Competition clues by Robin Gilbert
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Robin Gilbert has 11 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2019 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | PINK | The sound of a chaffinch at home in park | Def. Chambers (3). IN in PK | 8 | 24.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 35 | 0.5 | |||||
| February 2017 | FURPHY | "Fry-up contaminated with heroin, it’s alleged" (The Australian) | (FRYUP + H(eroin))*. | 8 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 20 | 3 | |||||
| February 2015 | RED-HOT | In demure dhoti, yet dead sexy | Hidden | 3 | 24 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 31 | 2.5 | |||||
| October 2014 | CLOSE | Breathless hush here – Colonel’s first to come to grief? | C(olonel) + LOSE. Ref. Newbolt’s Vitai Lampada: “There's a breathless hush in the Close tonight…the Colonel dead…” | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2014 | SHOESTRING | In Harlem petty criminal shot singer | SHOTSINGER* Def. "petty (U.S.)" (Chambers) | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 30 | 1 | |||||
| October 2013 | DOLMADES | Crazy about small portions? On the contrary, leaves stuffed | DOLES around MAD (not MAD around DOLES). In surface reading, “leaves” is a verb. | 5 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 26 | 1.5 | |||||
| July 2010 | PUG | Clay, the old pro – a boxer to beat! | Quadruple definition | 5 | 31.5 | 0 | 4 |
| January 2010 | PALAVER | Filet de rump à la Veronese? More like rabbit! | Hidden. Ref: pretentious & vacuous menuspeak; à la Veronese is a genuine style, however. | 8 | 30.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 29 | 1.5 | |||||
| August 2008 | RELAUNCH | On left, division as of old, if Brown goes. What PM’s pinning hopes on? | [RE+L(eft)+BRAUNCH-BR(own). "Braunch" = old sp. of "branch" = "division"] | 7 | 25.5 | 0 | 4 |
| May 2008 | PHAT (Printer’s Devilry) | Chastity belts stored in attic – a new twist to sex-war drama | Chastity belts stop hatred in Attica – new twist to sex-war drama (Ref. Aristophanes' play Lysistrata (in which wives withheld conjugal rights to stop their menfolk fighting).) | 8 | 16.5 | 0 | 4 |
| April 2008 | PHAT | At last, a pub that’s with it | AT following P(ublic)H(ouse) – abbrev. in Chambers Dict. of Crossword Abbrev. (cf, OS maps). Def: “that's with it” (ie, with sex appeal).] | 10 | 10 | 0 | |