PCWC answers

Here are the answers to the clues which won each PCWC.

 

nwinning clueword
1Nervous disorder finishes disturbed comrade of the people (10)democratic
2Review a picture shot recently (12)recapitulate
3One truly not at fault when a pact goes awry (9)scapegoat
4Country's top executives lead massive victory (9)landslide
5Diastrously, no aid came; Yugoslavian region suffering (9)Macedonia
6What the governor does when man is tried wrongfully (10)administer
7Disoriented wife is consumed with lust and longing (7)wistful
8Princess caught in sexual sort of sin (8)cardinal
9Dedicate to thankless one hoarding gold and uranium (10)inaugurate
10Is it crime and disorder that permit us to make distinctions? (12)discriminate
11Note how often one traverses the channel (9)frequency
12A shade better than Spam (8)phantasm
13Stressed the change needed to make a zoo just so (9)sforzando
14Little Tom is found in kitchen when it's time for church (6)kitten
15Just a word of acquiescence (5)right
16Very old rectorship I mismanaged (11)prehistoric
17deliberate
18Crates addressed rather graphically on their tops! (5)cargo
19Spread freedom: arm a lad, enlist within (9)marmalade
20Untangle our laces with childish amusement (8)carousel
21Woody Allen
22Rule to be observed when one is surrounded by weapons (9)ordinance
23Pick winner from tortuous clues set, but don't involve us! (6)select
24Sign of winter now seen in San Francisco lake (9)snowflake
25disaster
26It's a girl wandering after crazy medieval poet (11)madrigalist
27Chicanery begs future chicanery (10)subterfuge
28ruminate
29Corporate restructuring for American business in foster country (13)reincarnation
30In "Double my money back", there's a figure of speech (8)metonymy
31Bride finally taken hostage by deranged best man in cellar (8)basement
32Hurriedly elope, then give a ring (9)telephone
33Photographic memory ruined after restless naps (8)snapshot
34No fooling! Vintage wine - 75% off (8)negative
35Abstract sculpture of topless midgets (6)digest
36Spin, dear, spin and hurt your ankle (8)sprained
37A thousand bullets are reason for divorce (7)grounds
38curtailment
39Right winger incites a N.Y. race riot (11)reactionary
40Idle and stoned on weed (9)dandelion
41Support a single Windows operating system - anyone in favor? (9)proponent
42Clobber Switzerland before the hour! Eisenhower interjected, as he gave a thumbs-up (10)hitchhiker
43Mineral veins contain a trace of gold deposits (6)lodges
44Sorted a disc's file! (10)classified
45Race had turned into a farce (7)charade
46Before morning, Los Angeles is turned into urban ruin (8)calamity
47What the D.A. does creeps out, unfortunately (9)prosecute
48apothecary
49Ten left to die as a thousand entered kingdom (6)empire
50An old record in your collection (9)anthology
51Sound of a chord! (7)harmony
52Put fire back in oboe arrangement - it can handle the volume (8)bookcase
53Creature found, topsy-turvy, amongst plums in a grove (8)organism
54England's opener in a replay arranged for 1996, perhaps (4, 4)leap year
55Fee includes a place by the water's edge (5)coast
56Political moderates enthralled by indecent erotica (6)center
57Purple-clad one with sinister vocation (5)lilac
58Bask after exotic meal (9)breakfast
59Dead man returns in heroes' procession (6)corpse
60Break one's word in order to take another's place (5)spell
61What Dracula used to feed dogs (7)canines
62Will subject matter change? Neither can I! (11)inheritance
63Ruler of nine planets is in touch with earth's leader (8)absolute
64Hold fast: he is consumed by evil, dope (9)blockhead
65Disappointment at Charing Cross (7)chagrin
66Found Dracula unchanged at heart (6)launch
67Sire, Rover is playing pool (9)reservoir
68Softly laugh at male in naughty part of drugstore (8)pharmacy
69Pressing legal case for unmarried status (6)single
70Lead after second period (4)stop
71Attack on heart of Yugoslavia gains nothing (9)onslaught
72Moral? Me? I violated a monument (8)memorial
73The start of Nixon's second term made the teens very upset (7-5)seventy-three
74The old stay oddly exuberant (6)yeasty
75Production range, I note, varied (10)generation
76Reportedly, the pages of _Penthouse_ are covered with this obscene embrace (7)include
77Lemon chicken (6)yellow
78Indeed, what Quasimodo did was nuts! (8)deranged
79Charitable ally trades iron for silicon (11)considerate
80A crime in front of everyone is idiotic (7)asinine
81Lara opts out of country life (8)pastoral
82Gandhi's third brown digit (6)number
83To give hope to revolting colonies, I surrendered (7)console
84Andromache's loved one ruined her cot (6)Hector
85Real pros wish to play in seasonal weather (5, 7)April showers
86Burning love for leggy bird (8)flamingo
87AC/DC's dance piece (6)bishop
88Come to climax with Nordic tongue in your ear (6)finish
89Pilot ran back to pick up six-shooter and last bit of ammo (9)navigator
90Men emphatic about senate accusation (11)impeachment
91Utter fool somersaulting is source of amusement (7)pastime
92Rebuilt scooter is missing wheel guard (6)escort
93Trying position on woven denim carpet (11)predicament
94Revolutionary seen in skirts. It's return to gay times? (8)nineties
95Alighieri description of where sinner, heathen go ultimately! (7)inferno
96Type of rock left in gorge (5)slate
97Abuse recalled in fairy tale (10)Cinderella
98The Taj Mahal's location in a New Mexico resort (7)anagram
99Do it upside down in enjoyable trick (8)function
100Insect's game with long hops (7)cricket
101Note penned by Omar Khayyam (4)mark
102Something visitor might pick up, travelling over in US? (8)souvenir
103One with tin ear playing theme of "I Can't Get Started"? (7)inertia
104Government leader (Republican) behind corruption (5)graft
105Rob Roy's beginning life afresh (5)rifle
106I'm in the midst of property assessment (8)estimate
107Quick beer around four (5)alive
108Renowned engineering of car (Beetle) with distinctive front (10)celebrated
109Change cope and alb for Vespers (7)placebo
110Something enticing arrived in bed (6)carrot
111At first, McCain appeared rather attractive, though he offered nothing in the long run (8)marathon
112It's my organized excursion's first stop (6)stymie
113Wanted to be stripped in front of Roman (4)ante
114Buildings and machinery around mine unfortunately decline with closing of collieries (7, 6)capital assets
115Gore working to penetrate middle-eastern leader's blather (7)baloney
116Source of water - and source of luck, it's said (4)well
117Striking labourers love me (8)handsome
118Bird was flapping wildly and finally fell down (7)swallow
119If covered in hair, holy man is easily recognised (8)manifest
120Custom up north is to look bored (4)yawn
121Reason to test translation - did this provide a clue? (7, 5)Rosetta stone
122Cooked our moist chicken (8)timorous
123Your teenager's ridicule has the power to appall (6)dismay
124Fop's bow tie is gaudy (5)flash
125Mom, almost a perfect specimen of womankind, is somewhat the worse for wear (4-5)moth-eaten
126Pitiful bum celebrated lovelessly (10)lamentable
127Bound to deter the disorderly (8)tethered
128Distorted echo in fissure is unintelligible (10)incoherent
129Ray chases each wretched penny - he's a miser (10)cheapskate
130Smitten, we tumbled with desire into bed (9)bewitched
131Confused? Come Kim, use your head. It's trivial (7, 5)Mickey Mouse
132Buzzing hearing aid produces mumbo-jumbo (6)humbug
133Lying down, this one's sick (9)dishonest
134Intend to pursue family secret (11)clandestine
135Horseman just fails to finish in furious race (8)cavalier
136Microchip implanted into staff to maintain order (6)police
137Condition or medical problem, like arthritis - it needs treatment initially (9)complaint
138aWhen making an entrance, elaborate coif can spell disaster (6)fiasco
139Charlotte is one with long hair swept back (7)dessert
140Old joke, abridged, about a chicken crossing the road? (8)chestnut
141The USA cannot nuke Iraq into smithereens without UN sanction, but it can raze towns indiscriminately (10)earthquake
142Mystery writer taking time repeatedly with first of revisions is a craftsman (6)potter
143Lost again in recollection of fond memories (9)nostalgia
144Leader of cult is enthralled by evil, a quality that attracts admirers (8)charisma
145Perchance to kill a king -- two fools in a heartless tyrannicide (11)assassinate
146Problem with sight--soldier's starting to aim bursts erratically (10)strabismus
147Blade shattered, shard scattered, nonsense nattered (10)balderdash
148aWho merits inclusion as famous poet? (5)homer
149Lincoln has boundless love in a higher place (5)above
150Merciful treatment without a hint of malice? Not from him! (7)lucifer
151Small bird's close to wit's end in strong wind (11)nightingale
152Rejected censor's amendment to "Howard's End" (7)scorned
153Where one boards trains in place of trams, perversely (9)platforms
154Adjusted per capita income's base value (10)appreciate
155Escape from heart of dungeon covered in terrible filth (6)flight
156Where tea's served with a bit of toast and honey (10)sweetheart
157Drawing conclusions from chateau going up in flames (6)figure
158Hopeless situation for fish perhaps, being pursued by two little ducks (5-2)catch-22
159Sinatra's first retrospective dance record included a surprise hit (7)sleeper
160Clumsily abort a cello work in concert (11)collaborate
161Historic act of Bohemian violence to fine art needs to be reinterpreted (14)defenestration
162Greek character tears out soldier's heart - this story is not to be missed (4-4)must-read
163Spoke of misguided US raid (6)radius
164Edward initially left Mrs Simpson in the periphery (6)margin
165Come before serving of hors d'oeuvres, possibly carrying bottle of wine (7)predate
166I for one say she should be given a chance (6)letter
167Take on hook, line and sinker? (6)tackle
168Rhythm method's 50% effective when done right (5)meter