Clues by C. R. Gumbrell in 1998-1999
Azed competitions from 1363 to 1411 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1998-1999 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1363 to 1411 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1998-1999 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. R. Gumbrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1363 | MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number) | VHC | Adept guitarist releases inmost character of G-string | G-string; (Hank) Ma(r)vin |
1367 | SANBENITOS | Second | Covering things in an auto is a bonnet’s work | anag.; work vb |
1372 | MASTERSTROKE | VHC | In which one’s pulled off staggering sortie and queen mates king? | anag. incl. R, K, less I, & lit. |
1376 | LOGO | VHC | What, with regular showing of ad, becomes prime stimulus? | lo(ad) go(ad), & lit. |
1380 | RAPPORT (Misprints) | VHC | Confection soft and yellow in spongy part | connection; p or in anag.; spongy = drunken |
1385 | PANTRIES | VHC | Spence and suchlike characters starting postwar architecture with new aims | p a + n tries; ref. Sir Basil S. |
1387 | Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Anagram) | First | It has charm, this Swansea man’s cold idyll | |
1394 | BERGAMOT | VHC | It’s to NW Africa (passing hot) we may turn for citrus fruit | to Mag(h)reb (rev.) |
1398 | PERMETHRIN | VHC | To make hemipterans rare, scatter areas with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
1402 | PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | In Swan Lake’s finale you’ll see most of cast dance | one-step; tos(s) in pen e |
1406 | CHASSEPOT | VHC | Type of rifle distributed to chaps suppressing last traces of Paris Commune? | s, e in anag.; ref. events of 1871 |
1411 | LOOK-SEE | VHC | Gander can remain, with positive flying, around front of skein | loo + s in kee(p) |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1389 ALL-OVERISH