Clues by D. F. Manley in 1996-1997
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307    All clues by D. F. Manley  |   1996-1997 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1260OUT-AND-OUTVHCUtter words in mouthfuls, grandiloquently spoutingwords successively hidden
1273SIPOREXVHCMaterial initially coming from mixer, semi-spongy after moulding?anag. of (m)ixer spo(ngy), & lit.
1277NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)VHCKnight has got to be in higher than a No. 11!N + be in over; ref. Nick K., England opener
1281ABLUTOMANEFirstOne unbedded in ambulation when perturbed by last vestige of gore?anag. less I + e; ref. Lady Macbeth
1284STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)VHCBleak animal shed – luminance in east – wondrous story!ST(ABLE T)ALE; l in anag.
1286CHALETVHCHotel du Lac would offer alternative to loud ——comp. anag. & lit; ref Anita Brookner novel
1294TRANSENNAVHCSuch an erection may provide no entrance near saintcomp. anag. & lit.
1300OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)VHCToday’s Fawley might come up here – boy entering from ring road?by; x in of + O + rd; ref. ‘Jude the Obscure’
1303PONIARDVHCArticle projected by paranoid in playanag. less a, & lit.; ref. ‘Macbeth’
1307AGILE (Spoonerisms)VHCMight 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