Clues by C. A. Clarke in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463    All clues by C. A. Clarke  |   1999-2000 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1415MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)VHCGive a gas/p when central heating is fixed promptly 
1419SPLODGESecondGood-for-nothing poodles being incontinent – this could be the result!anag. with g for 0, & lit.
1428CRICETIDVHCConservative right in charge – upset veteran saying, ‘It’s lemming-like’C r i/c + dite (rev.)
1433NEANDERTHALVHCReactionary heartland in revolt following bill abolishing foremost of blood-sportsne(b) + anag.
1437MISTLETOEVHCA seasonal excuse for ‘Brief Encounter’? A film on old-fashioned restraint, love and the essential character of the Englishmist + let2 + 0 + E
1450PRETENDANTVHCNot quite fair about Ken, polled ahead of Dobson and Norris initially, being a candidate(K)en + D a N in prett(y); ref. London mayoralty
1459GREATEST (Spoonerisms)VHCPest of the back street gang not half mixed upbest … pack; anag. incl. ga(ng)
1463REVERSIONALVHCRecurrent source of violence in Sierra Leone, endlessly in turmoilv in anag. less e

HCs awarded in competitions:

1424 HEIST
1439 JOHN CANOE
1441 Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM