Clues by C. R. Gumbrell in 2002-2003
Azed competitions from 1572 to 1619 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 2002-2003 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1572 to 1619 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 2002-2003 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. R. Gumbrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1576 | FACADE | VHC | A character abandoned by king must wear iron mask | a ca(R)d in Fe; ref. Dumas novel |
| 1580 | MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number) | VHC | Man, going after runs, with early show of vigour striking six – a boundary | runs; (vi)m + r + gent |
| 1585 | SHIATSU | VHC | Get enthusiastic massaging etc in this? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 1589 | JOKESMITH | VHC | Joint with smoke all over the place avoided by weak person noted for wheezes | J + anag. less w |
| 1593 | MANSUETE | VHC | Cook first to traverse with seamen central part of South Pacific, historically | anag. incl. t, u; ref. Captain C. |
| 1596 | GENISTA (Definition of Anagram) | VHC | Core of Lavengro? It’s provided, in substance, by a gypsy | tsigane; en in gist + a; ref. book by George Borrow |
| 1598 | PHRASEMONGER | VHC | No epigram is he doing without each one being overwrought? Right | anag. less I, I + r, & lit. |
| 1602 | FENESTRA | VHC | Oriel, for example, term for institution established in early part of fourteenth century? | n est. in f era; O. College, Oxford, founded 1326 |
| 1606 | TEOSINTE / INTELSAT (Overlaps) | VHC | System of links tailored to Net is electronic | anag. + e |
| 1611 | LEISLER | First | It’ll need sonar to get about, fluttering and not going astray | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| 1615 | RUGATE | VHC | Urge to move seizing characters heading to America, going west like old Auden | t A (rev.) in anag.; ref. Auden’s emigration, and his face in later years |
| 1619 | GISMO (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | ‘Yesterday’, a short lyric, also n/oted as arguably the Beatles’ best |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1572 SHIELD-MAY