The Winter Quiz 2011 - The Answers....

The Winter Quiz raised over just over £1000 in total. Thanks to everyone who took part. Here are the answers....


1. Pierre half-follows iPhone-maker and rival. (5,3,10,3) Apple and blackberry pie - ‘iPhone-maker’ = APPLE, ‘and rival’ = AND BLACKBERRY, ‘Pierre half’ = PIE (i.e. half of the word ‘Pierre’)
2. Rick’s endlessly inside a vessel. (7) Apricot – ‘Rick endlessly’ = ‘RIC’ ‘inside’ ‘a vessel’ = A POT
3. Tina Turner is initially involved in purchase following graduate scam, (5,5) Bacon Butty – ‘Tina Turner initially’ = ‘TT’, purchase = ‘BUY’. Graduate = ‘BA’, ‘scam’ = CON
4. AK is in bed with AK! (5,6) Baked Alaska – ‘AK’ in ‘BED’ = BAKED ‘AK’ is the abbreviation for Alaska.
5. Writhing naked babes! (5,5) Baked Beans – anagram of ‘naked babes’
6. Outlaw Spanish girl on Adriatic Coast. (6,5) Banana Split – ‘outlaw’ = BAN, Spanish girl = ‘ANA’, SPLIT is a place on the ‘Adriatic Coast’.
7. Repeatedly hit a wine containing a baddie at heart. (8,7) Battered Haddock – ‘Repeatedly hit’ = BATTERED, ‘a wine’ = HOCK, ‘a’ = A, ‘baddie at heart’ = DD (i.e. the letters at the heart of the word ‘baddie’).
8. Be with first European Fighter-Bomber in WW2. (4, 10) Beef Wellington – ‘Be’ = BE, ‘first European Fighter’ = EF, ‘Bomber in WW2’ = WELLINGTON
9. Refuse to handle gold around E7 area. (5,6,6) Black Forest Gateau – ‘Refuse to handle’ = BLACK, ‘E7 (postcode) area’ = FOREST GATE, gold = AU
10. Boys at first are without dessert. (5,7) Black Pudding – ‘Boys at first’ = ‘B’ ‘are without’ = ‘LACK’, ‘dessert’ = ‘PUDDING’
11. Chef Raymond eats in Paris. (10) Blancmange - ‘Chef Raymond’ = BLANC, ‘eats in Paris’ = MANGE (being the French word for eats).
12. Yes! Heard Michael’s after a terrorist device! (6,3) Bombay Mix – ‘Michael’s’ = Mick’s ‘heard’ as MIX after ‘a terrorist device’ =BOMB, ‘Yes’ = AY
13. Read in bed before I entered location. (7,6) Breaded Plaice – ‘Read in bed’ = BREADED, ‘location’ = PLACE with ‘I entered’ = PLAICE
14. Bizarrely, Dana bred goat. (5,3,6) Bread and butter – anagram (bizarrely) of ‘Dana bred’ = BREAD AND, ‘goat’ = BUTTER
15. Dick’s breast exploded! (11) Breadsticks – anagram (exploded) of ‘Dick’s breast’
16. Husband finally abandons bride. (4) Brie – ‘Husband finally’ = ‘d’ (i.e. the final letter of ‘husband’), which when removed from ‘bride’ gives BRIE
17. Wager contains risk. (7) Brisket – ‘wager’ = BET containing RISK give BRISKET
18. Been heard in part of Norfolk. (5,5) Broad Beans - ‘Been heard’ = “sounds like been” = BEAN in ‘part of Norfolk’ = BROADS
19. PM challenged TV star in Lycra. (5,4) Brown Rice ­– ‘PM’ = (Gordon) BROWN, ‘challenged TV Star in Lycra’ = (Anneka) RICE (who wore a lycra suit when presenting ‘Challenge Anneka’)
20. Capital Ross put aside. (8,7) Brussels Sprouts – Capital = BRUSSELS, anagram (aside) of ‘Ross put’ = SPROUTS
21. US bottom queen. (6) Butter – ‘US’ slang for ‘bottom’ = BUTT, queen = ER (Elizabeth Regina)
22. Member inside pussy. (9) Camembert – ‘member’ inside ‘pussy’ = CAT
23. Vehicle decomposes. (7) Carrots – ‘Vehicle’ = CAR, ‘decomposes’ = ROTS
24. Readies Central News – at first nobody understood tight scheduling. (6,4) Cashew Nuts – ‘Readies’ = CASH, ‘Central News’ = EW, ‘at first’ = the first letters of ‘nobody understood tight scheduling’ = NUTS
25. Revolutionary theologian attacks Rome initially. (7) Cheddar – Revolutionary = CHE (Guevara), ‘theologian’ = DD (Doctor of Divinity), ‘attacks Rome initially’ = AR
26. See grub being cooked and cheer goes around. (12) Cheeseburger – ‘CHEE R’ around an anagram of ‘see grub’
27. Coward has Kevin endlessly confused. (7,4) Chicken Kiev – ‘Coward’ = CHICKEN, ‘Kevin endlessly = Kevi, which ‘confused’ gives KIEV
28. Stylish Kenneth Plater I’ve confounded. (7,5,4) Chicken Liver Pate – ‘Stylish’ = CHIC, ‘Kenneth’ = KEN, anagram of ‘Plater I’ve’ = LIVER PATE
29. Bird urinates audibly. (5,4) Chick peas – ‘Bird’ = CHICK, ‘urinates audibly’ = ‘sounds like pees’ = PEAS
30. How mince is cooked? (4,4) Chow mein – anagram (cooked) of ‘How mince’
31. Said to belong to Mrs Churchill. (11) Clementines – ‘Mrs Churchill’ = Clementine, so ‘Said to belong to Mrs Churchill’ = ‘sounds like Clementine’s’ giving CLEMENTINES
32. Alternates in accord. (3) Cod – The ‘alternate’ letters of ‘aCcOrD’
33. Meeting said couples. (10,5) Conference Pears – ‘Meeting’ = CONFERENCE, ‘said couples’ = ‘sounds like pairs’ = PEARS
34. Grain is half started – pastry lacks final flavour. (7,5) Cornish pasty – ‘Grain’ = CORN, ‘is’ = IS, ‘half started’ = ‘H’, ‘pastry lacks final flavour’ = pastry without the final letter of ‘flavour’ = PASTY
35. Residence before hippie lost joint. (7,3) Cottage Pie – ‘Residence’ = COTTAGE, ‘hippie lost joint’ = HIPPIE without the ‘hip’ = PIE.
36. Jack, Eric, & Ginger – “The Magic Dragon” (5,4) Cream Puff – Jack (Bruce), Eric (Clapton), & Ginger (Baker) = CREAM (as in the rock band), “The Magic Dragon” = PUFF (as in the song title)
37. Race German car in reverse at the opening of annual motor engineers’ lunch. (5,7) Crème Caramel – ‘German car’ = MERC, so Race merc ‘in reverse’ gives CRÈME CAR. ‘the opening of’ = ‘the first letters of’ ‘annual motor engineers’ lunch’ = AMEL
38. Dog and insects surround round opening. (8) Currants – ‘Dog’ = CUR, ‘insects’ = ANTS, ‘surround’ ‘round opening’ = first letter of ‘round’ = R
39. Evil is surrounded by random kindly deeds. (8,7) Devilled Kidneys – anagram (random) of ‘kindly deeds’ ‘surrounding the word ‘evil’.
40. Academic Queen - King brings round babe! (5,5) Doner Kebab – ‘Academic’ = DON, Queen = ER, ‘King’ = K, ‘brings round babe’ = EBAB
41. Clothed extremely clever sailor. (7,4) Dressed Crab – Clothed = DRESSED, ‘extremely clever’ = CR, sailor = AB
42. Marxist entré? (4,4) Duck Soup - Duck Soup is a film by the Marx brothers.
43. It’s strangely made! (4) Edam – anagram (strangely) of ‘made’
44. Change an easy-going me. (3,10) Egg Mayonnaise – anagram (change) of ‘an easy-going me’
45. Feel around Anne’s middle! (6) Fennel – ‘Feel’ = FEEL ‘around’ ‘Anne’s middle’ = NN
46. Occupy alien’s wood. (6,5) Fillet Steak – ‘Occupy’ = FILL, ‘alien’s’=ETS, wood = TEAK
47. Atom-splitting is heard before starting cooking joints. (4,3,5) Fish and chips – ‘Atom-splitting = fission, ‘is heard’ as FISH AND, ‘starting cooking’ = C, ‘joints’ = HIPS
48. A chef skis erratically. (9) Fishcakes – anagram (erratically) of ‘A chef skis’
49. Mouths and hats. (3,8) Gob Stoppers – ‘Mouths’ = GOBS, ‘hats’ = TOPPERS
50. Opening athlete quits coaching in confusion. (7) Gnocchi – ‘Opening athlete’ = a, ‘quits coaching’ leaving ‘coching’ - anagram (in confusion) of GNOCCHI
51. A Slough concoction… (7) Goulash – anagram (concoction) of ‘A Slough’
52. …even found in chiasm! (3) Ham – ‘even’ letters of cHiAsM
53. Hearing without a final ear replacement. (7) Herring – ‘Hearing without a’ = hering, ‘final ear’ = r, replacement.
54. Quadruped, Sun-God, and looker! (11) Horseradish – ‘Quadruped’ = HORSE, ‘sun-God’ = RA, ‘looker’ = DISH
55. Ensure academic revision. (3-5,6) Ice-cream sundae – anagram (revision) of ‘Ensure academic’
56. Initial joy encouraged lovers’ lascivious yearnings. (5) Jelly – ‘initial’ (letters of), ‘joy encouraged lovers’ lascivious yearnings’
57. Derek Gee cooked. (8) Kedgeree – anagram (cooked) of ‘Derek Gee’
58. Bank’s Governor and Registrar initially included in the majority on the Board. (4,6) King Prawns – ‘Bank (of England)’s Governor = (Mervyn) KING, ‘majority on the (chess) board = PAWNS, with ‘Registrar initially’ = R, ‘included’ = PRAWNS
59. Captain loses his head. (6) Kipper – ‘Captain’ = SKIPPER, ‘loses head’ = loses first letter, giving KIPPER
60. Rum countryman Williams. (4,5) Lamb Shank – LAMBS is a brand of ‘Rum’. HANK Williams is a ‘country’ musician.
61. A polite North wildly gobbles up cash. (10,6) Lancashire Hotpot – the word CASH surrounded by an anagram of ‘A polite North’
62. Lovely appetiser - roast duck starters. (4) Lard ­– the first letters (‘starters’) of ‘Lovely appetiser roast duck’
63. In Dallas, Agnes discovered this dish. (7) Lasagne – inset within ‘dalLAS AGNEs’
64. Cook genuine, prime, mole. (5,8,3) Lemon Meringue Pie – anagram (cook) of genuine, prime, mole
65. Real-time currency on charged particles. (5,3,6) Liver and onions – ‘Real-time’ = LIVE, currency = RAND, ‘on’ = ON, ‘charged particles’ = IONS
66. Unruly bold rioters surround heat unit. (7,9) Lobster Thermidor – heat unit = THERM ‘surround’ed by anagram (unruly) of ‘bold rioters’
67. Refurbish grim arena. (9) Margarine – anagram (refurbish) of ‘grim arena’
68. Horse runs round mother and boy. (9) Marmalade – Horse = MARE ‘round’ ‘mother’ = MA & ‘boy’ = LAD
69. Criminally insane follow County. (10) Mayonnaise – anagram (criminally) of ‘insane’ ‘follow’ing ‘County’ = MAYO
70. I’m at grand social functions. (9) Meatballs ‘I’m at’ = ME AT, ‘grand social functions’ = BALLS
71. Was heard to encounter Cockney head. (8) Meatloaf – ‘Was heard to encounter’ = ‘sounds like meet’ = MEAT, Cockney head = cockney rhyming slang for ‘head’ = LOAF (of bread)
72. Move effeminately in front of strange mate. (9) Mincemeat – ‘Move effeminately’ = MINCE, anagram (strange) of ‘mate’ = MEAT
73. Stun! (5,4) Mixed nuts - reverse clue – ‘Stun’ is an anagram of nuts, so would be defined as MIXED NUTS
74. OK as a sum is recalculated. (8) Moussaka – anagram (recalculated) of ‘OK as a sum’
75. Initially not a lot. (7) Noodles – ‘initially not’ = N, ‘a lot’ = OODLES
76. Mad Margaret. (6) Nutmeg – Margaret = MEG, so ‘Mad Margaret’ = NUTMEG
77. Is love corrupt? (6) Olives – anagram (corrupt) of ‘Is love’
78. Hot place used in casino. (4,5) Oven Chips – ‘Hot place’ = OVEN, ‘used in a casino’ = CHIPS
79. Internalised boy’s terseness. (7) Oysters – Inset (internalised) in bOYS TERSeness
80. Awfully pale US city. (6) Paella – anagram (awful) of ‘pale’ = PAEL, US city = LA
81. Firstly provide Ann with something a priest or chorister may wear. (5,5) Panacotta – ‘Firstly provide’ = P, Ann = ANN, something a priest or chorister may wear = A COTTA
82. Normal woman officer holds final dispatch. (5,3) Parma Ham – ‘Normal’ = PAR, ‘woman officer’ = MA’AM, ‘final dispatch’ = H
83. Expected level of cuts. (8) Parsnips – ‘Expected level’ = PAR, ‘cuts’ = SNIPS
84. Her Kings. (7,8) Pickled Gherkins – Reverse clue – ‘Her Kings’ is an anagram of GHERKINS, so can be described as PICKLED GHERKINS
85. Topless U.S. band follow Greek character – Alpha initially. (5) Pizza – ‘Topless US band’ = ZZ (i.e. ZZ Top without the ‘top’), Greek character (letter) = PI, ‘alpha initially’ = A
86. Illegally procured encourages glasses being raised! (7,4,2,5) Poached eggs on toast – ‘Illegally procured’ = POACHED, ‘encourages’ = EGGS ON, ‘glasses being raised’ = TOAST
87. French apples so inanely cooked. (6,9) Pommes Lyonnaise – ‘French apples’ = POMMES, anagram (cooked) of ‘so inanely’ = LYONNAISE
88. East End story. (4,3) Pork Pie – ‘story’ = lie for which in cockney rhyming (East End) slang is PORK PIE
89. Poor bridge – old boy leaves. (8) Porridge – ‘Poor bridge’ with OB = ‘old boy’ removed.
90. Drug at top centre. (6) Potato – Drug = ‘POT’, ‘at’ = AT, ‘top centre’ = O
91. Bucket contains raw bird in nest’s extremities. (5,8) Prawn Cocktail – ‘Bucket’ = P AIL, containing ‘raw’ =RAW, bird = COCK, ‘nest’s extremities’ = NT
92. Who, in Paris, half-cheats girl? (6,8) Quiche Lorraine- ‘Who in Paris’ = QUI, ‘half-cheats’ = CHE, girl = LORRAINE
93. Heard Spooner’s explanation for a slow-running computer. (4,2,4) Rack of Lamb – ‘explanation for a slow running computer’ gives ‘lack of RAM’ which is a spoonerism of RACK OF LAMB
94. What’s in the Royal Academy cookbook? (8) Radishes ‘Royal Academy’ = RA so its cookbook would contain RA DISHES
95. Scrape Lancashire town audibly. (9) Raspberry - ‘Scrape’ = RASP, ‘Lancashire town audibly’ = sounds like Bury - BERRY
96. Cried “Up!” about bell sound. (4,7) Rice Pudding – anagram (about) of ‘Cried up’ = RICE PUD, ‘bell sound’ = DING
97. An Abe Foster creation. (5,4) Roast Beef – Anagram (creation) of ‘An Abe Foster’
98. Taunt Ross uncomfortably about a piece of furniture. (5,9) Roast Chestnuts – Anagram (uncomfortably) of ‘taunt ross’ = ROAST NUTS ‘about’ ‘a piece of furniture’ = CHEST
99. Berlusconi’s call-girl maybe not extremely reticent. (9) Romanecso – ‘Berlusconi’s call-girl’ ‘maybe’ a ROMAN ESCORT. ‘extremely reticent’ = RT, so the whole clue gives Roman Escort with the RT removed.
100. Odd postscript wood. (4,5) Rump Steak - ‘Odd’ = RUM, postscript = PS, wood = TEAK
101. Scream about a young man. (5,5) Salad Cream – ‘a young man’ = A LAD, with SCREAM ‘about’
102. Assaulted – not as you texted – very little. (6,7) Salted Peanuts – ‘Assaulted’ with ‘as’=AS and ‘you texted’ = U removed (not) = SALTED, ‘very little’ = PEANUTS
103. ‘Voyage’ as a BBC remake (5,7) Savoy Cabbage – Anagram (remake) of ‘Voyage as a BBC’
104. Part of Clary’s camp innuendo. (6) Scampi – inset (part of) in ‘Clary’S CAMP Innuendo’
105. Get to a song. (9,3,2,5) Scrambled egg on toast – reverse clue – ‘get to a song’ is an anagram of ‘egg on toast’ so might be described as ‘Scrambled egg on toast’
106. Was heard to observe low notes. (3,4) Sea Bass – ‘Was heard to observe’ = ‘sounds like see’ = SEA, ‘low notes’ = BASS
107. The Lady first recruited Robin Young, then Richard Ingrams, for latest edition. (6,6) Sherry Trifle – ‘The Lady’ = SHE, ‘first’ indicates the first letters of what follows giving RRY TRIFLE
108. Brea. (10) Shortbread – ‘Brea’ is ‘Bread’ shortened
109. Old man smokes randomly. (6,6) Smoked Salmon – anagram (randomly) of ‘Old man smokes’
110. Alternate use of shoulder. (4) Sole ‘Alernate’ letters of ShOuLdEr
111. A pig’s ear that’s rehashed to contain an important element! (9,9) Spaghetti Carbonara – anagram (rehashed) of ‘A pig’s ear that’ with ‘an important element’ = CARBON inside (to contain)
112. Cook pears - firstly roll in brown sugar. (5,4) Spare ribs – anagram (cook) of ‘pears’ = SPARE, ‘firstly’ = first letters of what follows, giving RIBS
113. Rotate a companion. (7) Spinach – Rotate = SPIN, a companion = A CH (CH is the abbreviation for Companion of Honour)
114. Saw Richard. (7,4) Spotted Dick – ‘Saw’ = SPOTTED, ‘Richard’ - DICK
115. Rodent’s in retreat as Kate tears round in a frenzy. (5,7) Steak Tartare – ‘Rodent’s in retreat’ = rat backwards = TAR, Kate tears round in a frenzy = anagram (in a frenzy) of ‘Kate tears’ = STEAK TARE
116. Sing about dude put away. (4,7) Suet Pudding - ‘Sing’ = S ING’ ‘about’ anagram (away) of ‘Dude put’
117. You smooth man! (for example) - putting clothes on. (8,6,8) Thousand Island Dressing – ‘You’ = THOU, smooth = ‘SAND’ (as a verb), ‘Man for example’ = ISLAND, ‘putting clothes on’ = DRESSING
118. Sailing vessel in Maputo to be rigged. (6,7) Tomato Ketchup – Sailing vessel = KETCH, ‘in’ – inside an anagram (be rigged) of ‘Maputo to’
119. Half-trendy Norfolk town. (7) Treacle – ‘Half-trendy’ = TRE, ‘Norfolk town’ = ACLE
120. Part of fruit ripened. (5) Tripe – Inset (part of) in ‘friuT RIPEned’
121. Last guest irritates. (8) Truffles – ‘Last guest’ = T, irritates = RUFFLES
122. Gordon loses his head in “Le Club Eva” – dodgy! (4,6,4) Veal Cordon Bleu – ‘Gordon loses his head’ = ORDON inside (in) an anagram (dodgy) of ‘Le club eva’ = VEAL C BLEU
123. Walter – half crazy. (7) Walnuts – ‘Walter – half’ = WAL, ‘crazy’ = NUTS
124. Yiddish gentile returns injured. (7) Yoghurt – The ‘Yiddish’ word for ‘gentile’ is GOY ‘returns’ giving YOG, ‘injured’ = HURT
125. Susannah & Michael lease dessert. (9,7) Yorkshire Pudding – Susannah and Michael = YORKS, lease = HIRE, dessert = PUDDING