Azed Competition No. 2230 Azed Slip | ◀ 2226 | 2235 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2230 | Mar 2015 | GATES OF DEATH | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr S. J. Shaw | These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below | anag. + anag., & lit. |
| Second | M. Barley | See one finally departing face God at these, possibly | anag. less c, e, & lit. |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | Dotage’s fate, breaking hearts? | anag. + H, & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | The wretched at Hades oft get stifling temperature here | anag. less t, & lit.; ref. Job 38, 17 |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Where the fate God’s ordained takes one? | a in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Dr M. Bullivant | A fate the gods ordered in the end | anag. |
| VHC | M. Coates | End of life Fates had got ordained? | anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | A fate the gods ordained | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs L. Davis | Get to Hades taking Acheron ferry initially – diabolical point of departure! | anag. incl. A, f |
| VHC | V. Dixon | What the aged fatso may totter to? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Fairclough | Entrance to Hades? Fate, the constant presiding over all | G + anag., & lit.; entrance vtr. |
| VHC | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Aged foes that we must ‘dash asunder’, whereby to reach eternal peace | anag.; ref. hymn |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | The fate God has ordained – revealed by such opening for heaven or hell? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Fated stage to which finally one resorts? | anag. incl. o, h, & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | These lead to afterlife: endless fate with God possibly | anag. incl. a, less e, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Ogilvie | For many Spartans Thermopylae was a fate the gods ordered | anag. |
| VHC | T. Rudd | Get to Hades following a rattle here? | anag. incl. f, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Rich man’s a pained expression about uncertain fate with God here? | (Bill) Gates + anag. incl. D in oh!, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | Dreadful stage characterized by start of decay and human body giving up last of vigour | anag. + of + d + ea(r)th, & lit. |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Final destination as e.g. fate doth set out | anag. |
| VHC | L. Ward | At these, do those kicking off finally attain glorious repose? | anag. incl. f, a, g, & lit.; re-pose |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | In which God and the Fates might be found embracing one? | a in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. Whisstock | Fog ahead – test flaps for final departure | anag. |
HCs in competition 2230 awarded to: