Clues by D. F. Manley in 2010-2011
Azed competitions from 1992 to 2040 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2010-2011 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1992 to 2040 All clues by D. F. Manley | 2010-2011 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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D. F. Manley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1992 | FOULARD | VHC | Square worn by the French – used by ID for one? | ID with la in four for I, & lit.; ref. Isadora Duncan |
1997 | FADO | VHC | Bar dance, ballad of suffering? | anag. less ball, & lit. |
2000 | TWO THOUSAND | Second | Wadham reunion’s toast? Name a sir with —— crackers | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ 2,000 lunch at W. College, Oxford |
2014 | HACKETTE | VHC | Wily —— could be Watt, cheekily dissembling | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Holly W. pretending to be constituent of V. Cable |
2023 | CHAMBRANLE | VHC | This stylish edging’s original? It could make hall’s chimneybreast exceptional | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
2027 | THRENETICAL | VHC | Woeful-sounding Lent, Rich Tea being abandoned | anag.; ref. giving up biscuits |
2031 | EMBROIDERY | VHC | A task ultimately beyond clumsy DIY robe maker? | anag. less a, k, & lit. |
2036 | AL CONTO | VHC | Offering consumer choice – a trick for saving pounds | L in a con to; ref. NHS policy etc |
2040 | EASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Maybe a change of mood Will com/mends for the whining schoolboy | ref. AYLI, ‘seven ages of man’ |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2006 GROAN (Spoonerisms)
2010 A COMING OF AGE
2012 BLOATING
2019 OVERAWE / HENOTIC (Right and Left)