Competition clues by Rob Jones
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Rob Jones has 10 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2012 Annual Competition | 23 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | A “GMT” word (Letters Latent) | Usain's first lane mix-up results in a bronze (8) | GUNMETAL – UNEAL – U + Anag. | 4 | 33.5 | 0 | 6 |
| February 2012 | BISSEXTILE | Furious sexist consumed by rage when ladies propose? | Anag in BILE. Def = when ladies… Chambers says the clueword can be a noun for a leap year, hence the noun-style definition | 5 | 34 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 Annual Competition | 10 | 7 | |||||
| November 2011 | DEGRINGOLADE | Rode a gelding recklessly, resulting in a serious fall | Anag | 5 | 31.5 | 1 | |
| August 2011 | SHAPE / TIGER (Right & Left) | Golfer, perhaps the Shark, finding form as he starts practising furiously | TIGER (double def, ref Greg Norman's nickname), SHAPE (Anag) | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| July 2011 | TRUNCHEON | Badly-run techno club | Anag. (techno=dance music) | 9 | 25.5 | 2 | 7 |
| June 2011 | FAULT | Mistake from Taufel unfortunately, and England's opener has to go | Anag – e. Ref. Simon Taufel one of the World's top cricket umpires | 1 | 52 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 13 | 5 | |||||
| April 2010 | GRAVE | King George Street – where our journey ends? | GR + AVE | 8 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| March 2010 | MONEY (CLASS) (Wrong Number) | Change in form one yearns for. | hidden word; form (ie school class) | 2 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 |
| February 2010 | BABUSHKA | Has Bubka defected? Or might it be his grandmother? | HASBUBKA (anag) ref. to Soviet pole vault ace Sergei Bubka. | 7 | 30.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 34 | 1 | |||||
| October 2009 | DUCKSHOVE | No runs scored by Sussex opener on their home ground – 'blame someone else', as Ponting might say. | DUCK+S+HOVE . Clue word is Aus. slang. | 5 | 24.5 | 0 | 2 |