Competition clues by Steve Hicks
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Steve Hicks has 10 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 20 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | PANDEMIC | Caught by people, initially made in bats? | &lit. Anagram: C (caught by) + P (people, initially) + MADE IN. Anagrind=bats | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 5 | 9.5 | |||||
| November 2022 | PAPILLON | Arranged op left recurring pain in canine | Anag OP LL (left recurring) PAIN. Def: canine | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| September 2022 | CHARLES THE THIRD | Strange? Him? Hardly! He'd regularly chat with trees! | &lit. anag(.I.H.R.L.H.D CHAT + TREES). Strange = anagrind. Reference to Charles famously talking to plants. | 3 | 37 | 3 | 2 |
| August 2022 | CURIOSITY | Is Batty with City, United or one of the Rovers? | anag(IS + CITY U OR). United=U, Batty=anagrind. Def: Curiosity is one of NASA's Mars Rovers. Ref: former Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United footballer, David Batty. | 7 | 27 | 2 | 2 |
| July 2022 | MERCHANT | Narc gets mixed up with meth dealer | Anag NARC+METH. Def: dealer | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
| February 2022 | DOLCE VITA | Spoilt monarch regularly lived a bit of this | &lit. anag(.O.A.C. LIVED T) | 9 | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 5 | 10.5 | |||||
| September 2021 | CICERONE | A shower around noon regularly interrupted recce I organised | Def: A shower around (i.e. someone who shows people around). nOoN inside anag(RECCE I). recce=reconnaissance (military slang) | 5 | 29 | 1 | 6 |
| March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | Crazy folk near South Carolina? | &lit. anagram(FOLK NEAR+SC). Def(Chambers): A crazy or silly person (US sl) [plural] | 1 | 58 | 2 | 4 |
| February 2021 | WETLANDS | In front of square, openers for England, Tavaré and Luckhurst, caught by Rod Marsh | Def=Marsh. ETL (openers for…) inside WAND (Rod) in front of S (square) Ref. Australian wicketkeeper Rod Marsh. | 6 | 35.5 | 2 | 3 |
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | Leaders of Denmark, Iceland, Serbia: they are female, female and female | Definition = female. Initial letters. The Prime Ministers of those three countries are women. | 2 | 49 | 2 | 6 |