Competition clues by Peter Moore Fuller
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Peter Moore Fuller has 12 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 8 | 10.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | CHASE | Pursue leads from Crimewatch, hoping a suspect emerges (5) | Pursue – def; leads from – first letters of… ; Crimewatch Hoping A Suspect Emerges | 9 | 14.5 | 1 | 1 |
| May 2024 | EVEREST | Most dangerous peak to fall off? | Most dangerous – SEVEREST; peak to fall off? – remove first letter (down clue; &lit (? as Everest is the most dangerous in terms of number of deaths, but much lower down when it comes to deaths per ascent. | 2 | 26 | 1 | |
| April 2024 | BARBERSHOP | Club bouncer’s opening posher cocktail place on high street | Club – BAR; bouncer’s opening – B; posher – fodder; cocktail – anagrind > ERSHOP; place on the high street – def | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| March 2024 | ANTHONY | Adult books aroused heartless fellow (7) | Adult – A; books – NT; aroused – HORNY; heartless – remove heart (R); fellow – def | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| February 2024 | LITTLE | Young literary translator’s first article in French (6) | Young – def; literary – LIT; translator’s first – T; article in French – LE | 7 | 24.5 | 4 | 1 |
| January 2024 | AMAZON | Delivery firm damn lazy, don’t forget the packaging! (6) | Delivery firm – def; dAMn lAZy, dON’t – fodder; forget the packaging – remove outer letters of fodder | 5 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 14 | 5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left) | Flyer from box file in attic ruined – it succumbed to water damage (7 & 7) | Flyer – def (sparrow); from – link; box – SPAR; file – ROW; in attic – fodder; ruined – anagram indicator; – it succumbed to water damage – def (TITANIC) | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| November 2023 | WASHINGTON | State Capital of Wisconsin has changed? I got new name wrong (10) | State – def; Capital of Wisconsin – W; has changed – ASH; I got new name – fodder IGOTNN; wrong – anagrind | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| September 2023 | MUNGO | Waste from ungodly trousers (5) | Waste – def; froM UNGOdly; trousers – hidden indicator | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 25 | 2.5 | |||||
| May 2020 | ELDERS | Some of Sainsbury’s Red Leicester on the turn – are they past their sell-by date? | Reverse hidden (sainsbury’S RED LEicester) | 4 | 35.5 | 1 | 5 |
| February 2020 | ATONEMENT | Restoration comedy on at National Theatre after terrible bedroom farce closes (9) | Restoration (def), comedy (anagrind), on at (fodder), National Theatre (NT), after (position) terrible bedroom farce closes (last letters EME) | 7 | 21.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| April 2019 | SUCKER-PUNCH | Surprise bash? | Cryptic definition | 7 | 24 | 1 | 3 |