Clues by R. Gilbert in 2008-2009
Azed competitions from 1888 to 1936    All clues by R. Gilbert  |   2008-2009 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1893EARTHYVHCThe world’s mighty short of energy. Crude’s what’s needed!earth + (might)y
1914VE(S)TAL (Letters Latent)VHCOne with Abbey habit? Time he invested in Bulgarian currency after recessiont + a2 in lev (rev.); ref. building society slogan
1927TONSURE (Spoonerisms)VHCFormer minister’s called Brown ‘washed-up object of scorn leading a moribund operation’bald crown; snot (rev.) + ure

HCs awarded in competitions:

1897 WASH-OUT
1906 MORSE
1908 WE THREE KINGS
1923 ELLIPTIC
1936 LITMUS TEST