Clues by D. F. Manley in 1996-1997
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1996-1997 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1996-1997 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. F. Manley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1260 | OUT-AND-OUT | VHC | Utter words in mouthfuls, grandiloquently spouting | words successively hidden |
| 1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Material initially coming from mixer, semi-spongy after moulding? | anag. of (m)ixer spo(ngy), & lit. |
| 1277 | NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent) | VHC | Knight has got to be in higher than a No. 11! | N + be in over; ref. Nick K., England opener |
| 1281 | ABLUTOMANE | First | One unbedded in ambulation when perturbed by last vestige of gore? | anag. less I + e; ref. Lady Macbeth |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | VHC | Bleak animal shed – luminance in east – wondrous story! | ST(ABLE T)ALE; l in anag. |
| 1286 | CHALET | VHC | Hotel du Lac would offer alternative to loud —— | comp. anag. & lit; ref Anita Brookner novel |
| 1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | Such an erection may provide no entrance near saint | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Today’s Fawley might come up here – boy entering from ring road? | by; x in of + O + rd; ref. ‘Jude the Obscure’ |
| 1303 | PONIARD | VHC | Article projected by paranoid in play | anag. less a, & lit.; ref. ‘Macbeth’ |
| 1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Might in lotion – one litre stops oldness! | light in motion; I l in age |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1268 ARGIE-BARGIE
1290 NITERIE