Competition clues by Martin Price
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Martin Price has 22 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2018 Annual Competition | 14 | 6.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | OPAL (Printer’s Devilry) | A foreign body entered intestine, causing a hostile reaction. | Undevilled version: A foreign body entered into Palestine, causing a hostile reaction. | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 |
| April 2018 | SOLITAIRE | Patience, for Trump, is a lot undone by anger. | Def (patience [card game] = solitaire in USA)/is a lot (anag) + ire = anger. | 7 | 26.5 | 3 | |
| February 2018 | DRUNKENNESS | Spooner's sister may get into a habit? But not this one, one would hope! | Nun can dress/def. | 4 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 17 | 4 | |||||
| November 2015 | LOCK STOCK AND BARREL | The constituents of Winchester, maybe, in its entirety. | Def x2. | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| August 2015 | CHESTERFIELD | See what you do, when your team's not in town? | See = Chester (bishopric)/what you do when your team's not in (ie not batting) = field/def. | 4 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| June 2015 | PARLEYVOO | Maybe Strauss-Kahn got lovey with a pro, in a tumble? | Def. ("a Frenchman")/anag. | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| March 2015 | DREAMBOAT | An ideal vessel in which to serve sauce for a tasty dish? | ideal = dream/vessel = boat (as in "gravy boat")/def. | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 5 | 9.5 | |||||
| November 2014 | BRIDEWELL | Nick's terse honeymoon message to concerned in-laws? | Def/bride [is] well. | 3 | 22.5 | 0 | 2 |
| World Cup Special 2014 | Any 8-letter “PEN” word (Penalty Shoot-out) | Shoot! Or, if Messi, run mazily. | Solution = "open fire": def/o + miss (for "pen") + fire – anag. | 3 | 23.5 | 1 | 3 |
| April 2014 | MESMERISE (Letters Latent) | My French, semi-garbled, is accompanied by English charm. | Latent letter: R. "Mes" + meis (anag.)+ E/def. | 3 | 32.5 | 1 | 6 |
| January 2014 | HOLMESIAN | Heinous, heartless Moriarty's in a hole, like his nemesis. | Anag (M[oriarty]'s + "in a hole")/def. | 8 | 25 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 30 | 1 | |||||
| May 2013 | MORGUE | Get stiff lying here, in a hotel room or guest house. | Def (stiff = corpse)/hidden. | 10 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| January 2013 | PIPSQUEAK | Spooner's cracks nettle nobody. | Pipsqueak = quips pique/def. | 8 | 20.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 Annual Competition | 38 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2012 | ROSBIF | "F——— Boris!" snarled a Brit to Sarko maybe contemptuously. | Anag/def (a contemptuous term for a Briton, as used by a Frenchman). | 8 | 25.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 Annual Competition | 9 | 7.5 | |||||
| September 2011 | CLANDESTINE | Underground leader leaves Bin Laden sect in disarray. | Def/anag of (B)in Laden sect. | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| March 2011 | SPRINGTIME | Season well, with herb, we're told. | Def/well = spring/thyme. | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 |
| February 2011 | SHERLOCK | Spotted dick in baker's treat, we hear? | Def (dick = detective/sherlock)/baker's treat = Baker Street. | 8 | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| November 2010 | PASTEBOARD | Material for book covers stuff directors are after. | Def. ("material for book covers")/stuff = defeat heavily = paste + directors = board. | 10 | 12.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 15 | 5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2009 | CRIMBO (Misprints) | Topless babe given small credit at first for time when mags appeared. | CR/(b)imbo/DEF – misprint is "mags" for "magi". | 8 | 28.5 | 0 | 1 |
| October 2009 | DUCKSHOVE | Short digger goes after love cheat down under. | Shove(l) after duck (="darling"/love….or "nil"/love)/def (= cheat in Oz/NZ). (Digger = Oz term of address). | 2 | 41.5 | 0 | 5 |
| August 2009 | CABOOSE | The last person in America to bring legal action about breast reduction. | Def. (caboose = "the one bringing up the rear" [US])/BOO(B) in CASE. | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 23 | 2 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2008 | CRACKER / VINTAGE (Right & Left) | In TV age stirring, classic crime series is a good 'un! | VINTAGE: anag/def = "classic" CRACKER: def x2 ("Cracker" – series starring Robbie Coltrane) | 4 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 |