Clues by C. R. Gumbrell in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1999-2000 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1999-2000 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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C. R. Gumbrell | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Spa – place for a splash? | spa with lodge for a |
1424 | HEIST | VHC | Job? He knew no end of sorrow | he (w)ist |
1428 | CRICETID | Third | You’ll find this one’s done in once rodenticide’s worked | comp. anag. & lit. |
1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | What sadder than end Lear comes to, being an old man? | anag. |
1439 | JOHN CANOE | Second | In this would you find how a jocund Noel is observed abroad? | comp. anag. & lit. |
1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Puzzle was beset by bugs! | flummox / wasp; was in flu pox |
1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | See cod wrapped in some piece of its output | anag. less i, & lit; cod adj. |
1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Charles Edward Stuart? Prince linked with giant alarm, historically | Pr. eten dant; ref. Bonnie Prince Charlie |
1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | Second | What must feature bit of gunplay on a screen? Oater must | uttermost; g re a test |
1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Going back in history, Stephenson’s foremost character seen to be in on rail’s development | ever S in anag. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1437 MISTLETOE
1454 GET-UP