Clues by D. F. Manley in 2000-2001
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2000-2001 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2000-2001 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1467 | CANAPÉ | First | First thing Cowper has paean about? | C + anag. & lit.; ref. ‘I sing the sofa’ at start of ‘The Task’ by William C. |
1472 | TORAN (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Siamese children were delightful, fortu/nate a metaphor implies | ref. ‘The King & I’; ‘you are precisely my cup of tea’ |
1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | A —— insect: could I eat pine’s rings possibly? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | First | What we have in financial paper is an institution for business enthusiast, so I love FT inordinately | ours in be (= bill of exchange); anag. incl. 0 |
1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | Church made Saviour’s day time to celebrate. | |
1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Man perishing in bath wants ‘hot’ functioning? One runs it without getting heat to come through | Marat h on |
1502 | RAPPEL | VHC | Play out rope when moving? That gets you to —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | Some like us now fit the AA mould so ban beer to reform | anag.; AA, smallest bra size |
1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Hide seed potatoes after digging – such should be —— i’ sooth! | comp. anag. & lit. |
1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Delivering cuts regularly designated as ‘unkind’, yes? | alternate letters & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1480 SAMARITAN
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)