Competition clues by Nick Smith
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Nick Smith has 16 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 17 | 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | CONSTITUTION | Configuration of cost to unit in construction | COST TO UNIT IN anagram | 6 | 19 | 2 | |
| February 2024 | LITTLE | Liverpool's first title changed hardly anything | L + TITLE anagram; Liverpool's first PL win for 30 years has proved just a minor blip in Abu Dhabi's 6-year domination of the league | 3 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 25 | 3 | |||||
| March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | Unlikely menu item in New Orleans KFC? | ORLEANS + KFC anagram | 3 | 43.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 28 | 2 | |||||
| January 2019 | PINK | Maybe Floyd Patterson's first tattoo? | P + INK | 4 | 34.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 8 | 10 | |||||
| September 2018 | JOANNA LUMLEY | Enjoy manual labour, initially, working as Monsoon assistant | ENJOY + MANUAL + L; JL played Edina Monsoon's assistant in Ab Fab | 7 | 26 | 3 | |
| August 2018 | FAIRY / POINT (Right & Left) | Cook, excellent in the middle, impish fielder in top form | cook = FRY, A1 inside & lit (fairy = adj); point is a fielding position in cricket, IN TOP anagram; Alastair Cook is England's top-scoring test batsman and a fine fielder | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| July 2018 | VINDALOO | Six and dancing, John Curry! | VI + AND (anag) + John = LOO. The Olympic star took up skating at 6. | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 |
| May 2018 | IRELAND | Daniel Radcliffe's first fancy? Erin! | DANIEL + R anag; he has been engaged to Erin Darke since March 2017 | 2 | 66.5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 22 | 2 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2017 | ARCHER (Printer’s Devilry) | For Trump, the patriotic impulses dominate | For Trump the patriarch, erotic impulses dominate | 4 | 32.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 30 | 0.5 | |||||
| April 2016 | LEONARDO DICAPRIO | Shipwreck victim, Jack Dawson, in Radio Caroline podcast | RADIO CAROLINE POD anagram; DiCaprio's role in Titanic | 8 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 30 | 1 | |||||
| August 2015 | CHESTERFIELD | Tailored shirt and fleeced coat | SHIRT FLEECED anag, & lit | 7 | 27.5 | 2 | 3 |
| February 2015 | RED-HOT | Wore dhoti concealing explosive | woRE DHOTi | 7 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 43 | 0.5 | |||||
| November 2014 | BRIDEWELL | Groom badly? Quite the opposite in this place of improvement! | groom/bride, badly/well, & lit | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 Annual Competition | 33 | 0.5 | |||||
| February 2011 | SHERLOCK | BBC drama queen left in shock | ER + L in SHOCK | 9 | 22 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 29 | 1.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2008 | CRACKER / VINTAGE (Right & Left) | A special time in the heart of Devon eating clotted cream, perhaps, and a peach | deVon (V) + EATING anag; cream cracker + definitions first and last | 5 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| February 2008 | TETRA | Fishy treat | Lit + TREAT anag | 9 | 19 | 0 | 2 |