Clues by J. F. Grimshaw in 1990-1991
Azed competitions from 943 to 991 All clues by J. F. Grimshaw | 1990-1991 Honours list
Azed competitions from 943 to 991 All clues by J. F. Grimshaw | 1990-1991 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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J. F. Grimshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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947 | SHOULDER-SLIP | VHC | Holds universal joint with pliers and monkey wrench | anag. of holds U pliers |
969 | BUNTER | VHC | Slimmer? Remove are putting it as a little unlikely! | u for a in banter, & lit.; Bunter ‘The Owl of the Remove’; see banting |
972 | Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram) | VHC | Nobbut infernal hat catalogue, eh? | |
974 | AVANT-PROPOS | VHC | ‘A volume needs one present in earliest part’… that’s well got over! | a v an + pr. in top + so (rev.), & lit. |
982 | ALMANAC | VHC | Date container?… Fruit tin? … Both terms are in circulation | amla (rev.) + can (rev.) |
987 | IRON CURTAIN | VHC | Action in R.U.R. represented metal men engaged in dramatic flare-up | anag.; ref. Čapek play about robots |
HCs awarded in competitions:
943 BARAGOUIN
952 STAR (Spoonerisms)
965 EARBASH def. NECKLET (Wrong Number)
991 BRASH (or BRUSH)