Clues by V. Dixon in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463    All clues by V. Dixon  |   1999-2000 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1419SPLODGEVHCIn swampy ground, walk heavily, not softly forwardsponge with plod for p on, & lit.
1428CRICETIDVHCPet you might think to call ‘Baggy’? That’d be sound‘cry seated’; see seat vb
1433NEANDERTHALThirdOld-fashioned and not changing heart and left behindne + anag. + l, & lit.
1439JOHN CANOEVHCThis conceals heads, around Christmas mostlyJohn ca. Noe(l), & lit.; festive mask
1450PRETENDANTVHC‘… and repent at leisure’? That rot might make a this irresolutecomp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Marry in haste …’
1463REVERSIONALVHCSee here: natural order is right at all times, but this is overturning it!la NO is r ever (all rev.), & lit.

HCs awarded in competitions:

1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1437 MISTLETOE
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM