Competition clues by Simon Bates
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Simon Bates has 6 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2012 Annual Competition | 32 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | BISSEXTILE | Like Nineteen Eighty-Four, say, book is spinning lies about former time | B + IS + LIES* about (EX + T); adj., like a leap year (e.g. 1984). | 7 | 28.5 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2012 | PERCH | Settle back in House of Commons on opening of parliament | [ HC + RE + P(arliament) ] rev. | 9 | 21.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 Annual Competition | 16 | 5 | |||||
| November 2011 | DEGRINGOLADE | God, Eden and a girl's diabolical fall | (GOD EDEN A GIRL)* | 2 | 42 | 5 | 3 |
| October 2011 | MOCKTAIL (New Chambers Word) | I'm for Coke — that I'll regularly drink (having no alcohol) | Alternate letters (regularly) in: iMfOrCoKeThAtIlL. | 8 | 22.5 | 2 | 2 |
| March 2011 | SPRINGTIME | Re-emergence of prime nights when hour lost (10) | PRIMENIGHTS(-H)*; &lit. | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| June 2010 | Any “Double” Word (6 or more letters) (A Game of Two Halves) | Tackle tackler hard from behind (6) | TESTES: tackler: set rev | 10 | 17.5 | 0 | 2 |