DIY COW Clue-Writing Contests

[7dNigePun]

Twigusa kindly judged that my offering was this week's winner so, as it's "winner stays on" these days, it's down to me to choose the next phrase for clueing.
Since I've managed to get 2nd place in the previous two competitions, let's have your entries for:

SILVER MEDAL

[boxwood]

Place order: slim red veal (6,5)


(slim red veal)*

[anax]

This is tougher than it looks. At first glance it's tempting to believe there are all kinds of possibilities and I suppose an absence of easy-to-think-of defs doesn't help. My best so far (but give me a few more days) is:

Rival’s led me when running, so I get this? (6,5)

Not great, but at least there's a bit of &lit in there.
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[7dNigePun]

I'm beginning to regret setting this one. All I could come up with was a few dodgy anagrams. Shall we scrap this one and start again?

[anax]

[anax]

Phew!

Shelf brackets awfully short, poorly made, held for a second (6,5)

SILL ["shelf"] outside VER(y) ["awfully"] + MADE*
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[feathers]

Dave Miller's swimming trophy (6,5)

:D

[boxwood]

Prize given for preparatory work of a bowler? (6,5)

(runner-up)

[feathers]

Horse badly lamed after taking second place (6,5)

[penfold_61]

Grey-haired, energetic Dame and First Lady making presentation to moderately successful Olympic athlete (6,5)

Grey-haired = silver (remember David Taylor, the silver fox?) + dame* +l

[penfold_61]

Salver lied about is boxing champion's fourth award for final defeat (6,5)

SALVER LIED* outside (boxing) M.

[anax]

One decorating second home reveals mild wish to move (6,5)
:D
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[penfold_61]

Find me engrossed in Reds and Villa’s tussle for second place (6,5)

[7dNigePun]

How wrong I was. There are some marvellous entries here. Keep 'em coming, it'd be nice to see some new names having a go.

Here's my dodgy offering:

Reward for second AGM deal to be thrashed out (6,5)

AG=silver + (M deal)*

[boxwood]

(Down clue)

Shattered dream lives on, placed second (6,5)


(DREAM LIVES*) on L (2nd letter of placed)

[penfold_61]

Pirate at sea given a large reward for not taking gold (6,5)

(Long John) Silver + Med + A + L(arge)

[penfold_61]

Smell varied awfully - legacy of number two (6,5)

;^D

[anax]

Second break point in serve all I’m playing for? (6,5)

D ("break point" = on snooker table) in SERVE ALL I'M*
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[AngryVocab]

Left following Elvis' dream? Out for a second.

[Doubt this simpleton one needs explaining (ELVISDREAM)*+L]

[twigusa]

Hmm, I think this can be improved but it's late :) Could maybe use cook as part of the definition and the wordplay.

pirate cook's award for meals served with drivel? (6,5)


Pirate cook = silver
Award = medal

Anagram of meals and drivel.

[AngryVocab]

An award for making reflective iron, for example, utilising deuterium via tritium decay

making reflective = SILVER + iron, for example METAL +D -T

[AngryVocab]

Prize for third in the '78 World Cup is marvelled about (6,5)

(ismarvelled)*
[That's the football World Cup. Apparently a Silver medal was also given in 1974.]

[7dNigePun]

First of all may I offer my congratulations to everybody who took part. It seemed at first that this was a bit of a pig to clue but your fantastic efforts just showed what a bit of grit and determination can do. Thanks for that.

When your vote doesn't count it's easy to pick a winner, but I found it really difficult to decide and my favourite kept changing through the week. So, with apologies to those of you who thought your effort deserved more recognition, here is the verdict from the Lancatrian jury:

1st Anax
Rival’s led me when running, so I get this? (6,5)

Brilliant, smooth surface and, like he said, almost an &lit. Can't be faulted. Mention should go to another of Anax's offerings where he gave the definition of "One decorating second home". I think sneaky definitions are Anax's trademark. This was a beauty

2nd Feathers
Dave Miller's swimming trophy

So simple I had to check with others that it was as brilliant as I thought. Everything summed up in four words - superb.

3rd Penfold_61
Pirate at sea given a large reward for not taking gold (6,5)

Brilliant surface with a well-maintained theme

Thanks again to all participants and over to you Anax