Clue contest No 22
Tue 1 Oct 2024, set byHenri
Introduction
1st of October is the 100th birthday of former US President Jimmy Carter. So let’s see your clues for CENTENARIAN. Good luck everyone!
Submit your best cryptic clue for
CENTENARIAN
Results
# | Setter | Clue | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrinkly nana in Crete? (11) (NANAINCRETE)* &lit (dbe). Crete has a reputation for longevity. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | ||
| 2 | Near ancient (around 100!) (11) Def: 100. "Around" is anag indicator of NEARANCIENT | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 3 | I entrance an aroused old person (11) Anagram of I ENTRANCE AN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Who could forget the 90s? (11) CD + dementia gag | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | They've aged a ton (11) CD | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Spur of energy for excited nan, certain she'll get a card from the King (11) (Spur of) E[nergy] in (for) NANCERTAIN* (excited). Def ‘she'll get a card from the King’ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Democrats need and want party unity, essentially a new leader to trust again like Jimmy Carter (11) C+EE+N+AN+R+I+, + A+N+T* Tolstoy-longg, apologies. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | One very old and rotten nectarine's rank when peeled (11) Def: One very old. Anagram of (rotten) NECTARINE + inner letters of (when peeled) rANk | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Man who settled five scores before his death? (11) Cryptic definition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Old man running in arena on track reportedly (11) CENT (homophone of 'scent' or track) + ENARIAN (anagram of 'in arena') | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Ancient near kicking it (11) anag (kicking it), &lit. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Ancient, near decomposing? (11) ANCIENTNEAR* &lit (Ancient as a noun) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 13 | One whom Methuselah's somehow ancienter than? Not half! (11) Anagram ('somehow') of ANCIENTER[th]AN ('not half'). Extended definition: having apparently somehow lived 969 years, Methuselah was significantly more ancient than a mere centenarian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Reportedly delivered a baby, born in the spring of 1924? (11) ~ "sent an Arian" | def: "of 1924?" | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 15 | I made an entrance about 100 years ago (11) An anagram (made) of ANENTRANCE around (about) I. Extended def: a centenarian would have been born 100 years ago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Destroy teen in a race to reach 100 (11) anagram TEENINARACE to reach def. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 17 | US soldiers turned away from absurd intransigence involving a veteran (11) Reversal and removal (turned away from) of US soldiers (GIS) from INTRAN(sig)ENCE+A = veteran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 18 | Ancient Mariner could be one, with Rime inconclusive, vague (11) &lit composite anagram ANCIENTMARINER* = (CENTENARIAN + RIMe)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 19 | Skipping second tango, Harry can entertain old woman? (11) CAN ENTER[t]AIN* (Harry/dropping second T) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Near ancient doddering elder (11) Near ancient (fodder) doddering (anagram indicator) elder (definition) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 21 | An entrance with international ensemble for one who’s completed fifth score (11) (AN ENTRANCE + I)* (ensemble). One who’s completed fifth score = def | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 22 | One reaching 100 ran ten in ace burst (11) Def: One reaching 100. Anagram (burst) of RAN TEN IN ACE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 23 | One making space for national tonnage? The 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, perhaps (11) Replacing national (N) with space ( ) in TONNAGE gives TON AGE. One making TON AGE = CENTENARIAN = The Queen Mother, perhaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Penny in US chews top off pen writing song before November for her birthday - she'll want an extra candle (11) Penny in US = CENT; chews top off pen = EN; song before November = ARIA + N; for her birthday - she'll want an extra candle = def (space needed on cake increases from 2 digits to 3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Very old Mrs. Sharples after coin before dodgy rain. (11) Very old is definition. The first name of a former character in Coronation street plus an anagram of rain;. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Contralto has number 10 song inspired by nurse hitting 100 (11) C+E{n+ten+aria}N contralto=c + number=n 10=ten aria=song inspired by(in) nurse=EN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Allegedly voted "nary" by mail for last century award (11) homophone of "sent a 'nary' in" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Condoleezza, confused, tinkered with rabbit ears for old timer (11) Anagram of surname RICE and type of television ANTENNA leads to DEFINITION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |