Azed Competition No. 2096  Azed Slip  |  ◀  2091  |  2100  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
2096 Aug 2012TRICK normal22

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstC. A. ClarkeSell old fob watch3 meanings
SecondT. CrowtherCooper’s craft would include this, which with fine working could produce firkin, etccomp. anag.; ref. Tommy C.
ThirdM. BarleyWatch as cricketer disconsolately leaves crease when outcomp. anag.
VHCT. C. BorlandSucker, take inr in tick, & lit.
VHCDr J. BurscoughFob watch?2 meanings
VHCV. DixonOrigin of timing error? Defective toy watch!t + rick3; 3 meanings
VHCJ. FaircloughI contest this stratagem furiously – it’s not cricket!comp. anag.
VHCG. I. L. GraftonThe short, half-neglected oriental conveyance, with which one is taken for a ride?t’ rick(shaw)
VHCR. J. HealdMo Farah’s heart goes into producing a magical performance (and a fast one)r in tick; ref. Olympic gold-medallist
VHCR. HeskethIn US u/s Jiffy bags start to ripr in tick
VHCR. J. HooperMo keeps lead in race – it’s a fast oner in tick
VHCJ. C. LeylandThose facing tyrannical rule imposed charter on King Johnfirst letters + K; see John
VHCD. F. ManleyWatch fox run into cover and dodge hunter?4 meanings & r in tick; hunter, type of watch
VHCK. ManleyEarliest indications of the Runnymede incident consternated King Johnfirst letters
VHCP. W. MarlowJohn Terry’s original mistake is getting caught in ethnocentric kerfuffleT + rick3, & hidden; ref. racial row in football
VHCT. J. MooreyTip Mo to retain primacy in RioR in tick; tip3; next O. Games
VHCC. J. MorseWhere Bolt runs, I for one take in a bit of magictrack with I for a; 2 meanings
VHCM. OwenMo takes lead in race: astonishing performancer in tick
VHCR. C. TeutonAlternatively this term for timepiece could be tickeranag. incl. e, & lit.
VHCM. WainwrightWhere Usain B. competes, one’s in for a dazzling performancetrack with I for a
VHCA. J. WardropJohn Travolta’s no. 1, written with Little Richard?T + Rick
VHCN. WarneFantastic cricket that could produce hat ——, etccomp. anag.
 

HCs in competition 2096 awarded to:

M. BarkerR. FentemW. F. MainP. A. Stephenson
Dr P. M. J. BennettR. GilbertC. G. MillinD. H. Tompsett
J. G. BoothMrs E. GreenawayF. R. PalmerMrs A. M. Walden
C. J. BroughamJ. GrimesG. S. ParsonsR. J. Whale
C. J. ButlerD. HarrisM. L. PerkinsA. Whittaker
D. CarterG. HearfieldDr T. G. PowellMs B. Widger
S. L. ClaughtonE. C. LanceW. RansomeG. H. Willett
A. ColstonJ. P. LesterN. RoperDr E. Young
W. DreverG. LongbottomR. J. Sharkey 
C. M. EdmundsM. LunanDr S. J. Shaw 
C. J. EllisM. A. Macdonald-CooperN. G. Shippobotham