Competition clues by Russ Cook
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Russ Cook has 7 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2017 Annual Competition | 10 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | MICKEY | California's corny, comic Keystone Cops! | Corny = American def in Chambers (Mack Sennett founded the Keystone Cops (aka Keystone Kops) in California). Hidden – 'coMIC KEYstone'. Cops = captures. | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| April 2017 | CORVUS | Ram constellation. | Double def. | 6 | 16 | 2 | |
| March 2017 | TRUMPETER | Dizzy? Temperature? Sadly there's no A&E. | (TEMPER[A]TUR[E])* – Ref Dizzy Gillespie. | 5 | 37.5 | 4 | 2 |
| February 2017 | FURPHY | A scandal is, for example, King Edward giving up crown for female. | Scandal means both rumours and outcry. King Edward is an example of a potato = MURPHY with F replacing the M, crown i.e top of MURPHY. Ref Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. (down clue) | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 Annual Competition | 15 | 4 | |||||
| November 2016 | TURNOVER | Newspaper article features crazed voter grabbing ballot box | VOTER* round URN (Chambers definitions include TURNOVER as NEWSPAPER ARTICLE and URN as BALLOT BOX) – 'features' = link word | 9 | 14.5 | 0 | 3 |
| July 2016 | BANJULELE | All bunjee jumping is something that has strings attached! | (ALL BUNJEE)* | 3 | 46.5 | 0 | 4 |
| February 2016 | LIFEBOAT | Help for a business that's somehow profitable but lacking public relations. | Definition in Chambers + (PR)OFITABLE* | 6 | 26 | 2 | 4 |