Clues by Dr E. Young in 2009-2010
Azed competitions from 1940 to 1988 All clues by Dr E. Young | 2009-2010 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1940 to 1988 All clues by Dr E. Young | 2009-2010 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr E. Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 40 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1945 | PRISON | VHC | Reading for Oscar, put away? | poison (vb) with r(eading) for o, & lit.; put away = kill, imprison; ref. O. Wilde, ‘Reading Gaol’ |
1967 | SUBORDINATELY | VHC | Yank used Tony Blair so? | anag. & lit.; ref. G. W. Bush |
1988 | PERIQUE | VHC | Repair re-equips cut fuel pipe in US with plug of this? | anag. less s; ref. Gulf oil spill |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1949 PALFRENIER
1953 TRAUMA (misprint of T) (Misprints)
1958 HANGDOG
1960 NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)
1979 FAR-OUT
1984 ORWEL(L)IAN (Doublethink)