Competition clues by Alexander Antao
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Alexander Antao has 5 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2021 Annual Competition | 41 | 0.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | ODYSSEY | Poem about years on a boat at end of Troy | (Y + SS) in ODE + Y & lit. | 7 | 29 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 14 | 5 | |||||
| October 2020 | GLORIA | Mass number of unstable atom is large, team's worked out (6) | Cryptic definition [number = song] | (ATOM IS LARGE)* [unstable] – TEAMS* [worked] | Surface: nuclear chemistry | 9 | 24.5 | 0 | 3 |
| March 2020 | WARTIME | Climbing unprepared, throw out back when arms are raised (7) | Climbing: reversed (down clue) | unprepared: RAW | throw out: EMIT (as in "radiators throw out/emit heat") | back: reversed | when arms are raised: WARTIME | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| February 2020 | ATONEMENT | Rebuild home, tenant wanting hotel as compensation (9) | (hOME TENANT)* [Rebuild: anagrammatise | home, tenant: HOME TENANT | wanting: without | hotel: H (NATO alphabet) | as | compensation: ATONEMENT] | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| January 2020 | TWO-FACED | Crooked de facto world leader is untrustworthy (3-5) | Crooked: anagrind | de facto world leader: DE FACTO W | is | untrustworthy: TWO-FACED || Surface: describes the POTUS, using his taunting descriptor "crooked" against him. Lock him up! | 3 | 33 | 0 | 4 |