Clues by V. Dixon in 2005-2006
Azed competitions from 1733 to 1779 All clues by V. Dixon | 2005-2006 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1733 to 1779 All clues by V. Dixon | 2005-2006 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1733 | PALESTRA | VHC | Where you’ll see fencing and somersaulting skill masquerading as real PT? | pales + art (rev.), anag., & lit. |
| 1737 | ANIMUS | VHC | It’s reverse of minute in Australia, about as before to take on ourselves | min. (rev.) in AUS, a nim us, & lit. |
| 1741 | LORD NELSON | First | Elevated way above teeming Londoners, one who commands a tenacious hold. | L2 + anag., lord + nelson, & lit. |
| 1752 | MIDWINTER | VHC | You’ll find reverse of soft with ‘earth … long ago’ in this | dim (rev.) + w + inter, & lit.; earth (obs.) = bury; ref. C. Rossetti carol, “… hard as iron” |
| 1758 | BIMBETTE | VHC | Brainless, ingenuous miss, beautiful enough to turn everyone’s heads | first letters & lit. |
| 1762 | DUDDERY | VHC | Unsteady with age, but not old – rather welcoming university rags locally! | doddery with U for o |
| 1766 | GEST (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Public protest in galle/ry by barbarians shouldn’t have been allowed | ref. rugby |
| 1775 | ROUGH-AND-READY | Second | Like ‘can belto’ tenors, say, producing disgust in Covent Garden, awe among some | ug in ROH + dread in any; Royal Opera House |
| 1779 | NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints) | VHC | One you’ve seen bat lately, not previously one in our team | but; ne + I in we |
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