Clues by C. R. Gumbrell in 1994-1995
Azed competitions from 1152 to 1200 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1994-1995 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1152 to 1200 All clues by C. R. Gumbrell | 1994-1995 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. R. Gumbrell | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1152 | PARACETAMOL | Third | What might be given orally, one having felt upset inside? | ace + mat (rev.) in parol, & lit. |
| 1156 | TERPSICHOREAN | VHC | So one might dub the Twist novel re orphans etc Dickens’s second | anag. incl. i; ref. ‘Oliver Twist’ |
| 1161 | ADIAPHORON | VHC | A drop I, Noah, drunk – there’s no need to observe me | anag.; ref. Gen. 9:21-25 |
| 1169 | BLITHE / URSINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Having Baloo’s humour animated ruins ultimate character of ‘Jungle Book’, turning high tension in story merry | anag. + e; b + HT (rev.) in lie; ref. Disney’s treatment of Kipling |
| 1178 | BOOTLEG | Second | Cooper perhaps equal to Clay with good boxing until up-ended | to (rev.) in bole g; cooper2 |
| 1180 | COLD TURKEY | VHC | What’ll have one off coke and truly suffering? | anag. less an, & lit. |
| 1186 | GRISELDA | VHC | ‘Patience’ typified G & S: antiquity, in song, sent up | G + S eld in air (rev.); ref. opera |
| 1190 | DENARIUS | VHC | Sum earned vineyard labouring amounts to this d every man? | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Matthew 20, 1-10 |
| 1194 | DONET | Second | What introduced one to cases, and noted imperfect and perfect tense? | hidden, anag., done t, & lit. |
| 1200 | Nine letter word (C and T latent) (Letters Latent) | VHC | The leading part in England’s lies on Illy | SELE(CT)ION; anag. incl. E, & lit.; ref. R. Illingworth, nicknamed Illy |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1174 DINGLE-DANGLE