Paul's Clue Competition Archive

Results W/E 17/05/09 Back to archive >>

Thanks for this week's entries, from which there were many great clues for my enjoyment!

Clues commended are as follows:

Because I give up (6) FOREGO Sil Van den Hoek, Cambridge

Lousy student gets an E without too much trouble (8) UNTESTED Margaret Thrift, Sydney

Thug merely rocks kangaroo court (5,7) ROUGH JUSTICE Duncan Robertson, London

Ageing popstars sing chansons truly badly, so out of tune (6,6,4,3,5) CROSBY STILLS NASH AND YOUNG Sil Van den Hoek, Cambridge

Where dancer's ankle was broken (4,4) SWAN LAKE Dave Tilley, Hebden Bridge

We sound extremely unintelligent and haughty (12) SUPERCILIOUS Kieron Dineen, Newport

Order patrolman issues for clothing (8) PULLOVER Stephen Clarke, Sydney

Cantona, Hargreaves, Anderson, McClair, Prk, Irwin, O'Shea, Neville and Scholes get going for Manchester United (9) CHAMPIONS Kieron Dineen, Newport

Target for one going undercover (6) BEDPAN Robert Brown, Sheffield

Global hysteria over couple from Mexico and daughter returning (8) PANDEMIC Neil Walker, Barrow in Furness

And the winners:

BRONZE: For its unusual structure, which for me works: Can't dice be a chance event when thrown? (8) ACCIDENT Beth Bebbington, Cambridge

SILVER: for its enjoyable silliness: Shelter for car, heard in the distance (7) FOXHOLE Sil Van den Hoek, Cambridge

AND THE WINNER!