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Competition clues by Jessica Merchant

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Jessica Merchant has 7 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2024 Annual Competition62  
January 2024AMAZONAt a loss for words editor's quit working for ViragoAMAZed [which] ed [ha]s quit + ON428.51  1 
 
2023 Annual Competition320.5  
October 2023GRANGERGood-for-nothing, faked-tanned Republican's landed party in a state(o/G)RANGE + R / a landowning individual in a (US) state10141  1 
 
2022 Annual Competition341  
July 2022MERCHANTItalian wine is not stocked by the French drink wholesalerCH(i)ANT(i) (I plural not stocked) next to MER531.51  4 
 
2020 Annual Competition302  
November 2020SUBMARINEArnie's bum cracks one that's plausibly deep in sound (9)ARNIESBUM* (cracks). Sound as in strait.1021.50  3 
August 2020OXHEADWhere to go for neat dope (6)Toilet for cattle.9211  2 
July 2020CAESAREANLabour's replacement leader of course heralds a new sane era (9)C(ourse) + A + SANEERA* (new), heralds in the sense of ushers in.719.52  1 
March 2020WARTIMEUtter bloody lies about when we were fighting (7)[EMIT + RAW] < (lies about)10190  1