Clues by D. F. Manley in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1999-2000 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by D. F. Manley | 1999-2000 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. F. Manley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Azed says, ‘Solving wo/e I swear I don’t want!’ | ref. AZ tie |
| 1419 | SPLODGE | VHC | Stainer’s legacy? Composition to disseminate gospel, based around Lord’s end | d in anag.; ref. John S.’s ‘Crucifixion’ |
| 1428 | CRICETID | Second | Comedian’s original food – one revealed in vacuous tabloid! | c + rice + I in t(abloi)d, & lit.; ref. ‘Sun’ headline, ‘Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster’ |
| 1437 | MISTLETOE | Second | New Morse title, Dexter’s last to emerge – get it for Christmas for a few smackers | anag. less r |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | I am the Lord of the Dance, Jesus Christ, a shortened ‘Xmas’ hiding my name | oh n in JC a Noe(l) |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Yule fare’s out of season in August | summery / flea; anag. |
| 1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Potential encroacher Tony sees Ken as, long keeping left-winger outside No. 10? | ten in red in pant; ref. T. Blair, K. Livingstone |
| 1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | After gallery’s opening see foremost of twentieth-century art works this one’s seemed to be a Dali | deemed to be as All; g + anag. incl. t |
| 1463 | REVERSIONAL | VHC | Serving an alienor possibly wanting arrangement for children’s ultimate gain | anag. less anag. incl. n, & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1424 HEIST
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1454 GET-UP