Clues by D. F. Manley in 2007-2008
Azed competitions from 1836 to 1884 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2007-2008 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1836 to 1884 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2007-2008 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1836 | POSTHASTE | VHC | That’s so variable in turnaround of epistle! | anag. in Ep. (rev.), & lit. |
1840 | W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH (Letters Latent) | VHC | Presenter of versatile honeypot when … last of honey has gone! | anag. less y, & lit; ref. ‘a Useful Pot … for putting things in’ |
1845 | UPBRAID | VHC | ‘—— bad umpire, not me!’ – delivered in ‘Hairy’ fashion? | anag. less me, & lit.; ref. Darrell H. |
1856 | LITAS (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | A safe line won’t let anybody bel/t up – idly conceived plan must go | ref. Aesop’s fable ‘Belling the Cat’ |
1862 | UNALIKE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Hue’s central feature in a Klee expressing eccentricity – fantastic to see paint so! | two peas ain’t so; anag. incl. u less e; ref. Paul K. |
1866 | BINGE | VHC | Blind date departs to escape casual bedding | anag. less d d |
1875 | GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left) | VHC | Give exalted position to posh advocate of right – revolutionary goner shed a tear maybe in bowing out terminally | U prea(Che)r; hidden; ref. election of London mayor, C. Guevara |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1849 AUXESIS
1853 ANTIQUITARIAN
1858 HUMONGOUS
1879 LITTER BASKET
1884 FREELOADER