Competition clues by Jessica Merchant
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Jessica Merchant has 10 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2024 Annual Competition | 16 | 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | ARMISTICE | I'm almost certain to get second wind and stay in action | (IM + CERTAI+S)* ([the two words, after modifications] wind) | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| June 2024 | BARNACLE | Distressed about new lace bra that's hard to remove | Around N, LACEBRA* (distressed) | 7 | 17 | 0 | |
| March 2024 | ANTHONY | Pretty much anyone with the confounded name! | ANYON(e) + TH(e)* (confounded); too long spent looking for inspiration in lists of Anthonys. | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2024 | AMAZON | At a loss for words editor's quit working for Virago | AMAZed [which] ed [ha]s quit + ON | 4 | 28.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 Annual Competition | 32 | 0.5 | |||||
| October 2023 | GRANGER | Good-for-nothing, faked-tanned Republican's landed party in a state | (o/G)RANGE + R / a landowning individual in a (US) state | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 Annual Competition | 34 | 1 | |||||
| July 2022 | MERCHANT | Italian wine is not stocked by the French drink wholesaler | CH(i)ANT(i) (I plural not stocked) next to MER | 5 | 31.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 Annual Competition | 30 | 2 | |||||
| November 2020 | SUBMARINE | Arnie's bum cracks one that's plausibly deep in sound (9) | ARNIESBUM* (cracks). Sound as in strait. | 10 | 21.5 | 0 | 3 |
| August 2020 | OXHEAD | Where to go for neat dope (6) | Toilet for cattle. | 9 | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2020 | CAESAREAN | Labour's replacement leader of course heralds a new sane era (9) | C(ourse) + A + SANEERA* (new), heralds in the sense of ushers in. | 7 | 19.5 | 2 | 1 |
| March 2020 | WARTIME | Utter bloody lies about when we were fighting (7) | [EMIT + RAW] < (lies about) | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 |