Azed Competition No. 2165 Azed Slip | ◀ 2161 | 2168 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2165 | Dec 2013 | OUT OF ORDER | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. C. Teuton | Batting four Root protects tail-enders in England collapse with series lost | d, e in anag.; ref. Joe Root, England cricketer |
| Second | I. D. McDonald | Tour over for gutless England bats? That’s not cricket! | anag. incl. o, E, d |
| Third | R. Hesketh | Do footer and rugby union for a change, not cricket | anag. incl. RU |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Too rude for me | self-referential anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Bust is on view for Roe when cavorting round centre of stadium | out + d in anag.; ref. Erica R., Twickenham streaker |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | This do for ‘outré’? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Unseemly to-do with furore developing | anag. |
| VHC | T. Crowther | It could be a sign of something not working when to-do and furore break out | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Offending propriety? This itself may engender furore and to-do | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Slot machines being so, you might have lost cash in ’em! | indicating anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Root due for runs – wrongly placed in the line-up? | anag.; ref. Joe R., cricketer |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Sign of abnormal lift short of a length floored bats in rout abroad | anag. less l in anag.; ref. current test series in Australia |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Oxford University to make crossing through Queen’s prohibited | OU to ford ER |
| VHC | T. D. Nicholl | Root due for repositioning thus? | anag.; ref. Joe R., cricketer |
| VHC | G. Raven | Former monk is not working as a night watchman | 3 defs. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | When cashpoint’s like this it could be I can’t shop | indicating anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | “Too rude” for this? | self-referential anag., & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | OR with some fortitude suffering horrific times going over the top | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Excessive fouls do for Touré | anag.; ref. Man. City footballer |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Too rude for Nuts, displaying bust? | anag.; ref. lads’ mag |
| VHC | M. Whitmore | True of door unhinged? | anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | How to describe OTT English utterance not unknown in the Gabba bleachers? | O(x)ford in outer (qv), & lit. |
HCs in competition 2165 awarded to: