Clues by T. C. Borland in 2014-2015
Azed competitions from 2200 to 2248 All clues by T. C. Borland | 2014-2015 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2200 to 2248 All clues by T. C. Borland | 2014-2015 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. C. Borland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 | BRINDISI | VHC | Sea vessel leaving Eastern terminals to reach Italy here? | brin(e) dis(h) + I, & lit. |
| 2205 | CUMBERSOME | First | Unmanageable canine harassed Burmese tom, slipping its lead | c + anag. less t |
| 2218 | FOREIGNER | VHC | Is it referring to migrant, having forsaken origins? | anag. less r, t, & lit. |
| 2220 | A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’ (Christmas Cracker) | Third | Nuts roasting, I might play carols this month, having time off TV full of glitz | ORGANIST/TINSELLY; ORGAINSTELLY; anag.; inst + (t)elly |
| 2222 | OBJECT LESSON | VHC | Salutary experience once jobless, taking Tebbit’s tip, circulate? | t in anag.; ref. 1981 ‘on his bike’ speech |
| 2226 | DOUBLE-PARKING | VHC | Reprehensibly stopping card after six at short hole | double par + king |
| 2239 | ERADIATE (Spoonerisms) | Third | Variety of aerated drinks I lay out, like Sprite | spray out like light; I in anag. |
| 2244 | AVANT-GARDISTE | Third | One that could deliver shock to e.g. staid art circles | van in anag., & lit. |
| 2248 | WAISTLINE | VHC | Change to ‘lite’ was after gaining inches here? | in. in anag., & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2230 GATES OF DEATH