Clues by R. J. Palmer in 1978-1979
Azed competitions from 314 to 366 All clues by R. J. Palmer | 1978-1979 Honours list
Azed competitions from 314 to 366 All clues by R. J. Palmer | 1978-1979 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Palmer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | MERIL (Spoonerisms) | Second | Plan made on board for Morris, etc., marks beginnings of Michael Edwardes’ reign in Leyland | man played; first letters; ref. carmaker |
| 323 | (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) | VHC | Subject of letters in the paper of Top People, eccentric mostly | U koo(k); ref. ‘first cuckoo’ correspondence in The Times |
| 332 | NUT-CASE | VHC | Unseat Conservative in landslide? Quintin thinks only I’d do that! | anag. incl. C; ref. Q. Hogg’s ‘bankers’ speech |
| 336 | ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left) | VHC | A reluctant soldier wounded by old weapon – one long discarded – it could have been used in warfare – old, not A.D. | cut + h(al)bert; anag. less AD |
| 340 | BOOKSIE | VHC | Not quite the ultimate in prose, held by one who deals with better as ‘having literary pretensions’ | s in bookie |
| 349 | ODDCOMESHORT | VHC | Doc’s mode with management leads to winger finally getting in vehement scrap | anag. + r in hot; ref. T. Docherty, W. Morgan |
| 358 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number) | Third | Leader of pop-group making break in America, punk, is vulgar and pretentious | break; p in US + tart |
| 362 | SEA-SOLDIER | VHC | Who could be easier to have made to believe something, being taken in? | sold in anag., & lit.; “Tell it to the marines” |
HCs awarded in competitions:
319 PODESTA
327 HEMLOCK
352 FAIRY LIGHTS
354 SHEER-HULK
366 MONKEY-SHINE