Competition clues by Ramki Krishnan
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Ramki Krishnan has 13 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 12 | 0.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | LITTLE | Short story about two tragic lovers, primarily | Def = short, story = LIE around T-T-L | 8 | 23.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 7 | 11.5 | |||||
| August 2023 | WALES | Part of UK used to be occupied by the French (5) | Def = Part of UK, WAS (used to be) around LE (the French). "occupied by" is insertion indicator. | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 |
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | Where one readily locates definitions with illustrated, detailed examples – was "Encyclopedia Britannica" initially (5,4,3) | Acrostic with whole clue being an extended def | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2023 | MACGUFFIN | Pastry containing a drop of cyanide – good plot device used by Hitchcock (9) | MUFFIN (pastry) around A + C (drop of Cyanide) + G (good). Def = good plot device used by Hitchcock Hitch has used poison as a plot device in many movies (though not inside a muffin!) | 3 | 40 | 1 | |
| February 2023 | DIMPLES | Attractive features of American coins having President Lincoln's face (7) | Def = attractive features, American coins = DIMES, President = P, Lincoln's face = L, having = containment indicator. Surface refers to the American penny which has Lincoln's face | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 41 | 0.5 | |||||
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | Women's work, mostly performed by men (7) | Def = women's work, Mostly performed = DI(-d), by = connector in charade, men = STAFF | 8 | 26 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 39 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2020 | ELDERS | Seniors making runs in Leeds ground (6) | R (runs) inside LEEDS* (ground as anagram ind), def = seniors | 9 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 14 | 5.5 | |||||
| August 2019 | STERNUM | Nurse starts to treat man's fractured bone (7) | NURSE + T-M (starts to treat man's) = anagram fodder. "fractured" = anagram indicator. Bone is def | 1 | 70 | 1 | 8 |
| June 2019 | FLUTTER | Agitation in Florida state(7) | Def = agitation, FL (Florida) + UTTER (state) | 6 | 25.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 33 | 0.5 | |||||
| August 2018 | FAIRY / POINT (Right & Left) | Cook's enthralling, excellent brownie fudge in top spot (5,5) | Right/left separation: Cook's enthralling, excellent brownie // fudge in top spot LEFT: Cook's enthralling, excellent brownie Cook = FRY, enthralling = container-ind, excellent = AI, def = brownie RIGHT: fudge in top spot fudge = verbal anagram ind, in top = fodder, def = spot (POINT) Surface reading: Cook's dessert of brownie fudge getting 1s | 7 | 22.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 14 | 4.5 | |||||
| October 2017 | EQUIPOISE | Fit and sound leader, off to achieve stability (9) | EQUIP (fit) and (-n)OISE (sound leader off), def = stability | 7 | 24.5 | 1 | |
| May 2017 | MICKEY | King among rodents – Disney's ultimate character (6) | K (king) in (among is the container indicator) MICE (rodents) + Y (Disney's ultimate character) Whole clue intended to be a definition for Mickey Mouse | 2 | 56.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 26 | 1 | |||||
| June 2016 | TECHNOJUNKIE | Silly ethnic joke about a French person who loves gizmos (12) | Silly = anagrind for ETHNICJOKE, about => container indicator, a French = UN, def = person who loves gizmos (ETHNICJOKE* around UN) | 5 | 27.5 | 1 | |