Paul's Clue Competition Archive

Results W/E 05/07/09    Back to archive >>

Lots of good stuff here.

This week's commended clues:

Beth Bebbington, Cambridge: Contact setter's sound unit (7) PHONEME

James Glassonbury, Stonehouse, Glos: To London (Barking): Memo: Get physical! (3,7,5) THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Beth Bebbington, Cambridge: Currently indicates something if set differently (4,2,3,5) SIGN OF THE TIMES

Duncan Robertson, London: Winner, perhaps, in favour of point workers' comfort food (8,5) FOREHAND SMASH

Kieron Dineen, Newport: Historic French odyssey, or a tender C4 Dramatisation (4,2,6) TOUR DE FRANCE

Duncan Robertson, London: Salon music (6,4) BARBER SHOP

Sil van den Hoek, Cambridge: (a very good commended!!) Elizabeth I and II in rags (7) BOTHERS

And the winners:

BRONZE: Kieron Dineen, Newport: with the neat clue: Dead giveaway? (4) WILL

SILVER: Sil van den Hoek, Cambridge: a very nice spot, seeing US anthem: Star Spangled Banner embodying the end of the world, after 9/11? (2,3,4) US AND THEM

AND THE WINNER!

GOLD: Robert Brown, Sheffield, for the lovely effort: Drag on and on (5-5) CHAIN-SMOKE

Congratulations to our quality winners.

All the best,

John (Paul)

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