Competition clues by David McKie
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David McKie has 26 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2020 Annual Competition | 18 | 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | CAESAREAN | How one's delivered treatment of areas with acne? | AREAS ACNE (anag) | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| February 2020 | ATONEMENT | Getting caught, what one mentally should prepare for? | Hidden (indicator = getting caught) and lit? | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| January 2020 | TWO-FACED | Cat few do fancy, being cute one minute, vicious the next? | *CAT FEW DO | 4 | 30.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 2 | 18 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2018 | TURKEY (STONES) (Wrong Number) | UK try renegotiating with Europe? It's the pits, ratings-wise | UK TRY E (anag) – turkey as in ratings flop; pits | 6 | 27.5 | 1 | 4 |
| November 2018 | HUMMINGBIRD | Nectar drinker's busy knocking back a wee dram? | HUMMING + DRIB (rev, with ref to Scots usage) | 5 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| October 2018 | OPAL (Printer’s Devilry) | American tourists shot in Harrods | American tourists sh/op a l/ot in Harrods | 1 | 53 | 1 | 2 |
| September 2018 | JOANNA LUMLEY | Actress Una, jolly mean when riled? | *UNA JOLLY MEAN | 2 | 33.5 | 1 | |
| July 2018 | VINDALOO | Very popular spicy dish, regularly taken "to go"? | V + IN + DAL + O + O and lit | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| June 2018 | UNION | Growth painful without British in Europe, say? | (B)UNION | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| March 2018 | SEAWATER | Beginning of revolution saw English tea thrown into this? | R SAW E TEA (anag) and semi lit – with ref to Boston Tea Party 1773 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
| February 2018 | DRUNKENNESS | Red Ken's cavorting with nuns? This would explain it! | RED KENS NUNS (anag), and ref politician K.Livingstone (not I hasten to add known for such behaviour!) | 5 | 26.5 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2018 | ARGENT | Nice money to be had from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? | French word for money, hidden in guitAR GENTly | 9 | 19.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 3 | 18 | |||||
| November 2017 | FATHER-LASHER | Health fears spread about source of rotten fish | HEALTH FEARS (anag – spread about) + R | 1 | 65 | 1 | 2 |
| October 2017 | EQUIPOISE | Issue with Europe ultimately – nothing is in harmony? | O and IS in EQUIP + E; harmony def | 3 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| September 2017 | MAIDEN | Graduate study that bags one a first? | MA and DEN about I; a first = definition | 5 | 23.5 | 3 | 5 |
| August 2017 | HALFPENNY | Cheap beer? Every so often pregnancy follows! | HALF (pint) plus PENNY – adjectival meaning of little value | 2 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 |
| July 2017 | FIDDLER | Do right, like Nero? | FIDDLE + R | 10 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| March 2017 | TRUMPETER | I proclaim US President not entirely safe | TRUM(P) + PETER | 2 | 44 | 3 | 2 |
| January 2017 | CASHMERE | Woolly merchandise India's exported? | Comp anag (MERCHANDISE less IND) & lit. | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 10 | 5.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2016 | TWELVEMONTH / A thematic word of your choice (Right & Left) | Clubs perhaps where no ordinary seamen would be seen when lot met very merry once a year | QUARTERDECK/TWELVEMONTH – WHEN LOT MET + V* with once referring to antiquated usage | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| November 2016 | TURNOVER | Change channels to see what could be served up on Bake Off? | TURN OVER and definition (pastry) | 4 | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| October 2016 | CHOCTAW | Dog's taking on angry cat? That's brave! | CAT* in CHOW | 8 | 18.5 | 2 | 2 |
| July 2016 | BANJULELE | It requires a lot of pluck, all bunjee jumping! | All bunjee (anag). Bunjee is in Chambers as alternative to the usual bungee. I suspect others will spot this one! | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| May 2016 | DISMAYED | New dad? Yes, I'm overwhelmed! (8) | DAD YES IM* | 6 | 24 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 Annual Competition | 10 | 5.5 | |||||
| October 2015 | MONTGOLFIER | Balloon first made by inventive foreign lot | M + anag | 1 | 43.5 | 2 | 8 |
| April 2015 | CHOKEY | Where should drug smuggling – heroin, say – lead you? | H (common description of heroin) in COKE + Y; surface provides definition | 9 | 17.5 | 1 | 1 |