SCWC 71 - Results


Here are the results for SCWC 71. Firstly a list of the entries:

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Flying Tortoise

A cut above aristocracy (10)

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John K Masters

Many, mostly relatives, beheaded in cunning cut back (10)

[GUIL(LOT)k(IN)E]

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Ilan Caron

Capital cutting device in France (10)

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Mark Iredell

Craft bearing fortune in French handiwork (10)

[GUIL(LOT)(IN)E]

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Mark Brader

How you might lose your head as guilt "about nothing" oversteps
line (11) (but taken as meaning 10)

[GUIL[L](O)T[INE]]

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Kevin Wald

Remove beans from clarified butter an adolescent spat out (10)

[GHEE] [A TEEN] spat out= homophone indicator

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cookie.jon

French cut lingerie (L) out now! (re-released from Fall) (10)

[LINGERIE+L+OUT-RE]

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Vinit

Somehow lie with no guilt and stop the arguement (10)

[LIE+NO+GUILT]

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Dave Baker

Madame who beheaded trendy biblical character in cunning fashion
(10)

[GUIL(+IN+LOT)E]

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Luciano Ward

Poll taker starts to grill unusually intelligent group standing
in queue (10)

[G+U+I[L](LOT)[INE]]

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Rob Kingston

Confused, until I ogle Joseph's chopper! (10)

[UNTIL+I+OGLE]

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Pete Maclean

French loaf slicer? (10)

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Alan O'Brien

Head off with this cunning group and inch inside? (10)

[GUIL(LOT)(IN)E]

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Anonymous (ddd1702@xxxxxxxxxx)

Sert à etêter les mauvaises âmes

I'm afraid my 'O' level French is somewhat rusty, having sat for
my 'O'levels in the year the Beatles hit number 1 with
'She loves you', but I believe this translates along the lines of "
Served to cut the head off poor souls". No doubt someone will correct me
on this.

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In choosing the word GUILLOTINE I was hoping it would produce some good
and diverse wordplay, and I wasn't disappointed. It has, however, made
the job of judging much harder, given so many excellent entries.

However the clue which just tipped the balance for me was that from John
Masters, so I'm declaring John Masters the winner. This clue, like many,
was very well constructed, but John managed to come up with a surface
reading which conjures up a picture of that moment in French history
when Madame was at her most prolific, and many of the aristocratic
victims were indeed family related. Cleverly done; 1st place.

2nd place to Kevin Wald for his witty use of 'remove beans', the clever
use of an unusual homophone indicator, (well I haven't come across it
before), which was unique amongst the entries, and a humorous surface
reading.

And, finally, whilst on the subject of humour, an Honourable Mention for
Rob Kingston's clue, which alluded to Monsieur Guillotine's chopper, and
raised a chuckle. The French equivalent of Jake the Peg perhaps? ;-)

So hats off to John Masters and the baton passes to him for # 72


--
Peter Elsden

Heard the one about the tipsy executioner who misaligned his guillotine and left
his victims also half-cut?

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