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Competition clues by ALLAN SCOTT

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ALLAN SCOTT has 9 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2019 Annual Competition311  
June 2019FLUTTERFollowing learner driver, complete gambleF + L + utter8161  1 
March 2019NARCISSUSPoor Russians catching cold in plantC in anag of Russians7261  2 
 
2018 Annual Competition251  
July 2018VINDALOOFirst to visit a lavatory after eating Indian curryv(isit)-Ind-a + loo5261  2 
 
2017 Annual Competition311  
June 2017COLLOP / SURTAX (Right & Left)Extra duty almost certain to make heavy demands on abstract painter, mainly over small piecesur(e) + tax: Polloc(k) (rev)5231  2 
 
2016 Annual Competition300.5  
February 2016LIFEBOATEnd of college scarf stuck in elevator – I may come to the rescuelif-(colleg)e + boa-t7253  3 
 
2012 Annual Competition233  
February 2012BISSEXTILEBook – is it old hat, like 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'?b + is + sex + tile3481  3 
 
2011 Annual Competition135.5  
September 2011CLANDESTINESecret Society Lenin acted to disbandanag of S Lenin acted721.52  1 
August 2011SHAPE / TIGER (Right & Left)Row involving good golfer as he worried about pressure and formTIGER/SHAPE ti-g-er (ref Tiger Woods); p in anag of as he1580  2 
 
2009 Annual Competition253  
January 2009TOKAYScottish banker drinking fine wineT-OK-ay3330  2