Competition clues by Seerat Hazir
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Seerat Hazir has 15 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 10 | 5.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | BARNACLE | Can a liner’s hull be damaged by it? (8) | (CAN A LineR BE)* Semi-&lit. | 2 | 33 | 0 | |
| March 2024 | ANTHONY | An award-winning Hopkins’ introduction? (7) | &lit. AN T[H]ONY. Containment Indicator: winning. Hyphenated wordplay ref Guardian 24839: Dead-end career next? (5) LATE R | 10 | 12 | 0 | |
| February 2024 | LITTLE | Maybe John Lennon’s first title hit (6) | (Little) John. L TITLE* | 9 | 22.5 | 2 | |
| January 2024 | AMAZON | Woman with slashed bust seen around central Brazil? (6) | &lit. (w)OMAN* around (br)AZ(il). With/w slashed. Anag ind: bust. | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 18 | 4 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | Birdie, second birdie – end off with birdie, hitting a nice chipped sinker! (7/7) | Def: birdie/sinker. S PARRO(t) W /TIT A NIC(e). Letter deletion ind: end off for parrot, chipped for nice. | 8 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 |
| October 2023 | GRANGER | Golf practice area right for a growing pro (7) | G RANGE R. Def: A growing pro/farmer. | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | 1 |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Don golf dress, head for tee (9) | G HEADFORT*, Anagrind: dress (Chambers). | 8 | 26 | 2 | 3 |
| March 2023 | PANDEMIC | Propagated initially by mice and bats! (8) | P MICEAND* Anag ind: Bats. &lit. | 4 | 31.5 | 2 | 2 |
| January 2023 | METROPOLIS | Maybe Paris Hilton stripped as part of some PR stunt (10) | (ILTO+SOMEPR)* | 8 | 24.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 3 | 13 | |||||
| November 2022 | PAPILLON | Pet student’s U changed to an A! London professor dismissed (8) | P(u>A)PIL+LON(-don); Def=Pet. (U=Unclassified grade below E.) | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| August 2022 | CURIOSITY | Curry heartily passed around 10 Downing Street, I gathered, would be a novelty (9) | Def:Novelty. CU(-r)RY heartily passed/ignored, around IO, then downing/consuming ST, with I inside. | 8 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| June 2022 | WOODWARD | Sports icon Clive Lloyd’s back after court battle – given knighthood at last! (8) | Def: Sports icon Clive (Woodward). WOO [(knighthoo)D] WAR + lloyD. (Surface refers to Lloyd’s libel suit followed by his knighthood earlier this year.) | 3 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | SINN FEIN BAN KEATS TO KICK OFF IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL! (4) | Undevilled (as a tabloid headline): SINN FEIN BANKS ON YEATS TO KICK OFF IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL! | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| January 2022 | UNDERGROUND | How to get to Victoria’s Secret? (11) | DD/CD | 1 | 81.5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 41 | 0.5 | |||||
| July 2021 | MACARONI | A man oddly chic or affected? (8) | Anagram &lit: A-MAN-C(h)I(c)-OR* | 6 | 30 | 2 | 3 |