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Competition clues by Simon Griew

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Simon Griew has 15 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2023 Annual Competition416  
Christmas Special 2023SPARROW/TITANIC (Right & Left)‘In Act I, Troy falls in colossal fight sequence’, one tweets(IN ACT I T)* (falls), def = colossal; SPAR + ROW, def = one tweets (I still think of X as Twitter!)1290 
September 2023MUNGOAny cycling leaves young man knackered it’s often feltAnagram (knackered) of YOUNG MAN – YAN (ANY cycling); def = it’s often felt422.53  2 
August 2023WALESWhere you’d find Barry White at lunchtime eating some startersAcrostic; def = where you’d find Barry224.53  3 
July 2023SATISFACTIONJoy Division’s following assembled in Salford originallyJoy = def; FACTION (division) is following SAT (assembled) + I,S (initials). The band Joy Division formed in Salford in 1976.622.54  2 
April 2023GODFATHERGet a dead horse's head for maddening him?(GET A D H[orse] FOR)*; semi &lit254.52  3 
January 2023METROPOLISEarly brace from Messi – Arsenal left needing a comeback in London?ME[ssi] + reversal of (SILO PORT); London? = def by example7252  1 
 
2022 Annual Competition107.5  
September 2022CHARLES THE THIRDChart needing re-work, artist held her rulerCH (= chart, Chambers) + (ARTIST HELD HER)* (needing re-work); def = ruler429.50 
July 2022MERCHANTWho sells fancy French drink for a pound?Fancy = PENCHANT, with MER for PEN; who sells? = def7304  3 
March 2022SUMMERSome Like It Hot: Marilyn Monroe initially taken in by absurd ruseMM in RUSE*; def = some like it hot165.50  3 
 
2021 Annual Competition311.5  
Christmas Special 2021A Christmas Boxed Set (Anagram)1. Nearby priests… 2. …deny lover… 3. …more noisy bonksBritney Spears, Don Everly, Smokey Robinson927.51  3 
September 2021CICERONEEscort used when touring Nice or Crete on vacation? (8)(NICE OR C[ret]E)*; when touring = anagrind; semi &lit3351  4 
July 2021MACARONIMicra on rank accepts a fare in RomeA in (MICRA ON)*; def = fare in Rome3401  4 
June 2021NELSON / PRINCE (Right & Left)Man perched high directed lens towards royal figure pinching woman’s bottomNELSON: def = man perched high, (lens)* + on; PRINCE: def = royal (as noun), n in price (figure) – down clue. No particular royal in my mind of course!242.53  3 
February 2021WETLANDSWasn’t delta possibly formed at these?comp anag (wasnt delta -> at wetlands) & lit (some wetlands are deltas)7273  2 
January 2021DISTAFFPapers, having turned against workers, getting stick for spinningReversal of ID (papers) + STAFF (workers)6312  2