Paul's Clue Competition Archive

Results W/E 01/03/09    Back to archive >>

Thanks to you all for another fine selection. I really enjoy reading through them all every week, and wish I’d written some of them myself.

This week in the commended category are the following:

Barnaby Page, Harwich, for: Apologies (2,5,1,7,1,4) I’M SORRY, I HAVEN’T A CLUE

Neil Walker, Barrow in Furness, for: Woman’s heart after Be, by Calvin Klein – husband, a rival brand? (7) BECKHAM

Chris Clough, Crouch End, London, for: One may look for a chat, or list hooting cuckoo (13) ORNITHOLOGIST

Sil van den Hoek, Cambridge, for: Food for which the selections vary (7,6) STILTON CHEESE

And the superb top three from this week:

BRONZE: Stuart Fletcher, Crewkerne, for the elegant surface reading of: Imagine going round pub for a drink (8) GUINNESS

For me, a hair’s breadth separated gold and silver:

SILVER: A lovely idea from Nick Lancaster, Witham in Essex: Mummy’s expression of disapproval (3) TUT

AND THE WINNER!

GOLD: Len Colgan, Adelaide, Australia, for his powerfully tight and clever clue: Hear flanks close in (6) TRENDY

Australia is featuring more and more in our clue competition, so come on you Brits and the Rest of the World. Let’s see what you’ve got for next week.

Thanks to you all once again.

All the best,

John (Paul)