Clues by A. J. Redstone in 1976-1977
Azed competitions from 208 to 255    All clues by A. J. Redstone  |   1976-1977 Honours list
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A. J. Redstone000934
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
208RALPHVHCHe makes pie following recipe: basic ingredients, no eggr + alph(abet); pie2
216SCANTITYVHCWithin confines of ‘solitary’, jail bird suffers unusual privationcan tit in s, y; suffers = permits
221PADDY-WHACKVHCHaving finished trifle, children sing this hit in nurseryi.e. ‘(knick-knack) paddy-whack’
225VALETAVHCMeasure of hops needed to produce beer in barmy vatale in anag.
234HOROSCOPISTVHCI make predictions involving Scorpio in pressanag. in host
238CRAMBOJINGLEVHCI’ve flat feet and get con man to clinkcram bo jingle; cram, con = study
243OLYMPICVHCPolicy shifts encompassing ultimate in fascism; such events are anticipated in 1984m in anag.
247FLIVVERVHCRobin illustrates it aptly – even without verses insidev, v in flier, & lit.; ref. Reliant R.; misleading ref. to Xmas card
250Stands the church clock at ten to three? (Anagram)VHC’Struth, setter at CCL, eh? O.K., can he notch D? 

HCs awarded in competitions:

229 METRICATE
249 RUDOLPH THE REINDEER
255 ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE