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Competition clues by Teyrnon Powell

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Teyrnon Powell has 11 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2021 Annual Competition410.5  
November 2021SOUSAPHONEHow do you make oompahs ensue? Play ’em with thisComp. anag. & lit. 'OOMPAHS ENSUE' = EM SOUSAPHONE628.52  2 
 
2020 Annual Competition87  
November 2020SUBMARINECraft (remains principally under briny)*(REMAINS U B) & lit.340.51  4 
October 2020GLORIAA Song of Praise missing in original broadcastORIG(-in)AL*245.51 
 
2016 Annual Competition300.5  
May 2016DISMAYEDI'm 'sorry', 'gutted', 'dead upset'I'M S()Y, DEAD: anagram + 3 self-ref. defs821.52  1 
 
2015 Annual Competition88  
September 2015SOUNDERFaster US drone being developed?anagram; sounder = faster (re. sleep)335.52  5 
June 2015PARLEYVOOPaolo? Very unusual name for a Frenchmananagram + definition1611  2 
 
2014 Annual Competition253  
Christmas Special 2014MOUSETRAP / HERMITAGE (Right & Left)Three Magi on the move for holy refuge fashion route-map with star’s lead – finding Subject of much-played drama.THREEMAGI* ; *ROUTEMAP,S (ref. ‘The Mousetrap’).4230  5 
November 2014BRIDEWELLWith red bill, European migratory bird (once found by the Thames)(w red bill E)*. Ref. C.: migratory=wandering, bird=prison. Its grounds extended to the Thames.5211  1 
 
2012 Annual Competition164  
February 2012BISSEXTILEI belt sixes all over the place in Twenty20, maybe?anag.; (cricket)2502  4 
 
2009 Annual Competition253  
July 2009MENO (Printer’s Devilry)Is free dough reason to fight for?Is freedom enough reason to fight for?3400  3 
 
2008 Annual Competition340.5  
May 2008PHAT (Printer’s Devilry)Women reveal their toes in recent national surveyWomen reveal their top hates in recent national survey6270  4