Competition clues by Satyen Nabar
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Satyen Nabar has 48 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | LITTLE | Slightly drunk with half of bottle gone | LIT + (-bot)TLE | 2 | 42.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 11 | 7 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | Bird fights huge cat in compound after it returns | Bird: sparrow, fights: SPAR (fight) + ROW (fight); huge: titanic, (CAT IN)* after IT <—, compound: anag ind, returns: rev ind. | 4 | 24 | 1 | |
| November 2023 | WASHINGTON | Exotic women in thongs entertaining a former American president | (W IN THONGS)* around A; exotic: anag ind, women: w, entertaining: cont ind, defn: former American president | 3 | 29.5 | 1 | 1 |
| July 2023 | SATISFACTION | Love is fantastic, providing happiness | (O IS FANTASTIC)* | 6 | 22.5 | 1 | 3 |
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | Be wilder! Do bit of weed after whiskey shot in surfers' paradise | BE WILDER DO W(-eed) after W*; anag ind: shot, whiskey: W, defn: surfers' paradise. | 6 | 17.5 | 3 | 3 |
| April 2023 | GODFATHER | Leader of gangsters, arranging for death? | &lit. G(-angsters) + (FOR DEATH)*, anag ind: arranging. | 6 | 32.5 | 1 | 2 |
| January 2023 | METROPOLIS | Where motors pile haphazardly? | (MOTORS PILE)*; semi-&lit, haphazardly= anag ind. | 6 | 26 | 3 | |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 11 | 7 | |||||
| November 2022 | PAPILLON | Tipsy in hall, pop drops hot dog | (IN HALL POP)* – H | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| September 2022 | CHARLES THE THIRD | King held this charter to reform | (HELD THIS CHARTER)* | 6 | 28.5 | 3 | 1 |
| August 2022 | CURIOSITY | Interest in Sicily tour sadly lessened by onset of lockdown | (SICILY TOUR)* – L; sadly= anag ind, lessened by= del ind, onset of lockdown= L | 5 | 31 | 2 | 4 |
| June 2022 | WOODWARD | Court battle covered by extremely dedicated investigative journalist | WOO + WAR in D(-edicate)D | 2 | 59 | 2 | 3 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | Like fleshy dames, very luscious | Like fleshy damson? Yes, very luscious | 10 | 22.5 | 3 | |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 9 | 7.5 | |||||
| November 2021 | SOUSAPHONE | Extraordinary opus has solitary musical instrument | (OPUS HAS)*+ ONE | 9 | 23.5 | 8 | 1 |
| September 2021 | CICERONE | Nice core exercises in guide | (NICECORE)* | 6 | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| August 2021 | BIBLIOMANIA | Italian bimbo lacks time to develop love of books | (ITALIANBIMBO – T)* | 4 | 42 | 1 | 3 |
| July 2021 | MACARONI | Dish, a Roman one, mixed with a bit of cheese | anag of A ROMAN I C(-heese) | 5 | 30.5 | 4 | 2 |
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Wandering in Sydney, so excited to avoid lockdown finally | (SYDNEYSO)* minus (-lockdow)N; defn= wandering | 8 | 28.5 | 4 | |
| January 2021 | DISTAFF | What I'd turn fast to spin a bit of flax? | I'D <— + FAST* + F(-lax); semi-&lit | 3 | 40.5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 5 | 9 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2020 | A Christmas List (Anagram) | Jeans, T-shirt, Lobster, Pizza, Scotch, Gin, More drinks. | 2 | 46 | 4 | 4 | |
| November 2020 | SUBMARINE | Sandwich in bar menu is fantastic | (BARMENUIS)*, defn= sandwich | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2020 | CAESAREAN | Opener for Australia inside batting crease, facing an unorthodox delivery | A(-ustralia) in CREASE* + AN, batting= anag ind (as in batting/fluttering eyelashes), defn= unorthodox delivery | 4 | 29.5 | 3 | 4 |
| May 2020 | ELDERS | Found in retreat, gorgeous red leafy shrubs | Reverse hidden word; defn= shrubs | 7 | 27 | 3 | 5 |
| March 2020 | WARTIME | Write a novel about end of Nazism in period of conflict | (WRITE A)* around (-nazis)M | 4 | 30.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 5 | 10 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2019 | Christmas Cocktails (Right & Left) | Bubbly winner's date drinks new liqueur with funny reaction for all to see | Bubbly= Champagne, CHAMP + AGE around N (new), liqueur= Cointreau, REACTION* + U (for all to see) | 4 | 23.5 | 1 | 2 |
| November 2019 | GENTLEMAN | Elegant name regularly used for refined fellow | anag of ELEGANT N(-a)M(-e) | 4 | 25.5 | 3 | 3 |
| September 2019 | ASTER (Printer’s Devilry) | Boris Johnson's humble in Parliament | Boris Johnson's haste – rumble in Parliament | 5 | 24.5 | 1 | 1 |
| June 2019 | FLUTTER | Following mess, Conservative leader quits leading to speculation | F + CLUTTER – C; Following= F(abbrev), mess= clutter, Conservative leader quits= delete C, leading to= link, speculation= defn. | 3 | 39.5 | 0 | 4 |
| May 2019 | MERCURY | An element of compassion embodies maturity essentially | MERCY around (-mat)UR(-ity) | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| April 2019 | SUCKER-PUNCH | Cock-up! He's run out scoring zero – an unexpected blow | (COCKUPHESRUN)* – O | 9 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| March 2019 | NARCISSUS | Silly Republican ass in US beginning to crow, he's self-obsessed | (R+ASS IN US+C)* | 5 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 Annual Competition | 4 | 12.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2018 | TURKEY (STONES) (Wrong Number) | Complete failure rocks EU! Try to accommodate UK finally | (EUTRY)* around (-u)K; rocks= extra defn and anag ind, complete failure= defn | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| November 2018 | HUMMINGBIRD | One hovering in prison after fixing husband for good | GUMMING (fixing) with H for G + BIRD (prison) | 4 | 29.5 | 3 | 3 |
| September 2018 | JOANNA LUMLEY | Actively liberal English gal many love, heartily announcing, 'Justice for Gurkhas primarily!' | (L + E + GALMANY + O + UN)* with J for G, &lit; actively= anag ind, heartily anno(UN)cing= central letter selection, J for G(-urkhas)=substitution. Ref: Describing Joanna Lumley and her activism on behalf of Gurkhas. | 8 | 21 | 0 | |
| August 2018 | FAIRY / POINT (Right & Left) | Suggest twist in plot, killing many just before end of gory kind of tale | (INPLOT)*- L(many), defn= suggest; FAIR (just) + (-gor)Y, defn= kind of tale | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| June 2018 | UNION | Endless innuendo destroyed marriage | anag of INNU(-end)O | 2 | 71.5 | 6 | 3 |
| May 2018 | IRELAND | Where tipsy islander wanting last drop of Guinness might be? | ISLANDER* minus S; semi-&lit. Tipsy=anag ind, wanting= deletion ind, last drop of Guinness= S (last letter of Guinness) | 6 | 26.5 | 4 | 6 |
| February 2018 | DRUNKENNESS | Undress sloppily having no awareness in tipsy state | Anag of UNDRESS around N + KEN | 9 | 18 | 0 | |
| January 2018 | ARGENT | Silver ring lost? No great shakes | (nogreat)* – o | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 Annual Competition | 5 | 12.5 | |||||
| November 2017 | FATHER-LASHER | Old man, sea, marlin? Essentially Hemingway's top novel on fish | FATHER + (SEA+RL+H)*; Down clue. Ref: Ernest Hemingway's classic 'The old man and the sea' | 8 | 18.5 | 3 | 3 |
| September 2017 | MAIDEN | Wanting husband, I had men in a tizzy? | (IHADMEN – H)* &lit | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| July 2017 | FIDDLER | One involved in dubious deals, Jared's ultimately protected by loud vain Republican | (-Jare)D in (F IDLE R); Topical ref to recent investigation into Jared Kushner's dealings | 7 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| June 2017 | COLLOP / SURTAX (Right & Left) | Not a cool lap dance! Roll of fat almost certain to impose additional burden | (COOLLAP – A)*; SUR(-e) + TAX | 3 | 26.5 | 2 | 2 |
| April 2017 | CORVUS | At the borders of Virgo and Crater, roughly turn south to find me! | (VO + CR)* + U + S; semi-&lit… Ref: Corvus is bordered by the constellations of Virgo & Crater to the northeast and west | 5 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| March 2017 | TRUMPETER | Perhaps mutter softly with hesitation? Not this chap! | (MUTTER + P)* + ER; Semi-&lit | 6 | 33 | 4 | 2 |
| January 2017 | CASHMERE | A schemer spins a fine yarn | (ASCHEMER)* | 1 | 68.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 19 | 2.5 | |||||
| November 2016 | TURNOVER | Pie chart of company performance? | DD | 7 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| October 2016 | CHOCTAW | Brave cat rips into dog | (CAT)* in CHOW (dog) | 5 | 19.5 | 1 | 4 |
| September 2016 | GREASEPAINT | What's worn in a pre-stage transformation? | (INAPRESTAGE)* semi &lit | 5 | 28 | 1 | |