Clues by Dr S. J. Shaw in 2014-2015
Azed competitions from 2200 to 2248 All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw | 2014-2015 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2200 to 2248 All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw | 2014-2015 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr S. J. Shaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Italian song inciting drinking, principally circulated by regulars in bars and inns | alternate letters + I, s, i, d (rev.), & lit. |
| 2205 | CUMBERSOME | Second | Shifting such loads and dropping nothing might give me broad muscles | comp. anag. less 0, & lit. |
| 2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | VHC | Tip of nose in Rudolph’s headgear lights eastern worker in bay window | ORIENTAL/LANTERNS; ORIEANTLERNS; n in antlers; ant in oriel |
| 2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Jesus’s noble act on cross can give us an —— —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Possible result of kerb being busy with loading up | anag. & lit. |
| 2230 | GATES OF DEATH | First | These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below | anag. + anag., & lit. |
| 2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Wrongly eject strays to root out missing canine | strongly … rays; eradi(c)ate |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2213 SOLECISM
2235 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2244 AVANT-GARDISTE
2248 WAISTLINE