Clues by E. J. Burge in 1980-1981
Azed competitions from 423 to 469 All clues by E. J. Burge | 1980-1981 Honours list
Azed competitions from 423 to 469 All clues by E. J. Burge | 1980-1981 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. J. Burge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | ACCOUTRE | VHC | It’s extravagant and beneath amateur cricket club to equip with helmets, etc | A CC + outré |
| 426 | MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) | VHC | Taking up the garden path for ‘crazy’ conversion, man digs vestiges of lawn in | anag. incl. l i; ref. crazy paving |
| 439 | LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What are secretaries at? Tending to fi/nd typing jobs in offices | |
| 443 | STEEPLECROWN | VHC | Truncated Welsh cornet in fashion round top of eisteddfod participant’s head? | e p in anag. incl. Wels(h), & lit. |
| 447 | URTICARIA / APOGRAPHS (Right and Left) | VHC | ‘ “Hurricane” missing first and last two in frame, with a tie not quite done up, gets rash’ prints a posh rag page (sporting) | anag. of (H)urrica(ne) a ti(e); anag. incl. p; ref. ‘H.’ Higgins, snooker player preferring open neck |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | VHC | Found wanting in ‘public relations,’ printers missed out (chapel’s belief) | anag. less PR |
| 456 | BALADINE | VHC | To get a meal from the edge of the lake – quack! (calling for a feed?) | Bala + dine; charlatan |
| 460 | SWOOP | VHC | Circle in suddenly – in descent (of course) | O in swop, & lit.; swop adv.; down word |
HCs awarded in competitions:
430 TEGULA
434 JARDINIÈRE
454 CHRISTMAS BOX
464 SIMKIN
469 APLUSTRE