Clues by N. C. Dexter in 1989-1990
Azed competitions from 891 to 939 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1989-1990 Honours list
Azed competitions from 891 to 939 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1989-1990 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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N. C. Dexter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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895 | TONE DEAF | VHC | Often getting a D and E confused | anag. & lit. |
900 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent) | First | Quack medicine? Crooked liar has bottles to flog | tan in anag. |
913 | ARCHIBALD | VHC | It makes you crash? Bail out with seconds to go before ending up dead! | anag. less s + d, & lit. |
917 | HOOLIGANISM | VHC | What, with no goals for English, sailing home could occasion | anag. with 0 for E, & lit. |
920 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | VHC | The alphabet so cows chits struggling with 3 R’s | anag. incl. r r r |
922 | REFORMADO | VHC | Sick of ramrod, one’s finishing? | anag. + e, & lit. |
926 | NERD | VHC | One lacking headpiece to take degree? | (o)ne r d., & lit.; to = in contact with |
930 | SABULOSE | VHC | Gritty youngster in control of jumbo starts to land on single engine | Sabu + l o s e; ref. S. the Elephant Boy |
934 | LACE-UPS | VHC | They’re beginning to undo within fifty paces if loose? | u in L + anag., & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
904 VOETGANGER
908 INDIGO (Printer’s Devilry)
939 A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)