The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

Competition clues by Simon Bates

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Simon Bates has 6 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2012 Annual Competition321  
February 2012BISSEXTILELike Nineteen Eighty-Four, say, book is spinning lies about former timeB + IS + LIES* about (EX + T); adj., like a leap year (e.g. 1984).728.50  1 
January 2012PERCHSettle back in House of Commons on opening of parliament[ HC + RE + P(arliament) ] rev.921.50  1 
 
2011 Annual Competition165  
November 2011DEGRINGOLADEGod, Eden and a girl's diabolical fall(GOD EDEN A GIRL)*2425  3 
October 2011MOCKTAIL (New Chambers Word)I'm for Coke — that I'll regularly drink (having no alcohol)Alternate letters (regularly) in: iMfOrCoKeThAtIlL.822.52  2 
March 2011SPRINGTIMERe-emergence of prime nights when hour lost (10)PRIMENIGHTS(-H)*; &lit.9151  2 
 
2010 Annual Competition360.5  
June 2010Any “Double” Word (6 or more letters) (A Game of Two Halves)Tackle tackler hard from behind (6)TESTES: tackler: set rev1017.50  2