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CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2014 Annual Competition253  
August 2014EATANSWILLLabour win a seat ahead of Liberals in corrupt electionLabour – anagram indicator of: win a seat, ahead of – juxtaposition indicator of: Liberals (ll), corrupt election – definition433.52 
May 2014BINGLEBelgian fails to get a new hairdoBelgian (fodder), fails to get (deletion indicator) of 'a', new (anagrind), hairdo (definition)10142  3 
March 2014EXCALIBURA legendary brand of unknown quality, one hears (9)A legendary brand – definition, unknown (x) quality (calibre), one hears – homophone indicator of 'x' + 'calibre'7233  2 
 
2013 Annual Competition370.5  
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2013CROSSWORD / CENTENARY (Rhyming Couplet)Angry rumour? It's a puzzle you see –
 
Why so many centre on this anniversary
(Cryptic – Angry (cross) rumour (word), puzzle – definition) – (DLM – Why so m(any centre) on this anniversary – definition)1019.52  4