Competition clues by Dave Williams
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Dave Williams has 23 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 4 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | AMAZON | Who’ll deliver book of maps within a day? | A-Z inside A MON | 3 | 31.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 13 | 5.5 | |||||
| September 2023 | MUNGO | Pulled from loom, ungodly mass of fibres for reuse | hidden: loo(m ungo)dly | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| August 2023 | WALES | Here’s Barry with some beers | def=“Here’s Barry”; with=W, some beers=ALES | 8 | 20 | 0 | |
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | CERN-developed system drew low bid, we worried | *(DREW LOW BID WE) | 10 | 13.5 | 0 | 2 |
| January 2023 | METROPOLIS | Middle Eastern port sent back crude oil to southern city | Middle Eastern = ME; port sent back = TROP; crude oil = *OIL; southern = S. City = def. | 8 | 24.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 21 | 4.5 | |||||
| November 2022 | PAPILLON | Old man quietly sick over dog | PA + P + ILL + ON | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | Alex James with no brie? Fuck, that's horrible! | Alex James with no briefs on? Yuck, that's horrible! [notes: former Blur bassist is now a noted cheesemaker] | 4 | 32 | 2 | 4 |
| March 2022 | SUMMER | What precedes fall of Moscow’s leader: entering historic region | M inside SUMER. def: what precedes fall | 7 | 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 41 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2021 | TOERAG | Rascal Paddy’s first to be dropped from ‘Top Gear’ revamp | (TO[P]GEAR)* (ref. Paddy McGuinness, Top Gear presenter) | 6 | 39.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2020 | A Christmas List (Anagram) | Lobster/rocket panini, gin, shirts, jazz CDs, thermos. | 8 | 26 | 3 | 1 | |
| September 2020 | SEVEN (Printer’s Devilry) | Teachers hate parenting as much as you | Teachers hate parent(s even)ing as much as you | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| August 2020 | OXHEAD | Dope from old Times leader | O + × + HEAD; (def = dope) | 2 | 44 | 2 | 3 |
| June 2020 | THE YOUNG ONES | No-one got upset with the guys in this show | anag. *(NO-ONE + THE GUYS) | 9 | 21.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 30 | 0.5 | |||||
| April 2016 | LEONARDO DICAPRIO | Dreadful crap on radio – i.e. old film star (8,8) | anag *(crap on radio ie old); def = film star | 7 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| June 2015 | PARLEYVOO | Pay lover to get changed in front of old Frenchman | (paylover)* + O | 9 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 23 | 2.5 | |||||
| July 2010 | PUG | Dog track | 2 defs | 4 | 34.5 | 0 | 4 |
| April 2010 | GRAVE | Plot to dispose of the late leader of governing party. | Def = "Plot to dispose of the late"; G = "leader of 'governing'"; RAVE = "party" | 10 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 29 | 2 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2009 | CRIMBO (Misprints) | Dad to celebrate messiah's beginning in manger with love | Misprint=dad/day; M in CRIB, + O | 5 | 32.5 | 0 | 3 |
| September 2009 | BONES | A number can be found in bodies (not the heart) | N in BO[di]ES – that is, 'bodies' less the central letters. Oh, &lit… | 10 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| August 2009 | CABOOSE | Galley of unfinished book held in a tray of sorts | def.=galley, BOO=unfinished book; in CASE=(a compositor's) tray of sorts. Ref. typesetting/print. | 10 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 11 | 4.5 | |||||
| May 2008 | PHAT (Printer’s Devilry) | Tune to be played by human: go for trumpets | Tune to be played by Humph: a tango for trumpets | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| February 2008 | TETRA | Seconds from stifling Ken, Otto brazenly eats a fish | Explanation: 2nd letters of “stifling Ken, Otto brazenly eats”, + ref. the film “A Fish Called Wanda”, in which exactly that occurs... | 3 | 41 | 0 | 6 |
| January 2008 | MIRACLE | Email leaders of Roman church about possible grounds for canonization | anag. of EMAIL + R.C. | 5 | 30.5 | 0 | 6 |