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Nathan Townshend has 18 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2023 Annual Competition910.5  
Christmas Special 2023SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left)Divert? I can't, it's Big Bird's special flight!Divert = anagrind; I CANT IT = fodder; 's = is; Big = def // Bird = def; 's = is; special = SP flight = ARROW (Big Bird is a creature from TV show Sesame Street)5230  1 
November 2023WASHINGTONNothing was untrue for George!Nothing was = fodder; untrue = anagrind; George = def, also &lit – "Father, I cannot tell a lie"7173 
September 2023MUNGOFashionable young men with no desire for inferior threadsFashionable = anagrind (Can be fashioned) young men = fodder; with no desire = delete YEN; inferior threads = def9182  3 
August 2023WALESWhat leeks sometimes signifyWhat leeks = fodder; sometimes = take alternate letters; &lit323.50  4 
July 2023SATISFACTIONAct as if it's no trouble providing what customers want(ACT AS IF ITS NO)* trouble = anagrind; providing = link Rest is def157.51  6 
February 2023DIMPLESMPs lied about cheeky recessesMPs lied = fodder; about = anagrind; cheeky recesses = def629.53  2 
 
2022 Annual Competition214  
Christmas Special 2022BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left)In Rwanda's capital, one taking flight from Kabul gets a hint of a new lifeIn = HOME; Rwanda's capital = R; one taking flight = HOMER // from = hidden indicator; Kabul gets = fodder; a hint of a new life = BULGE1364 
September 2022CHARLES THE THIRDReplacing ER, that's her child!Anagram &lit11072  5 
April 2022REMOTE CONTROLForeign power with influence over the ChannelD1: Foreign power D2: Influence over the (TV) Channel Ref Possible Russian interference in the French election?532.54  1 
February 2022DOLCE VITASad valedictory lines recalled a life well livedSad = anagrind; valedictory = fodder; lines recalled = delete RY; a life well lived = definition3363  5 
 
2021 Annual Competition610  
Christmas Special 2021A Christmas Boxed Set (Anagram)1: He (and a band) held your stick 2: It's food man! 3: Their tempers can scare1: Ian Dury and the Blockheads 2: Fats Domino 3: Manic Street Preachers5320  1 
May 2021TOERAGNothing great about him!O GREAT *3424  1 
March 2021CORNFLAKESWho'd have thought footballers swilled sake for breakfast?Who'd have thought = COR; footballers = NFL; swilled sake = AKES; breakfast? = definition9201  1 
February 2021WETLANDSLads went crackers for broads in NorfolkLads went = fodder; crackers = anagrind; broads in Norfolk = def145.53  3 
January 2021DISTAFFBum fat is extremely feared by womenBum = anagrind; fat is = fodder; extremely feared = FD; by women = definition7293  4 
 
2020 Annual Competition183.5  
October 2020GLORIAMatt Hancock's trackers all starting to abandon faulty algorithm – Hallelujah!Matt Hancock's trackers all starting = MHT deleted from ALGORITHM*7252  1 
August 2020OXHEADBy pursuing love with that man, lady's exposed as stupidBy pursuing love = OX; that man = HE; lady's exposed = AD; stupid (noun) = definition429.54  2 
May 2020ELDERSLabour's red leader retires to hug treesHidden word backwards532.51  1