Competition clues by Ed Hall
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Ed Hall has 8 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2022 Annual Competition | 11 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | WOODWARD | England coach who’s to blame for loss of Ashes? | Double def. Clive Woodward (World Cup winning rugby coach) and cryptic def (“who’s to blame for loss of Ashes?” (Ash trees) | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | Experiencing Nigella well might make ministers flustered | Experiencing Nigel Lawson yell might make ministers flustered (ref. previous chancellor of the exchequer and father of TV’s Nigella Lawson) | 3 | 33 | 4 | 2 |
| March 2022 | SUMMER | Worried mum’s right about pride ultimately; it comes before a fall (6) | Anagram of MUMS + R outside (prid)E. It comes before a fall (def, fall=autumn) | 3 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 |
| January 2022 | UNDERGROUND | Rude Northern German ordered drinks for all of us? Where’s mine? (11) | Anagram of RUDE + N (northern) + G (German), ROUND = drinks for all of us? “Where’s mine?” = definition (ref coal mine etc) | 6 | 36.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 12 | 6.5 | |||||
| November 2021 | SOUSAPHONE | Use a spoon when consuming hot liquid – and blow on it! (10) | Anagram of USE A SPOON + H (hot). Definition (blow on it!) | 1 | 55.5 | 2 | 6 |
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | You could make OK tv with this epic from Dostoyevsky (7) | OKTV + ODYSSEY can be anagrammed to make DOSTOYEVSKY | 5 | 36 | 2 | 2 |
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | Women’s work: cooking, for starters, then dusting furniture – as if! (7) | anag. of T(hen) D(usting) F(urniture) + AS IF | 10 | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| January 2010 | PALAVER | Yak's possible exodus from Nepal averted (7) | Hidden in NePAL AVERted, definition = yak | 7 | 31 | 0 | 2 |