Clues by V. Dixon in 2006-2007
Azed competitions from 1784 to 1831    All clues by V. Dixon  |   2006-2007 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1788ETHEREAL OILSVHCUnconventional healer embarking on labours needs first what’s latest in thesee + anag. in toils, & lit.
1804CLOTHES SENSE (Spoonerisms)VHCGoing best near end – inserting letters, in short, with a certain dashknowing best gear; Thess. + en, all in close
1806INEBRIANTVHCIt maybe makes one conk, merry or stoned, maybe doesn’tI neb riant, & lit.; stoned anag. of doesn’t
1810HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)VHCMake a Herculean effort each month to dash off the grid, then compose a super-original (not too smartass) clue of genuine interest – not a mechanical contrivance that’s ‘for the birds’. 
1814HIPSTERVHCBrahms and Liszt, this person? Not a disciple!anag. less son, & lit.; ref. rhyming slang
1827AMAKOSI def. DENUDED (Wrong Number)VHCSA leaders exposed: sharks, but kept in by slothexposed; makos in ai

HCs awarded in competitions:

1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
1797 HEART
1801 RUSE DE GUERRE
1818 POISSO(N) D’AVRIL (Letters Latent)
1823 KISS
1831 MARGINALIA