Clues by D. F. Manley in 2015-2016
Azed competitions from 2250 to 2305 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2015-2016 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2250 to 2305 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2015-2016 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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2250 | MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter) | VHC | This pint is for celebrating Azed No. MMCCL – see it unravelling with cricketers getting out? | point; anag. less MCC; ref. Lord’s test |
2257 | BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left) | VHC | Row puts British into confusion about EU’s ultimate settlement with PM going round thumping a bit | U in anag. incl. B; pa in Pitt |
2261 | GANGSTERLAND | VHC | Sharks here? Lasting danger when one’s out swimming | anag. less I; ref. ‘West Side Story’ |
2265 | ESPRIT FORT | First | Prof. RD’s an atheist – and has this designation possibly? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Richard Dawkins |
2270* | FENESTRA | VHC | Male-deprived female overlooking residence – a Romeo turns up beneath this? | fe(male) + nest + a R (rev.), & lit. |
2274 | SIMPATICO | VHC | It. companions bickering may be ‘non ——’ | comp. anag. & lit.; It. = Italian; bicker = quiver |
2279 | CLEMENTINE | VHC | Election seeing off old men launched the name of Winston-loving lady | anag. less o; ref. Churchill’s wife/M. Thatcher |
2283 | BARGAIN | VHC | An unscrupulous seizure backed by Putin with place succumbing in regional struggle | a grab (rev.) + (Put)in; ref. Crimea |
2287 | VALET | VHC | Doughty Price’s ultimate part doing duty for Carmichael? | valiant with e for Ian, & lit.; ref. 1960s TV series ‘The World of Wooster’ |
2296 | IMPROPERLY | VHC | What Chilcot’s written shortly coming up, with hint about how Iraq War’s bunglers acted? | repor(t) (rev.) in imply |
2300 | MISHMASH | Second | What emerges from referendum is – h’m – a shambolic mess | hidden |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2272 SNOWMOBILE
2291 AVESTA (Printer’s Devilry)
2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
* Competition excluded from annual honours