Clues by C. G. Millin in 1995-1996
Azed competitions from 1203 to 1255 All clues by C. G. Millin | 1995-1996 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1203 to 1255 All clues by C. G. Millin | 1995-1996 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. G. Millin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1212 | HILDING | VHC | Coward presented by Dame Bracket and partner (two ‘he’s’ disguised) | i.e. Hilda, Hinge less a2, he; ref. former musical comedy duo |
1216 | CHAPERON | VHC | Fellow will get one in trouble without her, if he’s abandoned | chap + (he)r in anag., & lit. |
1225 | CURRY | First | Hot dish with shapely figure, right for form of plunging neckline | r for V in curvy |
1229 | GRUPPETTO | VHC | Musical turn in cavern, mostly a stimulant for love | uppe(r) for 0 in grotto; ref. The Beatles, C. Club |
1255 | CATAFALCO | VHC | Casket that could become a cold fact, but one would have to be dead | anag. with a for d |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1203 CLERICALISM
1207 EPOCH-MARKING
1220 CASSANDRA
1232 The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)
1234* AVANT-PROPOS
1247 PREDICANT
1250 SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)
* Competition excluded from annual honours