Crossword Competition Results
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By Ged and Kev
January 23 2009
The moment so many of you have been waiting for - the results of the 2008 Christmas Competition. Five intrepid competitors got full marks for their crossword entries and could only be separated by a fiendish tiebreaker. All of the tie-breaker entries and the answer to the puzzle are shown below.
The moment of truth has arrived folks – the results of the Christmas 2008 Prize Competition. Five intrepid people sent in complete answers: Bluebadge To win the prize, they needed to try the following tie breaker (courtesy of Barmy Kev); construct a cryptic crossword clue for Mark Ramprakash. The clue which, in the opinion of the judges, is the most amusing/fiendish/interesting wins the coveted (yet miniscule) prize. All five contestants had a go at the tie breaker. Janet suggested: Clue is 4, 10. First part of clue: Former German currency. Second part of clue: a wheelchair bound soldier uses this to get his money (Ramp, RA. Kash) Comebackgatt kept it simple: JC67 proposed: The panel of judges were agreed, however that the following two were the best entries. Just pipped at the post, Bluebadge’s contribution was deemed to be the most fiendish entry but, sadly for Bluebadge, not quite worthy of the prize: Mixed up Zulu leader after publicity previously surrounded vessel with a thousand sheep to get celebrity cricketer (4/10) So the winner is our visitor from Grockles.com, Wickham, who suggested: Take guard on slope - hark as defecting batsman is revealed (4, 10). The judges thought that the mixture of humour and intrigue made Wickham's the winning entry. So many congratulations to Wickham, who at the end of that tortuous process has won himself the most miniscule of prizes. Indeed well done to everyone who completed the crossword and also to the many who tried and had some fun with the game. Below is the completed crossword puzzle for those of you who are waiting to see that!
Comebackgatt
Janet Davis
JC67
Wickham
Many congratulations to all five of you for getting the crossword right. All five won the right to wear garlands in their hair in celebration, but they had to provide their own garlands.
My entry for the "shoot out" is Swindles old German money.
''Fraudsters target butted his way to the money''
Fraudsters target = mark
Butted = play on words re batted and rams butt
Money = kash
In case it isn't immediately obvious, here's an explanatory version:
Take guard [mark] on slope [ramp] hark as defecting [anagram of hark as] batsman is revealed [Mark Ramprakash]
Across Clues:
A1 – see A15
A5 - O’Neill’s team finished last (4,10)
A7 - Ember’s boy, they say, is a Dick (7,7)
A8, D10 – British tennis star gets excellent victory (6,7)
A12 – see D2
A14, D3 – Disciple in Surrey? (4,6)
A15, A1 - African Nation wants former England manager (4,6)
A16 – see A17
A17, A16 – Capone is no longer a Royal family name (4,5)
A18, D11 – Bill’s mate sounds like he’s from north of the border (3,5)
Down Clues:
D1 – see D5
D2, A12 – Clay latterly goes up a step to get a tan (7,6)
D3 – see A14
D4 – see D13
D5, D1 – Steal from someone used to enter the house (3,3)
D6 – see D9
D9, D6 – Primarily a wealthy and tough-sounding golfer (7,11)
D10 – see A8
D11 – see A18
D13, D4 – Steal short competition with great weight (4,7).
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:01:28:07:57:20 by Ged.
Nice to see some well-known usernames in the entries.
Perhaps someone, who is able, could post this result on Grockles?
(That was one of my jokes BTW).
Done.
By the way (this may be elsewhere on MTWD - sorry), I see from my local paper this morning that 7 across, after one season with Berkshire, has announced his retirement from all cricket due to his knee (and presumably many other!) injuries.
Well played, Johnno, a very good career which could have been even better without all those injuries. Somerset and Middx fans I'm sure wish you all the best.
)"Thanks to all for your generous comments.
Particular thanks to Ged and Kev for devising the competition - which certainly gave me a lot of fun.
Trying to come up with a clue for just one name brought home to me how challenging it must have been first to produce a set of names that would fit the grid and then to devise clues for as many as sixteen players.
So, the real congratulations - and thanks - should go to Ged and Kev."