Competition Clues by F. R. Palmer in 1996-1997

Clues by F. R. Palmer in 1996-1997
Azed competitions from 1260 to 1307 All clues by F. R. Palmer | 1996-1997 Honours list

	First Prizes	Second Prizes	Third Prizes	VHCs	HCs	Honours Position
F. R. Palmer	0	0	0	7	6	9

No.	Clue word	Award	Clue	Explanation
1268	ARGIE-BARGIE	VHC	Words are inadequate to embody the primordial features of God Immortal, God Invisible	GI, GI in are bare
1273	SIPOREX	VHC	Pornography containing elements of indecency and prurience or ‘artistic’ material?	i, p or in sex
1281	ABLUTOMANE	VHC	Soap freak, one of many almost completely captivated by Sky?	a + to man(y) in blue
1286	CHALET	VHC	Country house with no running water plugged by the French, or one found in Switzerland on a lease?	le in chat(eau), a in CH let, & lit.
1294	TRANSENNA	VHC	You’ll find this shroud is one to be arranged round a saint’s shrine	comp. anag. incl. I, & lit.; shroud = screen
1300	OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)	VHC	Beef with destination Germany – too manifest a representative of lost causes?	to; ox for D; ref. M. Arnold: ‘Home of lost causes’
1307	AGILE (Spoonerisms)	VHC	‘My bowl is empty, gimme another ladleful.’ ‘First helpings only, Twist.’	mobile; anag. of first letters

HCs awarded in competitions:

1260 OUT-AND-OUT
1264 TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)
1277 NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)
1284 STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)
1290 NITERIE
1303 PONIARD