Clues by N. C. Dexter in 2000-2001
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 2000-2001 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 2000-2001 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. C. Dexter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | Davenport perhaps settles end of Championship with an ace? | anag.; ref. US tennis player |
| 1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | Gore leads in latest polls in US: I’d fancy it’s destroying Bush, perhaps | anag. incl. l, p |
| 1480 | SAMARITAN | VHC | Possibly a man at the end of his tether finally rings one | I in anag. incl. s, r, & lit. |
| 1485 | BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left) | VHC | With Footsie mostly unstable, one follows others playing a European exchange, beginning to barter Euros abroad | anag. less e; b + anag. |
| 1489 | FRONT-BENCHER | VHC | Name for Brown – the CE, New Labour, say | anag. of n for br the CE n, & lit; ref. Gordon B.; labour vb |
| 1494 | MARATHON | VHC | A run taking around a month possibly – for me! | a r in anag., & lit! |
| 1502 | RAPPEL | Second | A tense drop from parapet possibly with line | anag., less a t + l, & lit. |
| 1506 | BARE(-)BONES | VHC | We’d little breadth and are persons needing middle of doublet taken in | b in b are ones, & lit. |
| 1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Out fencing épée’s not normally so embedded | anag. in dated |
| 1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Like supposedly ‘silver-plated’ ware – thought mostly to be covered with tin? | Sn + ide(a) |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1500 GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)