Competition clues by Simon Griew
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Simon Griew has 17 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 17 | 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | CONSTITUTION | Tarted up in cotton suit and make-up | (IN COTTON SUIT)*; def = make-up | 8 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| May 2024 | EVEREST | Mount woman who was tempted to go to bed? | EVE (woman who was tempted) + REST (to go to bed?); def = mount | 3 | 24.5 | 1 | |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 4 | 16 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | ‘In Act I, Troy falls in colossal fight sequence’, one tweets | (IN ACT I T)* (falls), def = colossal; SPAR + ROW, def = one tweets (I still think of X as Twitter!) | 1 | 29 | 0 | |
| September 2023 | MUNGO | Any cycling leaves young man knackered it’s often felt | Anagram (knackered) of YOUNG MAN – YAN (ANY cycling); def = it’s often felt | 4 | 22.5 | 3 | 2 |
| August 2023 | WALES | Where you’d find Barry White at lunchtime eating some starters | Acrostic; def = where you’d find Barry | 2 | 24.5 | 3 | 3 |
| July 2023 | SATISFACTION | Joy Division’s following assembled in Salford originally | Joy = def; FACTION (division) is following SAT (assembled) + I,S (initials). The band Joy Division formed in Salford in 1976. | 6 | 22.5 | 4 | 2 |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Get a dead horse's head for maddening him? | (GET A D H[orse] FOR)*; semi &lit | 2 | 54.5 | 2 | 3 |
| January 2023 | METROPOLIS | Early brace from Messi – Arsenal left needing a comeback in London? | ME[ssi] + reversal of (SILO PORT); London? = def by example | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 10 | 7.5 | |||||
| September 2022 | CHARLES THE THIRD | Chart needing re-work, artist held her ruler | CH (= chart, Chambers) + (ARTIST HELD HER)* (needing re-work); def = ruler | 4 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| July 2022 | MERCHANT | Who sells fancy French drink for a pound? | Fancy = PENCHANT, with MER for PEN; who sells? = def | 7 | 30 | 4 | 3 |
| March 2022 | SUMMER | Some Like It Hot: Marilyn Monroe initially taken in by absurd ruse | MM in RUSE*; def = some like it hot | 1 | 65.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 3 | 11.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2021 | A Christmas Boxed Set (Anagram) | 1. Nearby priests… 2. …deny lover… 3. …more noisy bonks | Britney Spears, Don Everly, Smokey Robinson | 9 | 27.5 | 1 | 3 |
| September 2021 | CICERONE | Escort used when touring Nice or Crete on vacation? (8) | (NICE OR C[ret]E)*; when touring = anagrind; semi &lit | 3 | 35 | 1 | 4 |
| July 2021 | MACARONI | Micra on rank accepts a fare in Rome | A in (MICRA ON)*; def = fare in Rome | 3 | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| June 2021 | NELSON / PRINCE (Right & Left) | Man perched high directed lens towards royal figure pinching woman’s bottom | NELSON: def = man perched high, (lens)* + on; PRINCE: def = royal (as noun), n in price (figure) – down clue. No particular royal in my mind of course! | 2 | 42.5 | 3 | 3 |
| February 2021 | WETLANDS | Wasn’t delta possibly formed at these? | comp anag (wasnt delta -> at wetlands) & lit (some wetlands are deltas) | 7 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | Papers, having turned against workers, getting stick for spinning | Reversal of ID (papers) + STAFF (workers) | 6 | 31 | 2 | 2 |