Clues by D. F. Manley in 1985-1986
Azed competitions from 683 to 731 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1985-1986 Honours list
Azed competitions from 683 to 731 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1985-1986 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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683 | BANISH | VHC | Exile? Riverside situation curtailed his playing | ban(k) + anag.; ref. Ps. 137: 1-4 |
688 | CUCURBITAL | VHC | A wondrously built coach disintegrates, becoming only ——? O how sad! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Cinderella |
692 | FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number) | VHC | One to stick in front of fire and offer around shreds of unlit shag? | stick; I in f + bid (rev.) + u s, & lit. |
696 | ANTIMNEMONIC | VHC | Such as would undo a man omniscient? | comp. anag. & lit. |
701 | BALUSTRADE | VHC | What’ll you find flanking bridge? A true dab’s bit of logodaedalic puzzling | anag. incl. l; ref. Reece / Azed in Observer ! |
705 | MUSICOTHERAPY | VHC | This cure Op. may work | anag. & lit. |
709 | GINGER | VHC | Geneva unusually good, having cast one American in co-starring role with red head | gin + ge(a)r |
714 | MOTE | First | Perceive what is within you rather than one in brother | mate with o for a, & lit.; ref. Luke 6:41 |
722 | SUPERNACULUM | First | Until disposal is 100% effective unending nuclear rumpus will brew | anag. less r; ref. Sellafield, etc. |
731 | STRING | VHC | Put King in pain | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
712 PANTOMIME HORSE
718 FLO(GG)IN(G) (Letters Latent)
727 WELL-TO-DO