Competition clues by Phil Stephenson
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Phil Stephenson has 15 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 4 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | CONSTITUTION | Law of nature | DD | 3 | 30.5 | 0 | 1 |
| August 2024 | BLACKMAIL | Trouble in pursuit of dirty money? | black, M, ail & lit. | 4 | 28.5 | 1 | 1 |
| March 2024 | ANTHONY | 'Doctor Thorne', a plot only from ——— Trollope novel | Comp. anag. & lit. [Thorne a plot only]* = Anthony Trollope. Ref. 1858 Anthony T. novel, Doctor Thorne. | 4 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2024 | AMAZON | A jungle that's cut down regularly? | A, maz(e), (d)o(w)n & lit. | 1 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 7 | 11.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | Ginger cat in it creates huge bird box disturbance | [cat in it]* ginger vb; spar + row | 10 | 16.5 | 2 | 1 |
| November 2023 | WASHINGTON | Tense inside showing an agitated state? | t in [showing an]* | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| October 2023 | GRANGER | Farm manager in big Range Rover | bi(g Range R)over | 1 | 44.5 | 1 | 1 |
| August 2023 | WALES | Primarily, where are literary eisteddfods staged? | First letters &lit. | 6 | 20.5 | 3 | 1 |
| May 2023 | MACGUFFIN | Humbug in cinema possibly, with importance ultimately ignored? | guff in [cin(e)ma]* &lit.; Humbug = pretence. | 5 | 28 | 0 | |
| February 2023 | DIMPLES | Unsettled spell mostly following cloudy depressions | spel(l)* after dim | 2 | 42 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 8 | 9 | |||||
| October 2022 | HOOVER | He once eradicated organized vice rings, their leaders getting busted | Anag. of first letters & lit.; ref. J. Edgar H, FBI. | 9 | 19.5 | 3 | |
| July 2022 | MERCHANT | Perhaps Antonio is this richest man in play? | Comp. anag. [is merchant] = [richest man]* ref. M. of Venice | 2 | 39 | 2 | 1 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | Rambling in thistles you may catch Barbour jacket | Rambling in thistles you may catch barbs on your jacket | 8 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| February 2022 | DOLCE VITA | It's lived at banks of Como lavishly | lived at C[om]o anagram & lit. | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 25 | 3 | |||||
| June 2021 | NELSON / PRINCE (Right & Left) | Epic struggles with Royal Navy, historic leader who made Napoleon's sides lose at sea? | PRINCE/NELSON. anag. inc. RN/anag. inc. N,n & lit. | 3 | 39.5 | 3 | 5 |