Competition clues by Jane Fitzpatrick
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Jane Fitzpatrick has 10 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 29 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | SPLASH | A little salt and pepper, then beat | In cooking, a splash is a measure of about 1/2 teaspoon; charade S + P + LASH (beat) | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| January 2024 | AMAZON | Virago sent back section of Spinoza manuscript | hidden in reverse | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 27 | 1.5 | |||||
| August 2023 | WALES | Part of dense lawn turned into just the place for daffodils | Hidden word in turned 'denSE LAWn' | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| June 2023 | WORLD WIDE WEB | Widower bawled, sadly lacking a way to connect and share | anagram [indicator: sadly] of [widower bawled] – [a] | 9 | 15.5 | 2 | 1 |
| May 2023 | MACGUFFIN | Sadly, Puff the magic dragon ultimately lacking the power or motivation for action | anagram of [PUFF THE MAGIC] + drago[N] minus [THE P] | 8 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 17 | 5.5 | |||||
| Christmas Special 2022 | BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left) | In opening of rhapsody, epic composer made bugle swell | In = HOME, opening of rhapsody = R, epic composer = direct def of HOMER made (anagrind) bugle = BULGE, swell = direct def of BULGE | 8 | 23 | 5 | 3 |
| October 2022 | HOOVER | Vacuum behind the old bureau | J Edgar Hoover controlled the mid 20th century FBI | 1 | 31 | 5 | |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 24 | 3.5 | |||||
| October 2021 | YO-YO | Many who try to take finals go through ups and downs | 'take finals' is the instruction relating to the previous words: verb yo-yo = fluctuate or 'go through ups and downs' | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 4 |
| May 2021 | TOERAG | Lowlife features in great novel about love | novel is the anagrind, anagram of 'great' and 'o' | 10 | 29.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 Annual Competition | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| May 2019 | MERCURY | Chaos may recur without a divine messenger | Chaos = anagram indicator, 'may recur' without 'a' = fodder, divine messenger = definition | 10 | 16 | 0 | 4 |