Clues by N. C. Dexter in 2000-2001
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515    All clues by N. C. Dexter  |   2000-2001 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1467CANAPÉVHCDavenport perhaps settles end of Championship with an ace?anag.; ref. US tennis player
1476LIGNIPERDOUSVHCGore leads in latest polls in US: I’d fancy it’s destroying Bush, perhapsanag. incl. l, p
1480SAMARITANVHCPossibly a man at the end of his tether finally rings oneI in anag. incl. s, r, & lit.
1485BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)VHCWith Footsie mostly unstable, one follows others playing a European exchange, beginning to barter Euros abroadanag. less e; b + anag.
1489FRONT-BENCHERVHCName for Brown – the CE, New Labour, sayanag. of n for br the CE n, & lit; ref. Gordon B.; labour vb
1494MARATHONVHCA run taking around a month possibly – for me!a r in anag., & lit!
1502RAPPELSecondA tense drop from parapet possibly with lineanag., less a t + l, & lit.
1506BARE(-)BONESVHCWe’d little breadth and are persons needing middle of doublet taken inb in b are ones, & lit.
1511DEEP-SEATEDVHCOut fencing épée’s not normally so embeddedanag. in dated
1515SNIDEVHCLike supposedly ‘silver-plated’ ware – thought mostly to be covered with tin?Sn + ide(a)

HCs awarded in competitions:

1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)