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Competition clues by Andrew Varney

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Andrew Varney has 12 clues

CompClue wordClueExplanationPosPoints Merits  
2013 Annual Competition242  
October 2013DOLMADESMother and daughter fill dish; son finishes it and leaves, stuffedma + d in dole + s431.50  3 
 
2012 Annual Competition262  
June 2012ORATES (Printer’s Devilry)Many an investor in the 1990s wrote off FSAMany an investor in the 1990s wrote off f/or a TES/SA4530  3 
 
2011 Annual Competition330.5  
June 2011FAULTSlight offence caused by out of place flatulence? Not half!flatu(lence)*821.51  2 
 
2010 Annual Competition514.5  
November 2010PASTEBOARDFlimsy breast pad shifts, hiding nothing!O in (breast pad)*; def. = "flimsy" (see Collins)4330  4 
July 2010PUGClay – a boxer regularly posturingpug2, pug4; PostUrinG630.50  3 
May 2010VOLCANIC ASHESResort vacancies – the result of ———, with hols abroad cancelled?comp. anag. & lit. (i.e. VACANCIES* = VOLCANICASHES* – HOLS*); resort23440  7 
March 2010MONEY (CLASS) (Wrong Number)Care of this could get economy in ordercomp. anag. (i.e. c/o money=economy*) & lit.; order1780  7 
February 2010BABUSHKAA nanny's bleating with kid's head caught behind thicketbush + k(id) in baa248.50  1 
 
2009 Annual Competition341  
Christmas Special 2009CRIMBO (Misprints)Shirt for Christmas one's bought (66% off) on credit"ShOrt for Christmas"; cr. I'm bo(ught); one is = I am9260  3 
March 2009FIRST AIDIs draft I prepared an adequate treatment until the real doc's available?Anagram (IS DRAFT I); doc=doctor/document (latter in e.g. Collins)923.50  2 
 
2008 Annual Competition212.5  
October 2008DOOLALLY (Misprints)Hail fellow manma[d/n]; dool2 (= hail3) ally7250  3 
September 2008SWATSThose who know the answers are the ones to hit the buzzers2 meanings (swat2,n; swat1,n)456.50  2