Competition clues by Steve Randall
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Steve Randall has 69 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 2 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | BLACKMAIL | Compelling demand sees Noel finally back with Liam performing | [noe]L+BACK+LIAM ref. Gallagher brothers | 1 | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| July 2024 | SPLASH | Place in band for trumpet? | PL in SASH | 3 | 24.5 | 2 | 1 |
| May 2024 | EVEREST | Most talented out of 150 gets the top spot | CLEVEREST out of (no longer having) CL | 6 | 20 | 0 | |
| April 2024 | BARBERSHOP | Singing style that tends to shock? | D1 "singing style" D2 "that tends to shock" ref:shock of hair | 1 | 48.5 | 1 | |
| March 2024 | ANTHONY | Adam, nude at first and ticklish, offering no resistance in Eden? | A[dam] N[ude] + THO[r]NY, ref. Anthony Eden | 7 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 27 | 1.5 | |||||
| October 2023 | GRANGER | More rum's good for extremely smart farmer | stranger (more rum) with G for ST | 9 | 14.5 | 3 | 1 |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Patriarchal role for the aged criminal running out of energy? | FORTHEAGED*. less E. semi&lit | 7 | 31.5 | 3 | |
| March 2023 | PANDEMIC | Pressure for old comedian to travel worldwide | COMEDIAN* with P for O, definition (adj.) worldwide | 9 | 17.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 8 | 9 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2022 | BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left) | Poet in Reading Gaol, initially blue, turns out swell | HOMER(poet) = HOME (in) + R (Reading is one of the three R's) / BULGE(swell) = G[aol]+BLUE* (turns out) | 3 | 34 | 1 | |
| March 2022 | SUMMER | Amount the French drink in three months | SUM (amount) + MER (French for sea) | 2 | 42.5 | 3 | 3 |
| February 2022 | DOLCE VITA | Copyright violated in remake of The Good Life | anagram (in remake) of C + VIOLATED | 4 | 35.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 9 | 7.5 | |||||
| September 2021 | CICERONE | Source of information on recce trips? | I+ON+RECCE* &lit | 2 | 37.5 | 4 | 4 |
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Lengthy rags to riches story, unpredictable and ultimately moving? | anagram (moving) of final letters &lit | 9 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | Meal alfresco finally OK, lockdown relaxed | anag of ALFRESCO [o]K [lockdow]N | 5 | 36.5 | 1 | 4 |
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | Detective thanks fellows after charges finally stick | DI(detective) TA,FF (thanks, fellows) after charge[S] | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 1 | 28.5 | |||||
| November 2020 | SUBMARINE | Fan base in Trump case disappearing – it needs to be watertight | anag (fan) of BASE IN [t]RUM[p] | 8 | 25.5 | 1 | 1 |
| October 2020 | GLORIA | Sorting marigold borders out forms part of the service | [m]ARIGOL[d]* | 3 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| September 2020 | SEVEN (Printer’s Devilry) | Despair at the man I actually trusted to run the country | Despair at the maniacs eventually trusted to run the country | 2 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| August 2020 | OXHEAD | I'm horny over ten hours each day | O + X + H + EA + D | 1 | 61 | 2 | 5 |
| June 2020 | THE YOUNG ONES | 60s film not sexy enough when sloppy kiss cut | NOTSEXYENOUGH* – X | 1 | 53.5 | 1 | 4 |
| April 2020 | OPEN | Affair destroying relationship? Not if marriage is this! | OPE[ratio]N | 4 | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| February 2020 | ATONEMENT | Man on tee excited having finally got putting right | MANONTEE* + [go]T | 1 | 82 | 1 | 3 |
| January 2020 | TWO-FACED | The week officially starts having coffee brought round with a couple of mugs (3-5) | Initial letters for TWO + DECAF< | 2 | 37 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 1 | 26.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2019 | Christmas Cocktails (Right & Left) | Actioner shot around posh part of cosmopolitan region has hero Cagney robbing banks | ACTIONER* around U (posh) = COINTREAU (part of cosmopolitan) / CHAMPAGNE (region) has CHAMP (hero) + [c]AGNE[y] | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| November 2019 | GENTLEMAN | Guy rope at the back replaces one in faulty alignment | E replaces I in anagram of ALIGNMENT | 1 | 57.5 | 0 | 2 |
| October 2019 | GULES | Colour found on arms and legs with limitless sun around | anagram of LEGS with [s]U[n] | 3 | 35.5 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2019 | ASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | A cook wishing to impress will frequently boast | A cook wishing to impress will frequently baste roast | 10 | 19.5 | 3 | 1 |
| August 2019 | STERNUM | Check over navy uniform, it's in the chest | STEM (check) over RN (navy) U (uniform – NATO alphabet) | 4 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| July 2019 | NEVER SAY DIE | Bash on New Year's Eve in doubt at first | anagram of YEARSEVEIND | 2 | 47 | 1 | 5 |
| May 2019 | MERCURY | Pity about lack of love for our planet | MERCY around [o]UR | 2 | 37.5 | 0 | 4 |
| April 2019 | SUCKER-PUNCH | Jab unexpectedly delivered as doctor runs check-up | anag (doctor) of RUNSCHECKUP | 4 | 33.5 | 1 | 1 |
| March 2019 | NARCISSUS | Self-admirer rubbishes hint of collusion with Russians | anagram of C with Russians | 1 | 53 | 1 | 5 |
| January 2019 | PINK | Highest degree helps to fill gap in knowledge | hidden clue | 9 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 4 | 12.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2018 | TURKEY (STONES) (Wrong Number) | When finally released, UK entry rocks the country | Anagram of UK ENTRY minus [whe]N | 5 | 29.5 | 2 | 1 |
| November 2018 | HUMMINGBIRD | Humid days bring out tiny hovering creature | HUMIDDBRING* | 2 | 31.5 | 2 | 6 |
| August 2018 | FAIRY / POINT (Right & Left) | Holding in beer gut, aim rather to shed pounds for sylph-like figure | IN in POT = POINT, def:aim, FAIRLY sheds L (pounds) def: sylph-like figure | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| May 2018 | IRELAND | A country flat where one's gone for style | IRONED, replacing ONE with ELAN | 6 | 26.5 | 1 | 1 |
| March 2018 | SEAWATER | Britain's quitting, rebate was sadly a drop in the ocean | RE[B]ATEWAS* (sadly) | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 |
| February 2018 | DRUNKENNESS | A source of slurs and unkind sneers circulating when one's away | unkindsneers* – I | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
| January 2018 | ARGENT | Regret unevenly donning fake tan seeing colour on arms | ReGrEt in tan*; def as heraldic colour | 6 | 30.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 1 | 27.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2017 | ARCHER (Printer’s Devilry) | Contented tourists return from a fishing trip | Contented tourists return from afar, cherishing trip | 1 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
| November 2017 | FATHER-LASHER | Health fears start to reflect plastic found in fish | anagram of health fears r | 2 | 44.5 | 2 | 5 |
| October 2017 | EQUIPOISE | Arm police regularly to keep society in balance | EQUIP + [p]O[l]I[c]E to include S | 1 | 56.5 | 0 | 3 |
| August 2017 | HALFPENNY | Foreign banks help with any dodgy cash | anagram of ForeigN HELP ANY | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2017 | FIDDLER | Discarded empty rifle shot Kennedy perhaps | Anagram of D(iscarde)D RIFLE, ref Nigel Kennedy | 1 | 53 | 1 | 6 |
| May 2017 | MICKEY | Megadeal in China initially decisive for Rooney? | MIC(acrostic) + KEY(decisive) (Mickey) Rooney? – def by example | 9 | 17 | 1 | |
| February 2017 | FURPHY | Fake news charge reportedly laid against Fox coverage | Charge reportedly=sounds like fee, Fox coverage=fur | 3 | 41.5 | 0 | 5 |
| January 2017 | CASHMERE | Country singer sticking to simple material | (Johnny) CASH + MERE (simple) | 4 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 6 | 12 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2016 | TWELVEMONTH / A thematic word of your choice (Right & Left) | Period of lament when losing a vet who sadly died before treating escaped deer | TWELVEMONTH: Period L[a]MENTVETWHO* (sadly) PREDECEASED:died before ESCAPEDDEER* (treating) | 3 | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| November 2016 | TURNOVER | Business needing dough folded | double definition | 6 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| September 2016 | GREASEPAINT | Application to play a genie's part? | A genie's part (anag) | 3 | 30.5 | 3 | 1 |
| May 2016 | DISMAYED | Dragons originally turned my ideas down | anagram of D[ragons] my ideas | 1 | 56 | 1 | 5 |
| February 2016 | LIFEBOAT | Craft turning profitable as publicity gets out | Definition: Craft – Wordplay:(PR)OFITABLE* | 9 | 22.5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 6 | 13.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2015 | A “FIVE GOLD RINGS” word | Brilliant feeling after Britain secures victory | BRAVURA(adj) – (AURA after BR) secures V | 1 | 47 | 3 | 6 |
| November 2015 | LOCK STOCK AND BARREL | Fake bank card crook tells all | anag (fake) of bank card crook tells | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| August 2015 | CHESTERFIELD | Sitters here caught by the fielders easily (12) | C + THEFIELDERS* (easily) | 6 | 28.5 | 2 | 2 |
| July 2015 | POUNCE | Eagerly seize parking spot | Eagerly seize=pounce, parking=P, spot=OUNCE | 2 | 43.5 | 0 | 4 |
| June 2015 | PARLEYVOO | Nice chap in A&E very poorly treated | Nice chap = Frenchman, anag of A E V POORLY | 3 | 34.5 | 2 | 5 |
| April 2015 | CHOKEY | Boring job about to become crucial in prison | CHO[RE] substituting KEY for RE | 8 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 23 | 3.5 | |||||
| September 2014 | TASER (Printer’s Devilry) | Bogofs fill the shelves in Colombian supermarkets | Bogota serfs fill the shelves in Colombian supermarkets | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2014 | SHOESTRING | He's sorting out a reduced budget (10) | HESSORTING* + def | 5 | 26.5 | 5 | 1 |
| May 2014 | BINGLE | Rubbing leg reveals bump down under | bump down under – def, rubBING LEg – hidden | 5 | 22.5 | 2 | 2 |
| February 2014 | REALITY TV | Demonstratively evicting bad guys enlivened Big Brother perhaps | Definition: Big Brother perhaps Wordplay: (demonstratively – demons)* (enlivened) | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| January 2014 | HOLMESIAN | As an expert in pipework he mans oil supply | Def + anagram of "he mans oil" (supply: in a supple way) | 10 | 20.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 5 | 12.5 | |||||
| October 2013 | DOLMADES | Sad mole wanders around taxidermy centre and leaves stuffed | SADMOLE* around taxi[D]ermy. Definition – leaves stuffed | 8 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| September 2013 | LION-HEART | Brave man endlessly upset mother-in-law | anag (upset) of [M]OTHERINLA[W] (endlessly) Definition: Brave man | 4 | 39.5 | 7 | 6 |
| July 2013 | PEAR (Printer’s Devilry) | Aiming toe scares the flies off | Aiming to escape arrest he flies off | 3 | 52.5 | 2 | 7 |
| June 2013 | FLESH POT | These mostly flop about in topless bar perhaps | Anagram (indicated by 'about') of THES[E] (mostly) + FLOP. | 3 | 33 | 4 | 5 |
| May 2013 | MORGUE | Late arrivals get a cool reception here (6) | Cryptic definition | 2 | 48 | 1 | 3 |