Competition clues by Robert Vere
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Robert Vere has 13 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 24 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | WASHINGTON | Former president was nothing special | (was nothing)* | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 20 | 4.5 | |||||
| August 2021 | BIBLIOMANIA | I am in Bilbao madly collecting books | (I am in Bilbao)* | 2 | 43.5 | 2 | 1 |
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Everybody's Seychelles tour includes a long and eventful journey | hidden | 10 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| January 2020 | TWO-FACED | Duplicitous few do act badly | (few do act)* | 8 | 22.5 | 2 | |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 31 | 1 | |||||
| February 2019 | RAINBOW | Noah's arc? | Cryptic clue. A rainbow is circular and therefore an arc. From Genesis, the rainbow symbolized God's mercy and the covenant He made with Noah (representing mankind) not to destroy the world in such a way again. | 6 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| January 2019 | PINK | Rare colour | Cryptic definition | 10 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2015 | MARKET (SPONGE) (Wrong Number) | Where original maker finds excited taker | m + (taker)*, Taker=sponge | 10 | 15.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 Annual Competition | 19 | 4 | |||||
| April 2014 | MESMERISE (Letters Latent) | Hypnotise while I remember with partial recall | S: Def = Hypnotise; (memerie)< | 4 | 29.5 | 0 | 3 |
| March 2014 | EXCALIBUR | It was set in stone that former captain would receive burial at sea | Ex C burial* | 4 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 Annual Competition | 37 | 0.5 | |||||
| August 2013 | CRUMBS | A cry of dismay as scrum collapses upon ball's introduction | (b)all in scrum*. In rugby the scrum half "introduces" the ball into the scrum. | 7 | 41.5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 Annual Competition | 26 | 2 | |||||
| October 2012 | POSTICHE | Hairpiece itches terribly after initially putting on | p(utting) o(n) itches* | 8 | 26 | 3 | 2 |
| May 2012 | ROSBIF | French name for Englishman's order of ribs | definition=(French name for Englishman), link= (is), wordplay= (*of ribs*) | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| February 2012 | BISSEXTILE | I belt sixes all over the place in this year's additional one-day feature. | *I belt sixes* | 8 | 27.5 | 1 | 2 |