Clues by J. R. Tozer in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by J. R. Tozer | 1999-2000 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by J. R. Tozer | 1999-2000 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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J. R. Tozer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1424 | HEIST | VHC | Thé dansant is held: a caper involving tea leaves? | is in anag.; rhyming slang for thieves |
1428 | CRICETID | VHC | Scatter rodenticide about and have done with me? | comp. anag. incl. c, & lit. |
1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | First | Puzzle consisted of one bug after another | flummox / wasp; flu + was pox |
1446 | NEWSPAPERDOM | VHC | Mad with pen-power, Sun disgraces it? | anag. incl. S, & lit. |
1450 | PRETENDANT | VHC | Soft and tender you’ll find me, perchance, / If you’ve time for a spot of dalliance | p + anag. with t for d, & lit. |
1454 | GET-UP | VHC | Weeds in the earth old Hodge turned | Ge + put (rev.); see putt3 |
1459 | GREATEST (Spoonerisms) | VHC | My host integrates stranger not at home | highmost; anag. less in |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1415 MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)
1419 SPLODGE
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1437 MISTLETOE
1463 REVERSIONAL