Competition clues by Joe Rees
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Joe Rees has 8 clues
| Comp | Clue word | Clue | Explanation | Pos | Points | Merits | 2022 Annual Competition | 25 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | MERCHANT | Occupation of Taiwan by Chinese occupying force | "Occupation" definition, RC ("Taiwan", IVR) + HAN ("Chinese", the people) inside ("occupying") MET ("force", Metropolitan Police) | 10 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 |
| June 2022 | WOODWARD | Ranger rode and swam naked, word has it (8) | "Ranger" r(OD)e and s(WA)m inside WORD | 8 | 25.5 | 0 | 3 |
| May 2022 | SONY (Printer's Devilry) | Trumpet again sounding weird | Trump's on yet again, sounding weird | 8 | 27.5 | 5 | 1 |
| April 2022 | REMOTE CONTROL | Long-distance running? (6,7) | cryptic definition | 6 | 28.5 | 0 | 3 |
| February 2022 | DOLCE VITA | Silly old Clarence's wings the heart of movie It's a Wonderful Life (5,4) | Silly old=OLD*; Clarence's wings=CE: the heart of movie=V; It's a=IT has A=ITA; Wonderful Life=definition (surface is a reference to the plot of the film) | 8 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| January 2022 | UNDERGROUND | Where's mine? (11) | cryptic definition (a mine is underground) | 9 | 27 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 Annual Competition | 16 | 5.5 | |||||
| September 2021 | CICERONE | Tour Guide 101: on vacation choose right one (8) | "tour guide"; 101=CI; on vacation choose=CE; right=R; one=ONE | 9 | 20.5 | 3 | 2 |
| July 2021 | MACARONI | Tuck, Marian and co made merry | anagram of MARIAN+CO Tuck=food=def (Ref Robin Hood and the Merry Men) | 1 | 52.5 | 0 | 1 |