Azed Competition No. 2209 Azed Slip | ◀ 2205 | 2213 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2209 | Oct 2014 | (O)CT(O)BER | Letters Latent | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | L. Ward | When insurgent left-wingers in Russia (explicitly Bolsheviks) took control? | first letters rev., & lit.; ref. October Revolution |
Second | M. Barley | It’s when in the year leaves turn and drop | (a)ct + be(a)r, & lit.; a = anno, drop = give birth to |
Third | N. G. Shippobotham | Strong ale can be cloudy and bitter when brewed without that special ingredient | c + anag. less it |
VHC | D. K. Arnott | Suspect this ale (not cloudy) could be a belter | comp. anag. incl. c, & lit. |
VHC | J. A. Butler | This month, the leaders of Communism, the Bolsheviks, engineered revolution | first letters |
VHC | D. V. Harry | Peculiar to English, ale drawn specially to celebrate a month | anag. less anag. incl. E, & lit. |
VHC | R. J. Heald | Time around which we’ll see tree that’s cast first of autumn leaves | t in c(a)ber, & lit. |
VHC | R. Hesketh | This month’s strong ale consumption breaks flipping record! | TB in rec. (rev.) |
VHC | R. J. Hooper | Time cases of exotic bier will be drunk | t in anag. of outer letters, & lit; ref. Oktoberfest |
VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Old ale bottled between Pontefract and Berwick | hidden |
VHC | D. F. Manley | What may suggest the number eight, Roman originally – time for university’s start? | t for U in cube + R, & lit. |
VHC | P. W. Marlow | Instant crisis with Isis unleashed having captured territory beside Euphrates principally | first letters in cr |
VHC | P. McKenna | It is consumed by those leading CAMRA but ends in possible hangover | ’t in first letters and last letters, & lit. |
VHC | G. McStravick | One finds this time evoked by Dowson’s poem (recitable, getting odd bits wrong) | anag. of alternate letters |
VHC | C. J. Morse | When a tree reddens, it’s caught by last of light, not morning amber | c + t + (am)ber |
VHC | C. Short | Coming up, openings for retailers – expect busy trading conditions for days leading up to Hallowe’en | first letters (rev.) |
VHC | R. C. Teuton | Such strong beer? You could get awful roughness with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | J. R. Tozer | Time associated with rebel uprising under lead of communists | c + t + reb (rev.), & lit. |
VHC | Ms S. Wallace | First signs of Christmas trade beginning early ruin this month | first letters |
VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Brecht, lacking a touch of humour, turned out historically powerful stuff | anag. less h; October ale (see C.) |
VHC | Ms B. Widger | This month sees the start of Christmas toys being energetically retailed | first letters |
HCs in competition 2209 awarded to: