Clues by E. Chalkley in 1991-1992
Azed competitions from 995 to 1043    All clues by E. Chalkley  |   1991-1992 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1021BEARDVHCA bird’s nest, in the last bit of nonsense penned by a poete in bard; ref. last line of Lear limerick: “… a nest in my b.”
1030PASTILLESecond‘Sweet white wine’ – line (abbreviated) in Poet Laureate’s ending of verse!asti + l in PL + e; ref. John Masefield’s ‘Cargoes’
1034BURLAPSecondA sticker one in Public Library put over a coarse wrapper?bur + a in PL (rev.)

HCs awarded in competitions:

995 STASIMA (Printer’s Devilry)
1008 SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)
1017 SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)
1024 PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1043 PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)