Congratulations to Delinquent, Enigma (Class 1) and Marisca who submitted all correct answers in spite of our mistakes with clue length. Also Bascule and Zara of Doon who only got one wrong. Here are the answers, plus a new clue at 64 to replace the one that was duplicated.
| WHYW QUIZ 2017 | |||
| All answers are the names of yachts competing in WHYW. Names don’t necessarily include extra words, e.g. “of the Clyde” or a numerical suffix but will be the name by which the yacht is usually known | |||
| 1 | Top gear boys (6) | CARMEN | |
| 2 | Demon drink (6) | SPIRIT | |
| 3 | Theresa’s advance (7) | MAYRISE | |
| 4 | Can never get too much (10) | INSATIABLE | |
| 5 | Daughter of Princess Anne (4) | ZARA | |
| 6 | Heart of animal in distress in Kenyan resort (7) | MALINDI | |
| 7 | Found in a nickel anagram (6) | KELANA | |
| 8 | In this, as good as they’re ever going to get (6) | REEVER | |
| 9 | Mick couldn’t get any (12) | SATISFACTION | |
| 10 | Sounds like time to get up, boy (7) | SUNRISE | |
| 11 | Can nudes cavort with Butch (8) | SUNDANCE | |
| 12 | The end of little bear’s handle (7) | POLARIS | |
| 13 | Turing puzzle (6) | ENIGMA | |
| 14 | Queen’s Bohemian sheer delight (8) | RHAPSODY | |
| 15 | Not welcome in a rain storm (5,4) | LEAKY ROOF | |
| 16 | Possibly blamed for state of uproar (6) | BEDLAM | |
| 17 | Mushy peas, that is a sailor’s meal (3,3) | SEA PIE | |
| 18 | Sounds as if the Protest Chair is here (10) | PIECEMAKER | |
| 19 | Steal nothing from this one (4) | RoBo | |
| 20 | Great growth in the vineyard (5,3) | GRAND CRU | |
| 21 | Cold cure (3,5) | HOT TODDY | |
| 22 | Silver ring (7) | ARGENTO | |
| 23 | Two girls together for another (8) | KATERINA | |
| 24 | Is this the drummer in a heavy metal band? (5,5) | STEEL PULSE | |
| 25 | Sticky stuff under trees (7) | FIRSTAR | |
| 26 | Road, crossing and junction (2,7) | ST BRIDGET | |
| 27 | During the carnival, kyrie eleison was sung (8) | VALKYRIE | |
| 28 | Tin bye-bye (7) | CANTATA | |
| 29 | Fortunate hooligan vegetable (5,3,6) | LUCKY NED PEPPER | |
| 30 | Oral examination – but not by a dentist? (4) | VIVA | |
| 31 | The Irish spirit has been mixed (7) | BANSHEE | |
| 32 | Hard working rodent back in Knapdale Forest (4,6) | BUSY BEAVER | |
| 33 | Lunar lorry (10) | MOONSTRUCK | |
| 34 | Spotted in sparkly diamond-crusted outfit (5) | LYDIA | |
| 35 | Preserve odd McIan to chill out with music (6) | JAMMIN | |
| 36 | Lily, fish and astronomer (9) | STARGAZER | |
| 37 | Remiss and overdue (10) | DELINQUENT | |
| 38 | That’s OK at the moment, trucks are failing to start (2,6) | NO WORRIES | |
| 39 | Sounds like you stink with first of Archimedes (6) | EUREKA | |
| 40 | Son of Cush, the great-grandson of Noah – a mighty hunter (6) | NIMROD | |
| 41 | Dad’s bad joke (7) | POPCORN | |
| 42 | Scotch whisky (6,6) | CELTIC SPIRIT | |
| 43 | A rain map of Trinidad (8) | NAPARIMA | |
| 44 | Ungodly rudder sounds (9) | SCINTILLA | |
| 45 | Way off beyond the boundary? (4,3) | FARR OUT | |
| 46 | Suffering gnat rash! (8) | TRASNAGH | |
| 47 | Spotted in the Leomaris camp (7) | MARISCA | |
| 48 | The answer churned out is energy (8) | SYNERGIE | |
| 49 | We expect this of you in order to win the trophy (5,4) | LEVEL BEST | |
| 50 | Magic friend of Brian and Dougal (7) | ZEBEDEE | |
| 51 | Big cat involved in fuel saving (4) | ELSA | |
| 52 | Wild card among Batman’s enemies (5) | JOKER | |
| 53 | Lord of all his kind (9) | SHADOWFAX | |
| 54 | Friends of the potato isle (5,8) | ARRAN COMRADES | |
| 55 | Island god (6) | IONARA | |
| 56 | Sad end in Paris for tuna (7) | BLUEFIN | |
| 57 | Diver Tom in endless attaction (10) | MAGDALEYNE | |
| 58 | Sails sweetly through the valley (9) | GLENAFTON | |
| 59 | Dry island (6) | TIORAM | |
| 60 | Did this gangster flee to the north? (4,6) | COOL BANDIT | |
| 61 | Before red mist (5,4) | AMBER HAZE | |
| 62 | Drawbridge made from copper in Swiss city (7) | BASCULE | |
| 63 | Room with 540 doors (8) | VALHALLA | |
| 64 | Top Spooner’s feminine hair (9) | WHIRLIGIG | |
| 65 | Chopped salami with hesitation (10) | SALAMANDER | |
| 66 | Tenth letter (3) | JAY | |
| 67 | And the livin’ is easy? (6,5) | SUMMER THYME | |
| 68 | Standard deviation twitch (8) | SIGMATIC | |
| 69 | Unveils a cocktail (7) | SUILVEN | |
| 70 | Found in problem arachnid (7) | LEMARAC | |