Competition clues by Vinod Raman
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Vinod Raman has 26 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 10 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | The net bowler we did arrange to take wickets (5,4,3) | Def: The net, BOWLERWEDID* [arrange (as an intransitive verb) is the anagrind], wickets=W | 4 | 22.5 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2023 | MACGUFFIN | Refined a fun CGI film by removing extremely illogical plot device (9) | Def: plot device, Anagrind: Refined, extremely illogical: IL, AFUNCGIFILM* – IL | 4 | 38.5 | 1 | |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Leader of gang hated for evil? (9) | &Lit; Leader of gang=G, HATEDFOR*, "evil" is the anagrind | 3 | 35 | 4 | 2 |
| February 2023 | DIMPLES | Model smiled with soft, attractive facial features | SMILED* (Model is the anagrind) with P; def: attractive facial features | 5 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 4 | 11.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2022 | BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left) | Legendary Greek chap more excited after hot girl applied lube around protuberance | HOMER – Def: Legendary Greek chap, MORE* after H BULGE – Def: protuberance, LUBE* around G | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| November 2022 | PAPILLON | Little dog (leader of pack) endlessly galloping around (8) | Def: Little dog, leader of pack: P, endlessly galloping around: ALLOPIN* | 6 | 25.5 | 2 | 1 |
| October 2022 | HOOVER | Leads from Harvey Oswald finished an American president (6) | In the surface, "Leads" means bullets. In the cryptic reading, "Leads" means the 1st letters of Harvey OSwald. Leads from Harvey Oswald: HO, finished: OVER, def: an American president | 4 | 26.5 | 2 | 1 |
| September 2022 | CHARLES THE THIRD | Funnily, old Thatcher's "heir" has no love for royalty (7,3,5) | Reference to Liz Truss' (who's touted as Margaret Thatcher's heir) dislike for the British monarchy. OLDTHATCHERSHEIR* – O, "funnily" is the anagrind, "royalty" is the definition | 10 | 25.5 | 1 | 1 |
| August 2022 | CURIOSITY | In a way, it is your initiation to cognition (9) | &Lit, "In a way" is the anagram indicator, (it is your C)* | 6 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| June 2022 | WOODWARD | Forest officer's court battle to occupy vacant dryland (8) | Def: Forest officer; court=WOO, battle=WAR, vacant dryland=DD | 5 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| April 2022 | REMOTE CONTROL | Without a role, no actor met troubled TV director (6,7) | Def:"TV director", anagram indicator:"troubled", ROLENOACTORMET* without A | 4 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 35 | 1.5 | |||||
| September 2021 | CICERONE | Perhaps concierge's no good as a guide (8) | CONCIERGE* minus G, def:GUIDE | 7 | 21.5 | 3 | 2 |
| May 2021 | TOERAG | Despicable person misbehaving at orgies is kicked out (6) | Def: Despicable person, Anagrind: misbehaving, Anagram Fodder: (at orgies – is)* | 5 | 40 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 33 | 1 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2020 | A Christmas List (Anagram) | Gin, Mini-Pretzels, Borscht, Orzo, Shirts and Jackets | 9 | 25.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| August 2020 | OXHEAD | Foolish ex had admitted love for an idiot | Foolish ex had admitted love = EXHAD* around O; Def: an idiot | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 33 | 0.5 | |||||
| September 2018 | JOANNA LUMLEY | Actor Jack's remake of "A lonely man (U)" (6,6) | Def:Actor. J + (A LONELY MAN U)*. Reference to actor Jack Palance in the 1957 movie, The lonely man | 10 | 18.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 30 | 0.5 | |||||
| April 2016 | LEONARDO DICAPRIO | A poor lad denied his Oscar – terribly sad he's this actor | Composite anagram &Lit: (A poor lad denied his Oscar)* = (sad he's + Leonardo DiCaprio)*, "this actor" being the definition | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 37 | 0.5 | |||||
| September 2013 | LION-HEART | Hero left antihero reeling (4-5) | L+antihero*; Def:Hero | 7 | 27.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 2012 Annual Competition | 38 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2012 | ROSBIF | Forbids criminal to dump dead Englishman in France? (6) | Forbids* – d (Def:Englishman in France;'criminal' being the anagrind, dead=d) | 6 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 31 | 1 | |||||
| May 2010 | VOLCANIC ASHES | Flying lava inches so alarmingly across the top of clouds to form these! | (LAVA INCHES SO)* across C | 9 | 23.5 | 0 | 2 |
| February 2010 | BABUSHKA | ABBA has UK rocking, not a top band? (8) | Def: top band?; (ABBA has UK)* minus A | 8 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 Annual Competition | 13 | 5.5 | |||||
| September 2009 | BONES | Remains of a corpse nobody picked up? (5) | Reverse containment corpSE NOBody, &Lit | 2 | 36.5 | 0 | 3 |
| July 2009 | MENO (Printer’s Devilry) | What's in a national identity? | What's in a name? Notional identity? (naME NOtional) | 6 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| April 2009 | MOONSHINE (Letters Latent) | Liquor smuggled in shoe, no rum! | Def: Liquor smuggled, LL: M, OONSHINE=inshoeno*, rum being the anagram indicator | 9 | 22 | 0 | |
| March 2009 | FIRST AID | Airlifts at sea – 50 left, 500 taken for emergency treatment | Airlifts* – L + D, Defn: Emergency treatment | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 Annual Competition | 18 | 3 | |||||
| October 2008 | DOOLALLY (Misprints) | Dad, loyal old drunk | Dad, a misprint of Mad; loyalold* | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2 |