Clues by C. G. Millin in 1981-1982
Azed competitions from 473 to 525    All clues by C. G. Millin  |   1981-1982 Honours list
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C. G. Millin100469
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
473HERRING-BONEFirstLike a walk up a ski-slope – hard to take without backslidingerring in H bone; bone = steal
482*BODY-SNATCHERVHCI disturb church yard bones, a short time interredt in anag. incl. Ch, & lit.
486JUMPED-UPVHCJudge ’urried into court, having only just made itJ + ’umped + up
504SIMMENTHALERVHCSources of meat and milk, in Switzerland initially – leather too, possiblyanag. incl. m m in S, & lit.
506ELANET (Printer’s Devilry)VHCRiddle: What distresses a dams/on crop?dis-tresses
513ETYMOLOGICONVHCHaving no C, my source of true English around, I go and look up another dictionaryI go lo in no C my t E, all rev.; C = Chambers

HCs awarded in competitions:

478 BIBLIOPEGIST
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT
495 CACOETHES
508 POSTURE-MAKER
517 IMMORTELLE
525 PABOUCHE

* Competition excluded from annual honours