Azed Competition No. 2196 Azed Slip | ◀ 2191 | 2200 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2196 | Jul 2014 | SEMANTRA / TRABEATE | Overlaps | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Barley | National team run ragged in South America – when they play, bars reverberate with cross supporters endlessly frustrated | anag. incl. N, r in SA; beate(n) |
| Second | P. L. Stone | Clangers in church building? Collapse means constructing a better one using horizontal beams | anag.; anag. incl. a |
| Third | R. C. Teuton | We might replace Bell; star name’s out of form, almost broken, having more than one flat summer | anag.; beate(n); ref. test cricket |
| VHC | D. Appleton | In church we signal manse needs renovation. Built from horizontal beams, without poles, battens are warped | anag.; anag. less N, S |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | At centre, gymnasts master spinning round bars, producing sound floor exercises, initially using horizontal beams, but not vaulting | anag. incl. na; beat + e |
| VHC | C. J. Butler | Developing art means bell equivalents built of horizontal beams, hammered? Not quite | anag.; beate(n) |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Raving mates ran musical bars with straight beams from strobe at edge | anag.; hidden |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Recalled star Stokes substitutes for Bell, ace batter century-less after decline in summer form | name S (rev.); anag. less c; ref. Ben S., Ian B. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | In fuzz, are man’s feet finally hammered? They are pretty well flat with no arches | anag. incl. t; beate(n) |
| VHC | E. Looby | Having horizontal timbers pulse with echo Rastamen animatedly sounding bars in place of worship | beat E; anag. |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Constructed from beams, articles regularly used in better contrived means for adjusting toll bars? | a, a regularly placed in anag.; anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Bell is alternative to one of those names bandied about as a better skip, no candidates ultimately having unbending support? | anag.; anag. less s; ref. English cricket captaincy controversy |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Revolutionary design calls for vibrant bars in churches, mostly topped with horizontal beams | art names (rev.); beate(n) |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Rastamen broadcast church gongs, beamed as part of vibe at Easter | anag.; hidden |
| VHC | S. J. J. Tiffin | Emin and Hirst, say, going round noisy bars, fortified by Carlings, possibly, but exhausted before exhibition’s opening | art names (rev.); beat + e; see carling |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Characters around noisy bars order a beer at ‘time’ with great booms, perhaps | names (rev.); anag. incl. t |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | Bell-like instruments giving stars backing (comprising flat, wooden support!) can be seen in orchestra, beaten | names (rev.); hidden |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Beamed gallery houses dancing bear performing as men hammered instruments | anag. in Tate; anag. |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Pounding means bars struck in Orthodox churches, constructed with beams, are battered, smashed with no sign of stopping | anag.; anag. less red |
HCs in competition 2196 awarded to: