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Peter Moore Fuller has 8 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2024 Annual Competition81.5  
February 2024LITTLEYoung literary translator’s first article in French (6)Young – def; literary – LIT; translator’s first – T; article in French – LE724.54  1 
January 2024AMAZONDelivery firm damn lazy, don’t forget the packaging! (6)Delivery firm – def; dAMn lAZy, dON’t – fodder; forget the packaging – remove outer letters of fodder5270 
 
2023 Annual Competition145  
Christmas Special 2023SPARROW/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)2251  1 
November 2023WASHINGTONState 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 – anagrind7171  2 
September 2023MUNGOWaste from ungodly trousers (5)Waste – def; froM UNGOdly; trousers – hidden indicator6190  2 
 
2020 Annual Competition252.5  
May 2020ELDERSSome of Sainsbury’s Red Leicester on the turn – are they past their sell-by date?Reverse hidden (sainsbury’S RED LEicester)435.51  5 
February 2020ATONEMENTRestoration 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)721.51  3 
 
2019 Annual Competition360.5  
April 2019SUCKER-PUNCHSurprise bash?Cryptic definition7241  3