Competition clues by Nathan Townshend
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Nathan Townshend has 18 clues
Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2023 Annual Competition | 9 | 10.5 |
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Christmas Special 2023 | SPARROW/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) | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
November 2023 | WASHINGTON | Nothing was untrue for George! | Nothing was = fodder; untrue = anagrind; George = def, also &lit – "Father, I cannot tell a lie" | 7 | 17 | 3 | |
September 2023 | MUNGO | Fashionable young men with no desire for inferior threads | Fashionable = anagrind (Can be fashioned) young men = fodder; with no desire = delete YEN; inferior threads = def | 9 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
August 2023 | WALES | What leeks sometimes signify | What leeks = fodder; sometimes = take alternate letters; &lit | 3 | 23.5 | 0 | 4 |
July 2023 | SATISFACTION | Act as if it's no trouble providing what customers want | (ACT AS IF ITS NO)* trouble = anagrind; providing = link Rest is def | 1 | 57.5 | 1 | 6 |
February 2023 | DIMPLES | MPs lied about cheeky recesses | MPs lied = fodder; about = anagrind; cheeky recesses = def | 6 | 29.5 | 3 | 2 |
2022 Annual Competition | 2 | 14 | |||||
Christmas Special 2022 | BULGE/HOMER (Right & Left) | In Rwanda's capital, one taking flight from Kabul gets a hint of a new life | In = HOME; Rwanda's capital = R; one taking flight = HOMER // from = hidden indicator; Kabul gets = fodder; a hint of a new life = BULGE | 1 | 36 | 4 | |
September 2022 | CHARLES THE THIRD | Replacing ER, that's her child! | Anagram &lit | 1 | 107 | 2 | 5 |
April 2022 | REMOTE CONTROL | Foreign power with influence over the Channel | D1: Foreign power D2: Influence over the (TV) Channel Ref Possible Russian interference in the French election? | 5 | 32.5 | 4 | 1 |
February 2022 | DOLCE VITA | Sad valedictory lines recalled a life well lived | Sad = anagrind; valedictory = fodder; lines recalled = delete RY; a life well lived = definition | 3 | 36 | 3 | 5 |
2021 Annual Competition | 6 | 10 | |||||
Christmas Special 2021 | A Christmas Boxed Set (Anagram) | 1: He (and a band) held your stick 2: It's food man! 3: Their tempers can scare | 1: Ian Dury and the Blockheads 2: Fats Domino 3: Manic Street Preachers | 5 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
May 2021 | TOERAG | Nothing great about him! | O GREAT * | 3 | 42 | 4 | 1 |
March 2021 | CORNFLAKES | Who'd have thought footballers swilled sake for breakfast? | Who'd have thought = COR; footballers = NFL; swilled sake = AKES; breakfast? = definition | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
February 2021 | WETLANDS | Lads went crackers for broads in Norfolk | Lads went = fodder; crackers = anagrind; broads in Norfolk = def | 1 | 45.5 | 3 | 3 |
January 2021 | DISTAFF | Bum fat is extremely feared by women | Bum = anagrind; fat is = fodder; extremely feared = FD; by women = definition | 7 | 29 | 3 | 4 |
2020 Annual Competition | 18 | 3.5 | |||||
October 2020 | GLORIA | Matt Hancock's trackers all starting to abandon faulty algorithm – Hallelujah! | Matt Hancock's trackers all starting = MHT deleted from ALGORITHM* | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
August 2020 | OXHEAD | By pursuing love with that man, lady's exposed as stupid | By pursuing love = OX; that man = HE; lady's exposed = AD; stupid (noun) = definition | 4 | 29.5 | 4 | 2 |
May 2020 | ELDERS | Labour's red leader retires to hug trees | Hidden word backwards | 5 | 32.5 | 1 | 1 |