Competition clues by Shirley Curran
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Shirley Curran has 8 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2018 Annual Competition | 25 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2018 | HUMMINGBIRD | Small flier might be regularly drumming mysteriously | {(m)I(g)H(t)B(e) + DRUMMING} anagram | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| May 2018 | IRELAND | Myself, kin and country | I + REL + AND | 10 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 18 | 3 | |||||
| March 2016 | IMARI (Printer’s Devilry) | Our singing has satisfied the choirmaster | Our singing him arias satisfied the choirmaster | 3 | 48 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 19 | 4 | |||||
| November 2014 | BRIDEWELL | Drastically ill-bred, we might end up here | ILL BRED WE* & Lit. | 2 | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 37 | 0.5 | |||||
| November 2013 | PROLIX | Primarily ponderous, rambling, over-long, lumbering, interminable and essentially obnoxious, like this clue! | First letters of five words followed by middle letter of obnoxious (&lit.) | 6 | 28 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 Annual Competition | 32 | 1 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2012 | XMAS Stocking Filler (2 defs. + wordplay) | Sort of jar to enclose gift | MASON = sort of jar BOX = to enclose BOON = gift giving BO(X MAS)ON | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| April 2012 | LIVELONG | Poet's staying the course, hopelessly in love with heartless girl | def: Enduring = staying the course wordplay:anagram of IN LOVE + G(ir)L | 8 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 23 | 2 | |||||
| November 2008 | WILD MARE | Reading gaol inmate admitting damage from instrument of torture | Wilde (Oscar) taking in 'mar' | 4 | 27.5 | 0 | 2 |