Clues by Dr S. J. Shaw in 2019-2020
Azed competitions from 2464 to 2512 All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw | 2019-2020 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2464 to 2512 All clues by Dr S. J. Shaw | 2019-2020 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr S. J. Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2464 | BRAINPOWER | VHC | Without it, Britain starts to perform outside world education rankings | Br(it)ain + first letters, & lit. |
| 2469 | GUDDLE (Spoonerisms) | VHC | Scot’s good eating starters of delicious lemon pickle under tarts of Highland trout | tickle underparts; first letters in gude |
| 2473 | INTERPLAY | VHC | Foul leads to remote inspection and penalty action between teams | anag. incl. r i; ref. VAR decision |
| 2480 | STOCKING FILLERS | First | I reckon small gifts expressing the essence of Xmas can constitute these | anag. less ma, & lit. |
| 2482 | VOX POP | VHC | Expression of polling embodied by particular views of ordinary passers-by primarily when broadcast | x in anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| 2490 | DREAMSCAPE | VHC | With this Dali could exhibit metamorphosis to replace Dadaism | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Surrealism and ‘M. of Narcissus’ |
| 2495 | BUNG | VHC | Viral disease confines an indefinite number for present, with conditions attached | n in bug; ref. COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ |
| 2500 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER (Half and Half) | VHC | Anger resolved with the pen’s what gets one more potent closure | anag.; ref. ‘the pen is mightier ...’ |
| 2504 | UPBEAT | VHC | Openings of public bars eagerly anticipated to occur after 2nd of July – that’s optimistic! | u + first letters; ref. easing of COVID lockdown |
| 2508 | CHARACTER (Misprints) | VHC | In novel format, Archer embraces pretence to acquire literary parsonage | personage; act in anag.; ref. Jeffrey A., The Old Vicarage, Grantchester |
| 2512 | OSCITATE | VHC | It’s intrinsic to act so, possibly with ennui’s onset | it in anag. + e, & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2477 SPRAT-WEATHER
2486 BRUHAHA