Azed Competition No. 2191 Azed Slip | ◀ 2187 | 2196 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2191 | Jun 2014 | PLUG | normal | 23 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | R. J. Heald | Quid tucked inside jowl? | L in pug2, & lit.; see jowl2 |
Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | End in trap with pull or hook, perhaps | p + lug; ref. golf; hook = punch |
Third | C. J. Morse | This I might change to get lights up | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | D. & N. Aspland | Amalgam centrally fixed in canine? | l in pug, & lit.; tooth filling |
VHC | M. Barley | Party languishes, unpopular at the polls, with Clegg ultimately a spent force | first letters + g |
VHC | D. Carter | Hack a PC, deleting account and introducing a worm | a PC less a/c + lug |
VHC | C. A. Clarke | Stop pack being form of tobacco promotion | 4 meanings |
VHC | J. Fairclough | Els and I gulp – tricky sand lie, this | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. golf |
VHC | J. Grimes | Centrepiece of amalgam in canine? | l in pug, & lit. |
VHC | D. V. Harry | This horse would make ploughers frustrated | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | R. Hesketh | Good word for punch coming from left landed by boxer – a piece of cake for many a champ | 3 meanings, & l in pug |
VHC | J. C. Leyland | Gas has gone up about 50 quid? | L in gup (rev.) |
VHC | D. F. Manley | This up for swill down? | gulp (rev.) & lit. |
VHC | C. G. Millin | A piece of publicity put before the listener | p + lug, & lit. |
VHC | T. J. Moorey | Term for material filling canine? | l in pug, & lit. |
VHC | D. J. R. Ogilvie | Casually shoot at a swift or large swallow ascending? | gulp (rev.) |
VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Piece of publicity and term for something packing lumen | lu in p, g, & lit. |
VHC | P. A. Stephenson | Old horse retiring from the plough? | plough less o, H (= heroin), & lit. |
VHC | Mrs A. Terrill | Dog holding lead in ‘Lassie’ advert | L in pug |
VHC | R. C. Teuton | Clay’s boxing Liston’s head, punch ending in lump on ear | L in pug2, p + lug |
VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Exhausted horse starts to pull up, losing ground badly | anag. of first letters |
VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What, when put up, is quickly put down – a tent, perhaps | gulp (rev.); see tent2 |
VHC | G. H. Willett | Symptom of constipation? You’ll find nearly all fruit good for that | plu(m) + g |
HCs in competition 2191 awarded to: