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Competition clues by Peter Hartley

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Peter Hartley has 5 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2021 Annual Competition292.5  
November 2021SOUSAPHONEAbandon me, otherwise oompahs ensueAnagram: (otherwise*) OOMPAHS ENSUE less ME &lit628.50  4 
April 2021ODYSSEYAverting this trip might have reshaped voyagers’ destiny.AVERTING + [ODYSSEY] (reshaped*) = VOYAGERS' DESTINY.4377  4 
 
2020 Annual Competition223  
March 2020WARTIMEI'm beginning to experience swelling before period under arms.I'M + E + WART (before) = WARTIME. Def: PERIOD UNDER ARMS. Swelling under arms a common period symptom (I believe).334.51  4 
 
2018 Annual Competition251  
October 2018OPAL (Printer’s Devilry)It's unseemly to rubbish lover in massage parlourIt's unseemly to rub bishop all over in massage parlour1023.50  1 
June 2018UNIONNoun I mistake for conjunction.*NOUN I mistake (for) conjunction (def.)640.50  1