at all unusual? Yes, but a rotten selection | WINESATALL* | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 39 | The place to win a seat with corruption at centre of ballot? | (anag)win a seat + centre of ba(LL)ot… | 14.5 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 1 | A river, brown with hogwash, gets the polluted vote! | A river(ea),brown(tan),hogwash(swill)+def | 13 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 31 | Poor Law in tales of Dickensian corruption. | Poor* (LAW IN TALES = EATANSWILL) | 13 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 19 | Is late lawn hybrid a shady selection? | anag(hybrid)islatelawn+def(shady=corrupt) | 12.5 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Dine and drink greedily – spend a day in Pickwick's parish | EAT ANd SWILL | 12 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 38 | Sleaze essentially beats volition here | (sl)ea(ze) tans will, & lit. | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | 30 | Politically divided town from novel, all in a stew | (all in a stew)*; semi &lit | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 3 | Al's late win forged in corrupt election | Anagram AL'S LATE WIN; forged as anagrind; corrupt election = definition | 11 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Fix of Charlie makes you drunk as a newt then sick | ASANEWT anag. + ILL; Charlie = cocaine (or Charles Dickens); see 'drunk' in Chambers Thesaurus for 'drunk as a newt' | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 7 | Corrupt anti-Wales Liberal rigged election | anag. (ANTI WALES L) | 9.5 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 33 | Recycling all waste in a town like Sudbury (10) | ALLWASTEIN* , Definition – a town like Sudbury. Coincidental reference to greensuffolk community initiative. | 9 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 34 | Report of place for posh boy, Boris finally getting wish for constituency sewn up? | 'Eton' + (Bori)s + will, ref. B. Johnson an old Etonian seeking re-entry to Parliament and announcing his target constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip on 26 August | 9 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 37 | Sell a Twain novel, adapted for Dickensian setting. | Anagram of "Sell a Twain". "Novel" and "adapted" are anagrinds. Used second anagrind for better surface reading. | 8.5 | 1 | ||
| 25 | 25 | Laws ain't broken during polls in East London? They were here! | anag laws aint in E L; poll = head | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 26 | 2 | All new, it's a rotten borough! | ALL NEW ITS A* (rotten=anagrind), borough!=def. (! as answer is fictional). Semi&lit "it's a rotten borough". — Surface as a headline from the Eatanswill Independent (anti-Blue, pro-Buff) after the election of Blue MP. | 7 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 43 | We install a corrupt MP in this Dickensian borough | wordplay: (WE INSTALL A)*, AInd: corrupt; definition: this Dickensian borough; whole clue serves as extended definition | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | 13 | Fictitious town with corrupted laws (in tale)(10) | Direct=fictitious town. anagram: laws in tale indicator = corrupted (tale refers to a tale by Dickens). | 6 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Corrupt seat in London primarily, with law broken throughout? | Anag – (SEAT IN L(ondon)+ LAW)*; &Lit | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 30 | 5 | Brown's option after each novel election | EA/TAN'S/WILL; defn.=novel election; reference to Gordon Brown | 5 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Charles' corrupt selection from local river umber? Rubbish! | Charles Dickens corrupt selection is Eatanswill, local dialect for river is ea, umber is tan (see Bradford's) and rubbish is swill. | 5 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 27 | Lord Lieutenant's behind machinations to win a seat in rigged election | Anag. of win a seat + LL (Lord Lieutenant) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 33 | 8 | Corrupt parliamentary seat? A N-S willing coalition provides it! | Hidden | 4 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 12 | 'ellacious Satan – 'e will corrupt election | (Satan 'e will)* | 4 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Lane was lit up where boisterous parties competed | anag – lane was lit | 3 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 28 | Losing 100 – 0? Election laws broken here! | &lit; wordplay anag. "ELECTION LAWS" without C (100) and O (zero). Defn. "Election laws broken here" | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 36 | 36 | Rigging neat one will shortly give access to Westminster | anag. of neat, a, + 'll including S.W.1 (postcode for Parliament) & lit. | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 41 | Volume setting entails law breaking | anag: [ENTAILS LAW] breaking / Def: Volume setting = book location | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 36 | 44 | We'll abstain having lost heart – upset with this dodgy poll | anag: we'll abstain minus B | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | 24 | Late in-laws corrupt election. | Anagram (Late in-laws) Using CORRUPT as wordplay and definition. | 2 | 1 | ||
| 41 | 32 | Poor selection of awful law almost stealing (10) | LAWSTEALIN* | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 4 | Bent ballot's broken entail laws (something that's no longer mentioned in Chambers). | Def/anag/def (Teuton's lament!). | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 18 | In-laws late following diversion. Rotten borough brought to book! (10) | in-laws late= anag fodder, following diversion= after mixing letters. Rotten borough brought to book= def (literary corrupt borough) | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 44 | 14 | Fierce loyalties and oppositions engendered by politics entail laws. | Def: First part of the sentence…+ Ana: entail laws= EATANSWILL | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 17 | ILL AT NEWS SOMEHOW AROUND A NOVEL BY DICKENS | ILL AT NEWS (ANAGRAM)+A = EAT(A)NSWILL* = NOVEL BY CHARLES DICKENS | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | 35 | Rigged poll in Spain with evil intention to oust sincere leader | Spain: E for Espana, Chambers; evil intention: SATAN'S WILL; sincere leader: S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 42 | Voting in the buff you say? Where the dickens is law 'n order in odd tale? | (is law 'n)* in (tale)* | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 45 | When standing, hogwash talked by college head's a sure way to get a seat (10) | HOGWASH = SWILL; TALKED = sounds like, COLLEGE HEAD – place EATAN (ETON) before. | 0 | 0 |