Clues by V. Dixon in 2000-2001
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515    All clues by V. Dixon  |   2000-2001 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1476LIGNIPERDOUSVHCConfused doping rule is damaging Oaks, etcanag.; ref. horseracing
1480SAMARITANFirstA Saint Martin, cutting coat with foil or such, possibly?anag. less tin, & lit.; ref. St M. of Tours, usually portrayed cutting his coat with a sword to give part to a man in need
1485BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)VHCFreak realignment of almost all Footsie 100 emerges from obscure upset in stock marketanag. less e; anag. less C
1494MARATHONVHCIn this one quick earlier on gets miles ahead (like you, doing the fifteen hundred?)m + a + rath + on, & lit.; ref. AZ series
1500GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)VHCCrazy person near heart of ‘vessel’ encapsulates the perfect answerBUGITSS; it in bug (ve)ss(el)
1502RAPPELVHCCall to fight crime exercises Left; hanging most wouldn’t considerrap PE l, 2 defs.
1506BARE(-)BONESVHCBlack, little? Drunken, as on beer? They often remain articulate after dissolutionb + anag.; Black, Little, Drunken, all names of parliaments
1515SNIDEVHCDishonest, deviously venting a good deal of hostilityanag. less host, & lit.

HCs awarded in competitions:

1467 CANAPÉ
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1489 FRONT-BENCHER
1492 The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)
1511 DEEP-SEATED