Clues by D. F. Manley in 1993-1994
Azed competitions from 1100 to 1147 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1993-1994 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1100 to 1147 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1993-1994 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1100 | CONCORDANCE | First | New-fashioned cleric has one on a CD to output ‘Elisha’ possibly? | anag. less anag., & lit. |
1104 | BURYING-PLACES | VHC | With GLC gone, the disposal of such could give buyer a snip | anag. incl. GLC, & lit.; ref. Lady Porter’s sale of Westminster cemeteries |
1108 | GREEN | VHC | Name always associated with suspicion of garrotting (Rev.)? | n e’er g (rev.), & lit.; ref. Cluedo |
1113 | EMPLASTRUM | VHC | It may provide ’orrible smell after master has tumbled with pail emptying | anag. incl. p(ai)l + ’um, & lit.; ref. Jack & Jill |
1117 | STAMNOS (3 Consecutive Letters) | First | So Greek —— could indefinitely offer more songs, Keats? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ |
1122 | BASILIAN | VHC | Lacking suggestion of gender, a ‘sibling’ roughly encompasses a ‘brother or sister’ | a in anag. less g |
1126 | CHEATERY | VHC | Little child being laid on feeding station – the practice when one has a crib? | ch. eatery |
1128 | CHRISTMAS PRESENT | VHC | Is Manchester’s esprit wavering with English being denied the five rings? | anag. less E; ref. Olympic bid and Christmas song |
1130 | AGRESTAL | VHC | Such as could be least needed by acreage with grain? | a + gr + anag., & lit. |
1134 | TOVARICH | VHC | ‘——’ creates bond after revolution to mould Soviet character? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1139 | BENJAMIN | VHC | Name in forefront of jazz, leader of band after war – Dizzy? | anag. incl. j, b; ref. B. Disraeli, D. Gillespie |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1143 DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)
1147 MAYDAY