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April 2008 PHAT (4)
Your task for this month is a STANDARD CRYPTIC clue to PHAT (4) by the closing
date of TUESDAY 22nd APRIL.
Please send your clue and a brief explanation (one that will be accommodated easily within the NOTES to CLUES) to toots@tinyworld.co.uk.
Ultimately only one clue per entrant, but by all means change, hone, amend, scrap and/or resubmit before deciding on your final clue within the given time period.
As is usual, we regard The Chambers Dictionary (2003 edition) as our primary reference, but you may, if you wish use another dictionary or source, BUT PLEASE STATE SO IN YOUR CLUE'S EXPLANATION.
Remember there is a prize for our winner of a copy of Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary kindly provided by Collins!
To remind you - entries, please, by MIDNIGHT GMT TUESDAY 22nd APRIL.
January 2008 MIRACLE (7)
1st...John Tozer...'Hand of God' claim re foul
2nd...Paul Boorer...LA, crime-free?!
3rd...Tom Borland...Bush remarkably inflamed, for instance, by Liberal America's
endless stirring
4th...Ian Harper...What a martyr's original relic might generate?
5th...Dave Williams...Email leaders of Roman church about possible grounds
for canonization
RUNNERS-UP
Mick Hodgkin; Trevor Crowther; Mark Oshin; Rod Harling; Mark Wilson; Chris
Jeremy
February 2008 TETRA (5)
1st...Luciano Ward...Chromatic scales are a feature of this 'retro' quartet?
Without question!
2nd...Brian Douglas...Site traffic reveals what can be got from net with
a search on Amazon
3rd...Dave Williams...Seconds from stifling Ken, Otto brazenly eats a fish
4th...Dave Paritt...Fish in batter topped with dressing
5th...Chris Jeremy...It's great foremost in tank, less good battered!
RUNNERS-UP
37. Brian Dungate; 43. Mark Oshin; 21. Tim Moorey; 15. Nick Smith; 24. Don
Manley...clue 24