First, let me apologize for being so slow to judge.  I knew I would
be out-of-town for the start of June, but I hoped to return in time
to get out a timely judging.  Alas, the best laid plans...

Anyhow, it's time for our dose of CWC.

First, the winners:

For word #1, Paula Tanous with:

Bold pro leads charge (7)

Honorable mentions to Nigel Bardsley, Pete Mitchell, Kevin Wald and 
David Bullock!


For word #2, Sailor John Hakemian with the ticklish:
	When adjusting girlfriend's girdle, let everything initially 
        shift side to side (6)

Honorable mentions to Navin Kashyap, Edward Coulson, Pete Mitchell
and David Hamer!

Overall, I liked several of the clues nearly equally.  In the past, I
have found a stand-out clue, but none of these did that for me.  I think
it's a testimony to the high general quality.  Still, I have to choose a 
winner, and I'll take Paula's effort.  However, she's declined the honor
of moderating (but you'll do it soon, right Paula?), so I'd like to ask 
Pete Mitchell, who submitted two strong clues, to moderate CWC 97.  Look 
for it on a newsgroup or mailing list near you!

Explanations and Critiques follow the lists of definitions.


NOTES

I anticipated that WAGGLE would be a more difficult word than FORWARD.  
I was right.

Though it seems to be gaining popular usage as a noun, waggle is a verb!

Did you know that the actor who played Robin on TV is the same
as what Robin was to Batman (a WARD)?

Lots of mail being sent to and rugby and basketball players.

In the instructions, I particularly commented about charade indirection.
Yet many used "geese" -> "gaggle" - "g" -> "aggle".  Sometimes it worked,
and sometimes it didn't.  I think it works when the clue is sufficiently
clear that the indirection doesn't obscure.


Word #1 -- CLUES (in ascending order of clue length, with bonus clues)

Send on a new hooker (7)
Send ahead for charge (7)
Bold pro leads charge  (7)
What Dennis Rodman is! (7)
Advance to benefit dependent (7)
Advance strongly or draw back (7)
Crusade wore cross in the front (7)
I'm told introduction was brash (7)  
Vocal in support of Beaver's dad (7)
Send on in place of sketch left behind (7)
A presumptuous and offensive position? (7)
Henry overcame belligerence when brazen (7)
It's brazen to cross around hostilities (7)
Jordan's position can be a Pro drawback (7)
Proposing match - undecided - back later (7)
Rugby prop in favour of revised selection (7)
Transmit on behalf of political district  (7)
Brazen, loud, or violent action should end (7)
Advanced assembly in place of key component (7)
Draw back after first part of formal advance (7)
Three or four on the basketball court pass on (7)
Radical ex-president embraces military action (7)
Alerted beforehand - no east-northeast advance (7)
Car has untested reverse, so drive it this way? (7)
The introduction, I hear, is by a noted physicist (7)
To bow with respect to the actor who played Robin on TV (7)


Word #2 -- CLUES (in descending order of clue length, with bonus clues)

Thousands, following Washington's lead, back elevated railway for rapid 
  movement (6)
When adjusting girlfriend's girdle, let everything initially shift side 
  to side (6)
First heading west, flock of geese loses leader in back and forth move  (6)
Shake head for grief at the French following Jerry Lewis, perhaps (6)
Rock unsteadily when horse is yoked in horizontal timber frame (6)
We caught Unser snorting two grams in preparation for a drive (6)
Fee contains a thousand dollars and pounds for a flutter (6)
Flap created when world leader replaces head of flock (6)
Jitter-bugger's midsection is bursting with beer (6)
In Finale,  show a winning zigzag lateral move?  (6)
Droll one finds endless glee in movement of ears (6)
Reel initially while decapitating flock of geese (6)
Drunken motion of joker with pointless jollity (6)
Comic breaks leg doing Ministry of Funny Walks (6)
Shake two girls wrapped in piece of corduroy (6)
Swag gleams revealing irregular movement (6)
Flying west, leaderless geese are shaken (6)
Clown with wobbly leg and unsteady gait (6)
Scalawag gleefully hid rock (6)
Shake a leg, stupid! (6)


The EXPLANATIONS and CRITIQUES for word #1:

It's brazen to cross around hostilities (7)

"It's brazen" is the defininition

"to cross"             =   "ford" (it can be a verb)
"around"               =   indicates letters go around others
"hostilities"          =   "war"
"ford" around "war"    =   "forward"

> A fine charade.  The surface is a bit bumpy and the overall clue needs 
> tightening.  "It's brazen" isn't a perfect definition for "forward" 
> ("Brazen" > alone would be better).  Similarly, "cross" instead of "to 
> cross" is a slightly tighter clue for "ford".  I wonder if the 
> semi-extraneous words can be deleted without crushing the surface.

---

Bold pro leads charge (7)

EXPLANATION: Charade
Bold = definition
pro = for
leads = position indicator
charge = ward

> Super surface and a very nice charade.  A professional job - makes
> me think of a golf player "leading the charge on the back nine", and
> I don't even play golf!
> The winner for word #1 and a set of used irons to Paula Tanous

---

A presumptuous and offensive position? (7)

  Double definition of FORWARD, or &lit if you will.

> I like the double use of "offensive" with position and in the overall
> surface.  I would not put a '?' on the clue, as there's nothing
> remarkably punny or tricky about the second clue.  I suppose you could
> argue for a '!', but it's only sort of a half-&lit.  I'd also lose the
> "A" at the start, since the real definition is "presumptuous" and
> not "A presumptuous".  Thus, my clue would read "Presumptuous and
> offensive position (7)".
> Honorable Mention and righteous indignation to Nigel Bardsley

---

Proposing match - undecided - back later (7)

proposing         = FOR
match - undecided = DRAW
back              = reversal indicator
later             = definition  

> Hmmm.  The surface, though choppy, is OK, but the overall clue has
> some problems.  Each of the components of the charade seem, to me,
> slightly inaccurate.  Together, the whole clue would therefore probably
> be too difficult for most solvers.

---

Brazen, loud, or violent action should end (7)

      Brazen = FORWARD

      loud = F (musical notation)
      violent action = WAR
      should end = D (last letter of "should")
      F + OR + WAR + D = FORWARD

> Another nice charade.  I quibble with "violent action" for "war", and
> the surface might be better with another word besides "should", but
> overall a fine job!
> Honorable Mention and more righteous indignation (see Nigel Bardsley's
> clue) to Kevin Wald.

---

I'm told introduction was brash (7)  

(foreword homophone)

> When I mentioned to my wife that I had selected "forward", she
> (notably *not* a cryptic-enthusiast) suggested this clue (more or
> less), so you get bonus marks for lucking into the personal touch.
> You can probably tighten this clue's homophone indicator, but a nice
> job.

---

Send on a new hooker (7)

Send on = FORWARD (as in forward a letter)
hooker = a rugby football FORWARD
Send on a new hooker = play a substitute in that position

> A fairly tight double definition, with both definitions properly
> obscured (or, at least, not obvious).  This also wins bonus marks
> for following my directive for specialized but not impossible
> details.  Lastly, the surface is delicious!
>
> The winner for word #1 and the overall winner, along with a nice 
> tart(*), is David Bullock
>
> (*) Cherry tart, that is.

---

Send ahead for charge (7)

Explanation: "Send ahead" -- defn.
             "for" == FOR
             "charge" == WARD
I like to think the clue reads like an order for troops in a battle.

> Another good charade.  While the surface *could* be read as the
> constructor desires, most wouldn't interpret it that way.

---

Car has untested reverse, so drive it this way? (7)

Car=FORD
untested=RAW
untested reverse=WAR -> FOR(WAR)D

which is the direction a car must go if you're not 
sure about the reverse gear!

> I don't think this is a completely legitimate clue, but it's a nice
> try.  It should probably get an '!' instead of a '?', but I see an
> argument for either.  "Car" isn't really adequate for "Ford", but a
> nice overall attempt.

---

Advance to benefit dependent (7)

      "advance" = def.
      "to benefit" = "for"
      "dependent" = "ward"

> The best of the ward charades in terms of solvability, because the
> definitions in the charade are the most accurate.  However, the overall
> surface, while readable, isn't thrilling.  A good surface should
> misdirect the reader.  Still, very nice job.

---

Crusade wore cross in the front (7)

    crusade = WAR ; cross (water) = FORD;
    in the front = definition ; FOR(WAR)D

> "Crusade" isn't a good clue for "war".  Otherwise, this is an elegant
> charade, in spite of the iffy surface.

---

Jordan's position can be a Pro drawback (7)

 "Jordan's position" refers to "his Air-ness", Michael Jordan, and
  not King Hussein's country.  Although Michael has played many positions
  on the basketball court, he is best know as a FORWARD.
  "Pro" = FOR
  "draw back" = WARD

> Bzzt.  MJ is a guard.  Mostly a shooting guard, though he has played
> point.  The Bulls' forwards are Pippen and Rodman, with Kukoc off the
> bench.  I don't care for "drawback" -> "ward", either.  A bonus point
> for an attempted basketball theme, though, since it's my favorite sport.

---

The introduction, I hear, is by a noted physicist (7)

The introduction  =  FOREWORD
I hear            =  homophone indicator
noted physicist   =  defn.  (Dr. Robert L. FORWARD, PhD)
                               writes good SF, too!

> Hmmm.  I'm a physicist's son, but I don't buy your second definition.
> Maybe I'm out of the physics loop.

---

To bow with respect to the actor who played Robin on TV (7)

    Charade:
        To bow                            = FORWARD (prep: toward the bow 
                                                of a ship)
        with respect to                   = FOR (prep: concerning, 
                                                e.g. stickler for detail)
        the actor who played Robin on TV  = WARD (Burt Ward)

> I would just say "TV's Robin" instead of "the actor...TV" which would
> though that might suggest Robin Leech (or is it Leach?  Leetch?) rather
> that Batman's little buddy.  That makes the overall clue a bit tighter.
> "To bow" probably deserves a '?' as a defintion -- I like it!
> Honorable Mention to Pete Mitchell.

---

Draw back after first part of formal advance (7)
        
        draw back = ward
        first part of formal = for
        advance = forward [Oxford Thesaurus]

> The overall surface in this clue is very good, but the charade seems
> clumsy.  Still, a nice job.
      
---

Henry overcame belligerence when brazen (7)

Henry  => FORD
overcame - inclusion indicator
belligerence => WAR
FOR(WAR)D
brazen - definition as in a forward woman

> Is "overcame" a legitimate inclusion indicator?  I like it, but I wonder
> about it in general.  I do like "belligerance" as a definition of "war",
> since it seems to be losing that meaning (in my vocabulary, at least)
> due to overuse in sports.

---

Alerted beforehand - no east-northeast advance (7)

Alerted beforehand - FOREWARNED
no east-northeast - FOR(e)WAR(ne)D
advance - definition of FORWARD

> The surface here is stilted and I think has too much indirction, 
> since "east-northeast" -> "e + ne" which then gets subtracted 
> from "forewarned" (which is indirect itself).

---

BONUS CLUES (without much comment):



Advance strongly or draw back (7)

Advance - definition of FORWARD
strongly - F (Forte)
or - OR
draw back - WARD (draw reversed)

> Although "forte" means "strongly", I would argue that it doesn't have
> that meaning when used in music (as "F").  Rather, you'd have to go with
> "loudly" or "forcefully", at least.

---

Encourage a clandestine, uncalled-for war dance (7)

Encourage - definition of FORWARD
a - separator
clandestine - hidden word indicator
uncalled-FOR WAR Dance - hiding place

> Foul!  The word-boundary in a hidden-word must not lie on the word-boundary
> of the container.  Clearly "for" is a separate, albeit hyphenated, word.

---

Pass letters for Robin to Batman! (7)

    &lit definition     = FORWARD (verb: as in forward mail)
    Pass letters for    = pass the letters 'f' 'o' 'r', literally
                              ("Pass", as in "to let go through 
                               without modification")
    Robin to Batman     = WARD (noun):  Dick Grayson (Robin) was 
                                        Bruce Wayne's (Batman's) ward
                                        (Wayne was his legal guardian)

> And Robin was played by Burt WARD!

---

Radical ex-president embraces military action (7)

    Radical         = FORWARD (adj: progressive)
    ex-president    = FORD (Gerald)
    embraces        = container signal
    military action = WAR
    FOR(WAR)D

---

Vocal in support of Beaver's dad (7)

    Vocal         = FORWARD (adj)
    in support of = FOR  (e.g. ...for women's rights)
    Beaver's dad  = WARD (Ward Cleaver - from "Leave it to Beaver")

> This (bonus) clue tickles me.  It isn't outstanding, but it's very solid,
> That doesn't win competitions like this, but the clue is
> very well-suited to inclusion a real-life puzzle.

---

Three or four on the basketball court pass on (7)

    Double definition:
        Three or four on the basketball court = FORWARD 

            (in basketball lingo, 3's and 4's are forwards, 5
            is the center, and 1's and 2's are guards).

        pass on = FORWARD (forward mail or phone call)

> A lovely basketball definition.  I'd rearrange the defns to read
> "Pass to three or four on the court" which makes the surface a
> little smoother.

---

What Dennis Rodman is! (7)

    &lit double definition:
        FORWARD (noun): the position he plays for the Chicago Bulls;
        FORWARD (adj, in almost every sense): brash, saucy, radical,...

> Hmmm.  Really only a 1.5 definition, rather than double.  Nice job

---

Transmit on behalf of political district  (7)

EXPLANATION: Charade
transmit = definition
on behalf of = for
political district = ward

---

Advanced assembly in place of key component (7)
Forward  <construction> =    for     +       ward    

I'm not sure how UK local this is:
In the UK , a ward is the bit of the key/lock that stops you using the
key in the wrong lock.

---

Rugby prop in favour of revised selection (7)

(selection misleadingly like 'team selection' but actually draw as
selection of teams for a competition). 
Prop is a well known position for those who watch the game (his full
title is 'prop forward' cos he props up the hooker ... don't ask) but
it would tend to be less easy for women solvers in particular -
despite what is (for me) a very good surface.

---

Send on in place of sketch left behind (7)
Forward =       for        draw    <rev>  <follows>.
I'd use this one for a simple crossword as it uses no specialist
vocabulary.




The EXPLANATIONS and CRITIQUES for word #2:


Fee contains a thousand dollars and pounds for a flutter (6)

"Fee"                  =   "wage"
"contains"             =   shows letters go within it
"a thousand dollars"   =   "g"
"pounds"               =   "L" (the currency symbol)

"wage" containing "gl" is "waggle"

"for" is the link.
"a flutter" is the definition.

Note on surface reading: "a flutter" is very common British slang for 
"a bet".

> I did not know that a flutter was a bet.  Well, perhaps I did, but I
> didn't remember it, which makes it an even better clue fodder.  The 
> surface reads well, though I'd prefer something other than "fee" for 
> "wage".  Perhaps "salary"? Overall the surface is a little crooked, 
> but the general gist is very good.  Waggle is a verb.

---

In Finale,  show a winning zigzag lateral move?  (6)

EXPLANATION:  Acrostic, and &lit. type

In Finale = position indicator for acrostic

shoW A winninG zigzaG lateraL movE

> A clever construction.  I prefer my &lits to be all defintion
> and mostly cryptic, but this works well.  I think the surface
> suffers the pain of most anagrams, though.  Waggle is a verb.

---

Droll one finds endless glee in movement of ears (6)

  WAG + GLE(e)   movement of ears = def.

> One wiggles (not waggles) the ears.  Unless you can flop your ears, that 
> is.  Perhaps you're thinking of Dumbo?  I love the surface!

---

Clown with wobbly leg and unsteady gait (6)

clown             = WAG
wobbly            = anagram indicator
unsteady gait     = definition

> Walking a thin line next to the indirect anagram-charade, which I
> vilified in the directions.  An unsteady gait is a swagger, not a
> waggle (which really isn't a noun at all).

---

Shake head for grief at the French following Jerry Lewis, perhaps (6)

      Shake = WAGGLE

      head for grief = G (first letter of "grief")
      the French = LE
      G "at" LE = GLE
      Jerry Lewis, perhaps = WAG
      GLE "following" WAG = WAGGLE

> An impossible clue, overcome by the delightful surface.  Finally, someone
> who uses waggle as a verb (possibly unintentionally?)

---

Flying west, leaderless geese are shaken (6)

(W + (gaggle - G))

> I'm afraid your explanation leaves some unanswered questions.  First,
> how is "flying" participating in the clue?  I assume "shaken" is the
> defintion, but it's not really a proper definition.  Lastly, it's too
> indirect (in my opinion, layed out in the directions) to have "geese"
> -> "gaggle" -> "g + aggle".  See a few clues down for a better way.

---

Drunken motion of joker with pointless jollity (6)
Waggle           = wag   +      gle[E]

> "Drunken motion" doesn't really reflect the real meaning of "waggle", which
> is an intentional sway.  Further, it's a noun instead of a verb.  I think
> pointless jollity -> gle is impossibly indirect.  A shame, because the
> overall surface is very nice!

---

Comic breaks leg doing Ministry of Funny Walks (6)

Comic = WAG
breaks = anagram indicator
leg (anag) = GLE
Ministry of Funny Walks = WAGGLE done by John Cleave in Monty Python

> "Ministry of Funny Walks" isn't a proper defintion.  It's on track
> to one, perhaps, but it isn't there yet.
> That's "Cleese", not "Cleave", by the way.

---

Reel initially while decapitating flock of geese (6)

Explanation: "Reel" -- defn.
             "initially while" == W
             "decapitating flock of geese" == GAGGLE - G = AGGLE
Conjures up a rather gory image...

> Great - a verb as the definition, the indirection is contained, and
> the surface is... bloodcurtling!
> Honorable Mention and a can of pate to Navin Kashyap

---

Scalawag gleefully hid rock (6)
     
Rock=straight definition of WAGGLE,
which is hidden in the words 
ScalaWAG GLEefully...

> Nice and tight, plus a good straight defintion!  The hidden word is a
> bit obvious, but they usually are.
> Honorable Mention and an underrated Robert Redford flick(*) to Edward Coulson
>
> (*) "The Hot Rock"

---

Shake two girls wrapped in piece of corduroy (6)

      "shake" = def.
      "two girls" = "gg"
      "wrapped in" = inclusion indicator
      "piece of corduroy" = "wale"

> This clue is impossibly difficult.  A shame, since the surface of the 
> clue is vivid.

---
 
Jitter-bugger's midsection is bursting with beer (6)

    jitter                 definition
    bugger's midsection    GG
    is bursting            breaking apart, insertion signal
    with                   W
    beer                   ALE
        W+ALE around GG = WAGGLE

> Although others sometimes object to "bugger's midsection" -> "GG", I
> have no real problem with it.  However, the rest of the charade is too
> far a reach.  The definition is kind-of weak, but it fits the surface.

---

When adjusting girlfriend's girdle, let everything initially shift side 
to side (6)

  An Acronym clue...need I explain further?!? (-;

> No, you need not.  Very good surface.
> The winner, by a wiggle, is John Hakemian

---

We caught Unser snorting two grams in preparation for a drive (6)

    Nested containers:
        We                          = WE 
        caught                      = container signal
        Unser                       = AL (Al Unser - famous race car driver)
        snorting                    = container signal
        two grams                   = GG
        in                          = connector
        preparation for a drive     = WAGGLE (noun) =>  W(A(GG)L)E 

    The waggle being the back and forth motion of the golf club over
    the ball before starting the backswing and driving the ball.

    Disclaimer:  This clue is not meant to imply that Mr. Unser or
       any specific person involved in automobile racing was, is,
       or potentially will be involved in the nasal consumption of
       illegal substances of any sort.  It's just a clue.  :-)

> It's a nice clue.  It's probably unsolvable, but the surface is so
> nice that I can overlook that.  I don't think waggle is a noun, though.
> One waggles in preparation for a drive.  For that matter, the Indy
> drivers (of which Mr. Unser is a member) waggle before the race to
> warm their tires.  Or so I understand.
> Honorable Mention and a get-out-of-jail-free card to Pete Mitchell

---

Flap created when world leader replaces head of flock (6)

        flap = waggle
        world leader = w
        flock = gaggle: head of gaggle = g 

> Such a lovely surface.  Only downside is that "flock" -> "gaggle"
> as fodder for a charade is a touch indirect, but the clue is so
> solid that it's clear anyhow.
> Honorable Mention and a papal bull to David Hamer

---

Rock unsteadily when horse is yoked in horizontal timber frame (6)

Rock unsteadily - definition
horse  => GG (as in geegee)
yoked in - inclusion indicator
horizontal timber frame => WALE (ties piles together)
WA(GG)LE

> "GG" from "horse"?  I've never seen that, and I hope I never see it again.
> Nice surface, though, and a good definition.

---

Thousands, following Washington's lead, back elevated railway for rapid movement (6)

Thousands - GG
following Washington's lead - after WA, therefore WAGG
back elevated railway - EL reversed, or LE
for - connector
rapid movement - definition of WAGGLE

> Though "thousand" -> "G" is OK, "thousands" -> "GG" isn't.  At least, not
> by me.  I would say "follow Washington" for "WA" instead of 
> "following Washington's lead".  Nice try.

--- BONUS CLUES ---

First heading west, flock of geese loses leader in back and forth move  (6)

EXPLANATION: charade
First heading west = W first
flock of geese = GAGGLE
loses leader = (G)AGGLE minus G
back and forth move = definition

---

Swag gleams revealing irregular movement (6)

Concealment clues didn't work too well for me. 
I'm not sure what US burglars carry away with them (the loot sort of
stuff) -  here it can be called 'swag'. I had this vision of a burglar
swaying off down the road in the moonlight...

or thinking of jewels being stolen (and the fact that my son is 
called Sam!):
Swag gleams without Sam's rock (6)

---

Shake a leg, stupid! (6)

Shake - WAG
a leg, stupid - LEG anagram, or GLE
Shake a leg - definition of WAGGLE
! - overlap indicator
