Competition clues by Andy Smith
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Andy Smith has 17 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2022 Annual Competition | 34 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | UNDERGROUND | Inferior golf – all eighteen holes bunkered | UNDER + G(olf) + ROUND. Bunker = underground shelter. | 5 | 37 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 12 | 6.5 | |||||
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Poem about, at heart, Ulysses getting back from Troy | YSS in ODE, + Y. &lit | 2 | 43.5 | 2 | 8 |
| March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | Sort of scran eaten primarily with semi-skimmed milk? | (OF SCRAN E LK)* | 10 | 19.5 | 1 | 1 |
| February 2021 | WETLANDS | Primarily watery ecosystem that lets aquatic nature develop sustainably | Initial letters, &lit | 4 | 38.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2020 | A Christmas List (Anagram) | Moonshine, Ritz Crackers/Stilton, Bright PJs, Azeds | 4 | 38 | 3 | 5 | |
| September 2020 | SEVEN (Printer’s Devilry) | Large chests attract many in the mating game | Large chess events attract many in the mating game | 1 | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| May 2020 | ELDERS | The Spanish reds supply body of a superior vintage | EL + REDS*; supply (adv); body = group of associated people | 2 | 38.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 11 | 8.5 | |||||
| July 2018 | VINDALOO | Have wind, bloody guts churning from this! | Anag of (AV + IN + LOOD). Experiential &lit. | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| June 2018 | UNION | Endless innuendo wrecked marriage | (INNU[-end]O)* | 1 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
| May 2018 | IRELAND | Emerald Isle – fanciful name for me | (Emerald + I)* with n replacing me | 3 | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 12 | 5.5 | |||||
| August 2017 | HALFPENNY | Old Meg's fifty-fifty odds of pregnancy | Half + alternate letters. See mag3/meg in Chambers | 6 | 25.5 | 2 | 2 |
| March 2017 | TRUMPETER | Blowhard President on Twitter taking everyone, ultimately, for a fool | Trump + [Twitter, with e for twit]. Blowhard = U.S. def'n + literal activity of a trumpeter. | 1 | 49.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 25 | 1.5 | |||||
| July 2016 | BANJULELE | Jubilee Line removes one busking without an instrument | AN in *(JUBILEE, with L for I); remove=displace; busk(2)=prepare/dress | 5 | 26.5 | 1 | 3 |
| June 2016 | TECHNOJUNKIE | Disarray in the UK once Johnson's premier? I'm obsessed with it from a capital perspective! | (IN THE UK ONCE J)*; uncapitalized def'n (it => IT) | 8 | 16 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| January 2015 | GREEDY GUTS | Crash dieter, extremely self-sacrificing guy? Not I (6,4) | Anag (dieter sg guy) – i | 8 | 19 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| September 2009 | BONES | The source of boxcars and snake eyes. | b+ones, &lit. In gambling slang: bones = dice, boxcars = double six, snake eyes = double one. | 6 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 34 | 0.5 | |||||
| September 2008 | SWATS | Aims to undo flies in seconds, with a tug initially. | Initial letters (w,a,t) in s+s | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 |