Clues by F. R. Palmer in 1996-1997
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307 All clues by F. R. Palmer | 1996-1997 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307 All clues by F. R. Palmer | 1996-1997 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. R. Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1268 | ARGIE-BARGIE | VHC | Words are inadequate to embody the primordial features of God Immortal, God Invisible | GI, GI in are bare |
1273 | SIPOREX | VHC | Pornography containing elements of indecency and prurience or ‘artistic’ material? | i, p or in sex |
1281 | ABLUTOMANE | VHC | Soap freak, one of many almost completely captivated by Sky? | a + to man(y) in blue |
1286 | CHALET | VHC | Country house with no running water plugged by the French, or one found in Switzerland on a lease? | le in chat(eau), a in CH let, & lit. |
1294 | TRANSENNA | VHC | You’ll find this shroud is one to be arranged round a saint’s shrine | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit.; shroud = screen |
1300 | OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter) | VHC | Beef with destination Germany – too manifest a representative of lost causes? | to; ox for D; ref. M. Arnold: ‘Home of lost causes’ |
1307 | AGILE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | ‘My bowl is empty, gimme another ladleful.’ ‘First helpings only, Twist.’ | mobile; anag. of first letters |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1290 NITERIE
1303 PONIARD