Azed Competition No. 2482 Azed Slip | ◀ 2480 | 2486 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2482 | Jan 2020 | VOX POP | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. A. Clarke | A focus group could supply this very neat report | v ox pop |
| Second | C. Short | Result of work by getting point of view out and about? | op x in POV (all rev.), & lit. |
| Third | D. P. Shenkin | —— muddled, with what reasons? Pshaw! A pox on voters! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Public opinion is very often minimized by the Etonian élite | v o x + Pop; ref. privileged Eton society |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Point of view reflecting ordinary people’s principles, including how one might vote? | x in POV (rev.) + first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Current thinking is unknown chamber work’s penned by Vivaldi originally | V + x po in op |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | There’s this on streets – voters’ (not experts’) hopes to be broadcast | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Public showing preference primarily when over half vote for ‘leave’ ultimately | expo p with vo for e, & lit.; over = finished |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Sample of views on vote for cutting Republican chump’s term? | v o’ x pro less R + p, & lit.; ref. Trump impeachment |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Leaders in very old Times with an attempt to show public opinion | v, o, x + pop |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Very cross after Corbyn’s second attempt to get the public vote | v + x after o + pop |
| VHC | S. Randall | Broadcast comments over repeatedly replacing Laporte at the back annoy Guardiola | o for e twice in vex Pep; ref. Man. City manager and Aymeric L. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Expression of polling embodied by particular views of ordinary passers-by primarily when broadcast | x in anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Public opinion’s against Corbyn’s second attempt pursuing No. 10 | v, o + x + pop |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | What may be expressed in vote (official poll or plebiscite, primarily) after insertion of ‘X’? | X in first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | What you hear on phone-ins – very bovine, narrow-minded people primarily | v ox + po2 + p |
| VHC | T. West-Taylor | Public opinion can steer Trump finally into reversing point of view | ox + p in POV (rev.); can = enclose |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Very essence of Roxy Music? The recording of Street Life perhaps? | V ox pop; ref. RM’s hit single |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Trump’s no. 2 for instance, adopts a bovine, narrow-minded definition of public opinion | ox po in VP |
HCs in competition 2482 awarded to: