Competition clues by John Hood
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John Hood has 33 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 5 | 14.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | Smallish bird box leads to robin's occupancy whilst outsize cuckoo can't start to interfere with it | def=smallish bird SPAR=box R(obin's) O(ccupancy) W(hilst) / def=outsize (CAN'T I(nterfere) IT)* anagrind=cuckoo | 9 | 17 | 0 | |
| November 2023 | WASHINGTON | Nothing was amiss in this state | (NOTHING WAS)* | 10 | 15.5 | 4 | |
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | Die unexpectedly, leaving bewildered widow shuffling a massive array of documents | [DIE]* (anagrind unexpectedly) removed from [BEWILDERED WIDOW]* (anagrind shuffling) | 1 | 60.5 | 2 | 4 |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Leader of group hated for corruption | &lit – G(roup) (HATED FOR)* | 3 | 35 | 1 | 4 |
| March 2023 | PANDEMIC | Criticise heads of dangerous explorative medicine in China for widespread disease | PAN + first letters D E M I C | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| February 2023 | DIMPLES | Gloomy, disturbed sleep, short of energy – these are signs of depression | DIM (SLEEP -E)* | 4 | 35.5 | 1 | 3 |
| January 2023 | METROPOLIS | Railway buff spends final hour in capital city | METRO + POLISH – H | 3 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 5 | 9.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2022 | BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left) | Bishop spread glue to bag pigeon in back of minster. | B + GLUE* def = to bag / HOME (=in) + (minste)R def=pigeon | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | 1 |
| October 2022 | HOOVER | Beginning to orbit, float around in a vacuum | O(rbit) with HOVER (=float) around | 2 | 30.5 | 3 | 1 |
| August 2022 | CURIOSITY | Wanton promiscuity abandoned by errant PM – this is remarkable! | (PROMISCUITY – PM)* | 3 | 42.5 | 1 | 6 |
| March 2022 | SUMMER | Adder venom finally treated with serum | [(veno)M SERUM]* def adder=summer | 4 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 9 | 7.5 | |||||
| October 2021 | YO-YO | Synonym of regularly coming and going | (s)Y(n)O(n)Y(m) O(f) &lit | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 4 |
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Itinerant does initially spend a couple of years wandering | [DOES S(pend) Y Y]* anagrind = itinerant def = wandering | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | New Orleans KFC breakfast? | (ORLEANS KFC)* | 2 | 56 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 8 | 7 | |||||
| July 2020 | CAESAREAN | Australia's opener occupying crease undone by an incisive delivery | A(ustralia) inside (CREASE)* anagrind=undone + AN def=incisive delivery | 1 | 78.5 | 1 | 2 |
| February 2020 | ATONEMENT | Satisfaction is getting out of dilapidated maisonette | Anagram of (MAISONETTE – IS). Def=satisfaction. | 4 | 27.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 21 | 3 | |||||
| September 2019 | ASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Cheshire Council hasten a Crewe cycling facility | Cheshire Council has ten acre waste recycling facility | 3 | 33 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 25 | 1 | |||||
| April 2018 | SOLITAIRE | American card game's confusing to Israeli | TO ISRAELI * | 5 | 34.5 | 2 | |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 31 | 1 | |||||
| October 2017 | EQUIPOISE | Maintain balance to provide for one moving between French banks | Equip + Oise (French river) | 10 | 17.5 | 1 | 1 |
| February 2017 | FURPHY | Harbouring a degree of sourness, vengeful woman creates rumour | PH inside FURY | 6 | 21.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| November 2015 | LOCK STOCK AND BARREL | Twisting set back rock and roll completely | Chubby Checker's legacy? Def=completely. (SET BACK ROCK AND ROLL)* anagrind=twisting | 8 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 12 | 5.5 | |||||
| February 2013 | SPIDERMAN | Missing top of roof, reprimands shoddy construction worker | REPRIMANDS – R(oof) * | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| January 2013 | PIPSQUEAK | Contemptible person's clever remarks point to Spooner | QUIPS (clever remarks)+ PEAK (point) to Spooner = PIPS QUEAK | 1 | 49 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 Annual Competition | 32 | 1 | |||||
| Olympic/Paralympic Challenge 2012 | DIALOGUE, MONSTER, SCHOOL (DLM) | Team GB exchange dud goalie for very large oarsmen to train in those cool shirts | ..ud goalie, def = exchange / ..rsmen to, def = very large / cool sh.. def = train | 8 | 21 | 0 | |
| July 2012 | JUSQU'AUBOUTISTE | Maybe one going down with Titanic dancing subaqueous jitterbug after striking wretched berg | striking=deleting so (SUBAQUEOUS JITTERBUG)* – (BERG)* | 8 | 27.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 Annual Competition | 27 | 2 | |||||
| January 2011 | DUVET DAY | Evade duty at work – term for employee not going in? | &lit: (EVADE DUTY)* minus employe(E) | 4 | 35 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 13 | 5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2010 | NATIVITY (Letters Latent) | Titian very easily painted stable scene | LL='Y': (TITIAN V)* : def='painted stable scene' | 4 | 25.5 | 0 | 4 |
| March 2010 | MONEY (CLASS) (Wrong Number) | Form one youngster pockets cash | for(M ONE Y)oungster : form | 3 | 25.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 6 | 9 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2009 | CRIMBO (Misprints) | Mary's first in manger of mule | 'M' in CRIB + O(f) … def = YULE | 1 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| April 2009 | MOONSHINE (Letters Latent) | It's still produced illegally – and could be in me soon! | (LL=H) anagram of "IN ME SOON" = MOONSINE / def moonshine, illicit spirit produced in a still | 6 | 26.5 | 0 | 3 |
| March 2009 | FIRST AID | A potential life-saver is adrift at sea | simple anagram of "is adrift" | 3 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 |
| January 2009 | TOKAY | Wine's extremely tasty when eating cheese. | extremely tasty = T…Y, containing OKA (a Canadian smoked cheese) | 6 | 26.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 13 | 4 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2008 | CRACKER / VINTAGE (Right & Left) | I get Van playing classic Coltrane creation – for which credit goes to clarinetist | Anagram "I get Van" = vintage (= classic). Coltrane (Robbie, not John) creation is TV detective Cracker .. clued as CR (credit) + ACKER (Bilk, famous jazz clarinetist) | 2 | 47 | 0 | 4 |