Clues by V. Dixon in 2005-2006
Azed competitions from 1733 to 1779    All clues by V. Dixon  |   2005-2006 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1733PALESTRAVHCWhere you’ll see fencing and somersaulting skill masquerading as real PT?pales + art (rev.), anag., & lit.
1737ANIMUSVHCIt’s reverse of minute in Australia, about as before to take on ourselvesmin. (rev.) in AUS, a nim us, & lit.
1741LORD NELSONFirstElevated way above teeming Londoners, one who commands a tenacious hold.L2 + anag., lord + nelson, & lit.
1752MIDWINTERVHCYou’ll find reverse of soft with ‘earth … long ago’ in thisdim (rev.) + w + inter, & lit.; earth (obs.) = bury; ref. C. Rossetti carol, “… hard as iron”
1758BIMBETTEVHCBrainless, ingenuous miss, beautiful enough to turn everyone’s headsfirst letters & lit.
1762DUDDERYVHCUnsteady with age, but not old – rather welcoming university rags locally!doddery with U for o
1766GEST (Printer’s Devilry)VHCPublic protest in galle/ry by barbarians shouldn’t have been allowedref. rugby
1775ROUGH-AND-READYSecondLike ‘can belto’ tenors, say, producing disgust in Covent Garden, awe among someug in ROH + dread in any; Royal Opera House
1779NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)VHCOne you’ve seen bat lately, not previously one in our teambut; ne + I in we

HCs awarded in competitions:

1750 PLOUGHMAN
1771 PARTERRE