Clues by C. A. Clarke in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by C. A. Clarke | 1999-2000 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by C. A. Clarke | 1999-2000 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. A. Clarke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Give a gas/p when central heating is fixed promptly | |
| 1419 | SPLODGE | Second | Good-for-nothing poodles being incontinent – this could be the result! | anag. with g for 0, & lit. |
| 1428 | CRICETID | VHC | Conservative right in charge – upset veteran saying, ‘It’s lemming-like’ | C r i/c + dite (rev.) |
| 1433 | NEANDERTHAL | VHC | Reactionary heartland in revolt following bill abolishing foremost of blood-sports | ne(b) + anag. |
| 1437 | MISTLETOE | VHC | A seasonal excuse for ‘Brief Encounter’? A film on old-fashioned restraint, love and the essential character of the English | mist + let2 + 0 + E |
| 1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Not quite fair about Ken, polled ahead of Dobson and Norris initially, being a candidate | (K)en + D a N in prett(y); ref. London mayoralty |
| 1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Pest of the back street gang not half mixed up | best … pack; anag. incl. ga(ng) |
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Recurrent source of violence in Sierra Leone, endlessly in turmoil | v in anag. less e |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1424 HEIST
1439 JOHN CANOE
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM