Clues by N. C. Dexter in 1996-1997
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307    All clues by N. C. Dexter  |   1996-1997 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1264TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)VHCWhat may produce deal around school? Game with three only – so game with four and over’s Outdrill in tree; anag.; so game = very spirited
1268ARGIE-BARGIESecondWe find this mars the dissolution of Bigears’ marriagecomp. anag. & lit.; Diana’s nickname for Charles
1277NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)VHCNo bee, nor touch of vernal spring; no leavesanag. incl. v less no; ref. Hood’s poem ‘No!’
1286CHALETVHCAlternative to hotel with a/c too spent?anag. less too, & lit.
1294TRANSENNAThirdGrill St Anne was screened within?ran in anag. & lit.
1303PONIARDVHCIt causes rapid suffering on being stuck inon in anag., & lit.
1307AGILE (Spoonerisms)VHCIn years of life, one’s 49 – ne’er 50!fair nifty; IL in age

HCs awarded in competitions:

1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1273 SIPOREX
1281 ABLUTOMANE
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1290 NITERIE
1300 OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)