Competition clues by Todd Konkel
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Todd Konkel has 11 clues
Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 23 | 2.5 |
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September 2023 | MUNGO | Recycled bits of used gabardine – old made new? | (UGOMN)*; &lit. Mungo can refer to the waste of tightly woven fabric such as gabardine (Chambers) or material made from such waste (Collins). | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
May 2023 | MACGUFFIN | What's initially used in novel for generating conflict – a Maltese falcon, perhaps? | (U I N F G C A M F)* (anagrind: perhaps) &lit. The falcon statuette serves as the MacGuffin in Dashiell Hammett's famous novel. | 8 | 23.5 | 2 | 1 |
March 2023 | PANDEMIC | Initially, pangolins and mice spread global disease | P + AND + (MICE)*; anagrind is "spread"; ref mice spreading bubonic plague, speculation that pangolins spread COVID-19 | 5 | 28.5 | 3 | 3 |
2022 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
October 2022 | HOOVER | Oh? As a cryptic clue, this sucks | As a cryptic clue for OH, HOOVER is poor ("sucks") for two reasons: 1) It consists only of wordplay, no definition; 2) The wordplay is problematic for those who object to such "lift and separate" clues (vice HO OVER). Also ref the action of a Hoover (and, in a potentially meta way, some voters' opinion of this contest entry!). | 7 | 24.5 | 2 | 1 |
2019 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
July 2019 | NEVER SAY DIE | Unsteady nerves always find rest in encouraging words | (NERVES)* + AY (always) + DIE (find rest) | 9 | 16.5 | 3 | |
2017 Annual Competition | 35 | 0.5 | |||||
January 2017 | CASHMERE | Fine wool used to alter hems with care | (HEMS + CARE)* | 7 | 19.5 | 2 | 1 |
2016 Annual Competition | 13 | 5 | |||||
May 2016 | DISMAYED | Yes, Dad, I'm confused and afraid | anagram of (YES DAD IM) | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
March 2016 | IMARI (Printer’s Devilry) | Clinton unfazed by pressure to win nomination | Clinton unfazed by primaries, sure to win nomination | 2 | 64.5 | 3 | 4 |
January 2016 | PLAIN-JANE | Out in the open, Tarzan's gal appears quite ordinary. | Out in the open = plain; Tarzan's gal = Jane. | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
2015 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
May 2015 | MARKET (SPONGE) (Wrong Number) | Suffering net loss, drunk tentmaker leaves bazaar | (TENTMAKER)* – NET; drunk (n.) | 7 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
2014 Annual Competition | 43 | 0.5 | |||||
World Cup Special 2014 | Any 8-letter “PEN” word (Penalty Shoot-out) | Messi's mixed up in dodgy sex payments | EXPENSES/EXMISSSES: Def = "payments"; (MESSIS)* in (SEX)* = EX(MISSSE)S. Not so for Argentina's Golden Boy? Just give him time… | 6 | 22.5 | 1 | 2 |