CCCWC January 2015 competition results
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49 clues entered. 39 votes cast (36 competitors, 3 others).
GREEDY GUTS
Congratulations to Luciano who gets his 2015 off to a flying start with a convincing victory! Well done.
John Tozer just misses out on following up his January success in the AZ competition, despite his quite brilliant definition.
The Don weighs in with a confident start to the year and a typically neat &lit.
Hearty congratulations to Vinit, a staunch supporter of the CCCWC, who gets his first podium finish for nearly 3 years.
Final podium spot goes to last year's Annual winner, Dave Parfitt – obviously determined not to give up his crown without a fight!
Thanks for a fine start to a new year – plenty still to play for!
| Pos | No. | Name | Clue | Explanation | Points | Merits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Luciano Ward | Pig in sty buggered off — source of bacon’s gone! | STYBUGGERED* without B(acon) | 62 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | John Tozer | Daffy girl's introduction deters guy – he'll want to escape fast! | anag. inc. g; fast = abstinence | 47.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 | Don Manley | Gets endless grub, ye'd fancy | anag & lit | 36.5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 22 | Vinit Wankhede | He gorges, yet grudges waste (6,4) | YETGRUDGES* | 29.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | Dave Parfitt | Gannet put energy into production of sturdy egg | E in STURDYEGG anag. | 29 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 45 | Navneeth Chandrasekaran | Rugged sty built to house Earl's pig (6,4) | {RUGGED STY}* around E. Definition: pig. A reference to the fictional pig created by P.G. Wodehouse. | 21.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 25 | Kieron Callaghan | Heartless granny gestured wildly for pig | G(rann)YGESTURED* | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Andy Smith | Crash dieter, extremely self-sacrificing guy? Not I (6,4) | Anag (dieter sg guy) – i | 19 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | John Appleton | Big bottom deters guy – awful pig | Def = "pig"; ([bi]G DETERS GUY)* | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 19 | Margaret Irvine | Guy busy tucking into exotic dessert, giving up seconds for good? Unlikely! | guy* in dessert* with G for S | 16.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 28 | How we handle a hog? | Handle = nickname; hog = over-eater | 16 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 34 | Nothing's refused, eg dory, pig's tail and suet rolls for me! | anag less O & lit | 13 | 1 | 6 | |
| 12 | 35 | Nursing grudges, yet he's a guy with an insatiable appetite for life (6,4) | Nursing = anagrind, grudges+yet*; he's a guy with an insatiable appetite for life = def. (for life = always) | 13 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 44 | Reed? A glutton! | The guts (inner parts) of "greedy"; definition | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
| 15 | 32 | Mixed suet with dry egg for pig (6 4) | Mixed = anagram indicator, suet dry egg = anagram fodder, for= resulting in pig= definition | 12.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 6 | Dry suet and egg mixture? If offered I wouldn't say no | (DRY SUET EGG)* | 11 | 1 | 5 | |
| 17 | 29 | Inside grey walls, Oliver perhaps finds courage. "He wants MORE?" | G(REED)Y + GUTS; def = he wants MORE?; surface suggests Oliver Twist finding the courage to ask for more (he was then accused of being a greedy guts…"MORE?") | 10.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 17 | 38 | One taking too much ecstasy drug gets therapy finally to get sorted out | (E + DRUG + GETS + Y)* | 10.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 19 | 36 | One loves to eat egg cooked with dry suet | (EGG DRY SUET)*; def: One loves to eat | 10 | 1 | 5 | |
| 19 | 46 | Scoffer holding Miliband is dull, empty and square | ED in GREY (dull), GUT (empty) +S = square; def. Scoffer | 10 | 2 | 4 | |
| 21 | 3 | Cormorant cracked middle of egret's dusty egg. | Def+anag(cracked)re+dustyegg | 8 | 1 | 5 | |
| 21 | 20 | Guy 'desserting' when 'bursting' – and disregarding sin? | guydes[S]ert[IN]g* & lit. (gluttony is a cardinal sin). "To dessert": poetic licence please | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23 | 8 | Fatty dry suet and egg pie | (SUET + DRY EGG)*; PIE = mixture | 7.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 24 | 24 | He wants the lot pulverised to grey dust for example | anag. grey dust & eg | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| 24 | 40 | Pig messily egged yurts. (6,4) | Pig is definition and (EGGED + YURTS) anagrammed. | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 24 | 41 | Pig's almost new sty dug out (6,4) | Def:Pig almost new=GREE(-n), sty dug out=(STY DUG)* | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| 27 | 49 | Urged awkwardly into messy sty while eating extremely crudely? That could be me! | anag urged sty eg; & lit | 6 | 2 | 7 | |
| 28 | 7 | Fatso chewing grey stodge, acceptable substitute for love? | anagram of GREY STODGE – take out O, put in U. | 5.5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 28 | 10 | Gad! Sweet, sugary bar was a mistake for someone like Elvis | (GaD swEET SUGaRY)* | 5.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 30 | 9 | For one who's never satisfied, try eggs scrambled with slivers of deep-fried unpasteurized Emmenthal | (TRYEGGS + D(eep-fried) + U(npasteurized) + E(mmenthal))*. Def.: "one who's never satisfied'. | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 30 | 16 | Glutton for punishment gets extremely dodgy urge | Glutton is definition. Anagram (for punishment) of GETS+D[odg]Y+URGE | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 32 | 37 | One overindulgent rugged type's quietly gone bananas. | One overindulgent = GREEDY GUTS << RUGGEDTYPES-P (quietly (P) gone) bananas*. | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 33 | 23 | He scoffs revolting eggy strudel, endlessly. | Def/anag minus l. | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| 33 | 30 | Lunch out with this person could be cursed with huge gluttony (10, two words) | (LUNCH OUT)* + (GREEDY GUTS)* = (CURSED HUGE GLUTTONY)* | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 33 | 48 | This results in cane for Billy Bunter | This = the answer; REED = a thin piece of CANE [Collins, ODE]; reverse clue – the GUTS of (G)REED(Y) is REED | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 36 | 18 | Gourmand to restudy egg custard (6,4) | Direct = gourmand. "restudy egg" = anagram (custard = indicator) | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 37 | 2 | Bunter summed up with rudest eggy blow off | (RUDEST EGGY)* | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 37 | 15 | Glutton for punishment? | def.: glutton; gREEDy "guts" = REED = cane (see Arundo donax in Wikipedia) = punishment | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 37 | 27 | Henry VIII's insatiable inner man | Henry VIII=greedy guts; insatiable=greedy; inner man=appetite or guts | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 37 | 31 | Might he notably turn to Sage Derby gluttony? | Composite anagram GREEDYGUTSNOTABLY=SAGEDERBYGLUTTONY &lit. | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 37 | 47 | They'd struggle to eat differently, lacking the restraint finally to halt perhaps | Composite anagram including e,t , & lit. | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 42 | 26 | He'd degust grey slop? | (degust grey)* | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 43 | 13 | Gets rude about one involved with extremes of gluttony – called him this? | (anag)Gets rude + gy…(g)lutton(y) | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 43 | 14 | Glutton basically with urges yet uncontrolled while eating – term for gourmand | &lit, entire clue being wordplay and def. G (first of Glutton)+(URGES+YET)* around D (last of gourmanD). | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | 42 | Re. egg study: If scrambled he'll scoff at least a dozen. | Anagram: "Re egg study" DEF scoff a dozen | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 43 | 43 | Reed? | G-reed-y guts | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 47 | 17 | Glutton regularly aggrieved; gutlessly taunted among skittish guys | (a)G(g)R(i)E(v)E(d) + T(aunte)D GUYS* | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 | 21 | Guy, Red, gets lost as he’s bound to gorge (6,4) | GUY RED GETS*/lost = anagrind/ as = connector/he's bound to gorge = definition | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 47 | 33 | Naughtily, Rusty egged Raven | RUSTY EGGED anag. | 0 | 1 | 5 |