DIY COW Clue-Writing Contests

[anax]

Congratulations to Boxwood on his victory in challenge #010. He has now set us the unenviable task of creating something Timesy from this:

YACHT

As Penfold rightly says - Crumbs!

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[penfold_61]

Capsized in mammoth Cayman sailing ship (5)

(Reverse container)

[7dNigePun]

Just for starters:

One sailing is the last of any number of Germans (5)

an(Y) + ACHT = 8

[anax]

Vessel heads for Yarmouth and capsizes after 45 minutes? (5)

Y(armouth) A(nd) C(apsizes) + H.T. (half-time)
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[penfold_61]

Blyth at sea on shipwright's last boat (5)

CHAY* +(shipwrigh)T



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chay_Blyth

[feathers]

Cathy at sea? (5)

8)

[penfold_61]

Maybe Britannia's upriver to preserve honour (5)

CH in TAY rev

[penfold_61]

Lively Lady possibly taps into young and trendy leaders (5)

CH (taps) inside Y(oung) A(nd) T(rendy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_rose

I was there as a small boy when Alec Rose sailed Lively Lady back into Portsmouth harbour.

[penfold_61]

My now customary &Lit:

Type of club where one might find captain wearing shabby hat at end of jetty? (5)

Y+ C in HAT*

And Anax thought he was like a scratched record.

[AngryVocab]

Craft of yours earlier returned on current

"of yours earlier" = THY

[anax]

End of play, part of it featuring hotel in The Maltese Falcon? (5)

(pla)Y + AC(H)T
Besides the novel/film, The Maltese Falcon is also the name of a yacht.
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[7dNigePun]

I worked this out then saw "taps" had already been used. Ho hum

Fit taps in a capsized river boat (5)

Down clue CH (taps) in TAY<-

[7dNigePun]

Alternatively:

Install central heating in a capsized river boat (5)

[7dNigePun]

Hmmmm, I wonder


Shipshape theocracy with its rotten core removed (5)

(THEOCRACY)* - (CORE)*

[penfold_61]

Let's try a cryptic def:

She's said to be crude in the main (5)

Crude sounds like crewed, yachts are "she" and in the main = at sea.

[AngryVocab]

They can drift pointlessly or sail (5)

(THeYCAn)*

[boxwood]

Thank you to all of the contributors.
With so many excellent clues, it was quite difficult to decide on my favourites, but here goes:

penfold_61's:Type of club where one might find captain wearing shabby hat at end of jetty? (5) - so nearly the brilliant outright winner but, for me, just a little too wordy, and 'end' is doing double duty.

anax's: Vessel heads for Yarmouth and capsizes after 45 minutes? (5) - almost deserves a place, but I cannot read this without wanting to put HT before YAC


3rd place goes to feathers':
Cathy at sea? (5)
- this one grew on me; though a very simple construction, it remained quite a satisfying clue.

2nd place goes to AngryVocab's:
They can drift pointlessly or sail (5)
- though not quite an '&lit' as 'they' suggests plural.

1st place goes to NigePun's:
Shipshape theocracy with its rotten core removed (5)
- a very clever and misleading clue, the answer to which would surprise many. Congratulations.

The baton passes to you, NigePun