Azed Competition No. 2065 Azed Slip | ◀ 2064 | 2070 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2065 | Jan 2012 | DERMESTIDAE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs A. M. Walden | Article in German media set out what might be bad news for Brussels | der + anag.; Brussels carpet |
| Second | D. V. Harry | Race on fells? Idea’s abandoned after running five hundred metres | anag. incl. D + anag.; fell4 |
| Third | M. Barley | You might find such munching contents of larder, it’d seem | anag. incl. (l)arde(r), & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Nucleus of broadloom armies, dispersed with deet? | d + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | False steed, made with hollow interior, covering attackers | anag. incl. i, r; covering = clothing/carpeting; ref. Trojan horse |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Dread ’em creeping around woolly site | anag. in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | I had stair carpet messed up – these chaps astir? | comp. anag. & lit.; up = excited |
| VHC | J. Grimes | English covertly sited armed harbours hide destroyers | E in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Destructive beetles? I erase ’em with DDT sprayed liberally | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | See maid tread clumsily, one spilling champers on carpet etc | anag. less a |
| VHC | Ms M. Irvine | Household pests upset determined maids – mind out flies! | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Basil’s residents maybe see maître d’ angrily belting a little dago | d in anag.; basil2; ref.’Fawlty Towers’ |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Turning crimson, I’m seated uncomfortably – these bugs can be bad for piles! | red (rev.) + anag.; bugs = infections |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Faltering European trade is deemed not half a threat to Brussels | anag. incl. E, (dee)med |
| VHC | K. Milan | They can bring about tread demise | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Nasty things swept under the carpet unwisely, police deemed racist caught out | anag. less c; ref. Stephen Lawrence case |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | I erase ’em spattering with DDT | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Beetles – models made despite power cut around end of war | r in anag. less P; ref. VW cars |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | These coleopterans have varied diet on carpet, meal or seeds | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | See these beetles’ poo scattered around (i.e. carpet’s doomed) | comp. anag. incl. c, & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Ted smiled after dropping left foot and crushing beetles | anag. less l, ft; ref. beetle-crushers |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Faded, ornate Kidderminster with a hint of mustiness could be meat and drink for these | comp. anag. incl a, m, & lit. |
HCs in competition 2065 awarded to: