Azed Competition No. 2244 Azed Slip | ◀ 2239 | 2248 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2244 | Jun 2015 | AVANT-GARDISTE | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Who might make devastating crack about RA retrospective, styling vintage art ‘sad’? | RA (rev.) in anag., anag., & lit. |
| Second | J. C. Leyland | I’d savage what’s central to conventional art with abandon | nt in anag., & lit. |
| Third | T. C. Borland | One that could deliver shock to e.g. staid art circles | van in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Following a wandering star I’d get wagon coated, being a pioneer | a + van in anag.; ref. song ‘Wand’rin’ Star’ in musical ‘Paint Your Wagon’ |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Somehow vintage ‘trad’ art’s not right for this person | anag. less rt, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | A very innovative artist, e.g. an originator of Dada | a v + anag. incl. D, & lit. |
| VHC | J. G. Booth | One producing new-fangled art ideas, including Van Gogh originally – that’s about it in brief | Van ’t G in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | I could produce deviant art as Goebbels, primarily, held | G in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. Daffern | A wild extravagant id’s not unknown in a fashionista | anag. less x |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Initiator of trend, raved against if revolutionary | anag. incl. t, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | One’s very daring with taste for change | a + v + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Early adopter tried satnav, losing way around outskirts of Geneva | G, a in anag. |
| VHC | E. C. Lance | One such as Paul Gauguin, mouldering in a distant grave | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Awfully staid art a given? I must break away from that | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | One could have slammed vintage art as beginning to date! | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | I get excited with V and A’s art: he prefers Saatchi’s | anag. |
| VHC | S. Randall | One revolutionizing sad vintage art? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. A. Stephenson | One may construe vintage art ‘sad’ | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Taylor | She’s daringly innovative playing a vintage strad | anag. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Term for improv artist with agenda to stray from the norm | anag. incl. v, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | ‘Gent as art diva’ could be one description of Grayson Perry? | anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Devastating RA, potentially? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | I might be exhibited by daring Tate: V & A’s wavering | anag. incl. V, A’s, & lit. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | This trendy lady head of university may discover graduates very anti being reformed | anag. incl. v less u; ref. Louise Richardson, new Oxford VC |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Form of Verdi’s new tag at opening of Aida | anag. incl. n, A, & lit.; ref. world premiere in Cairo |
HCs in competition 2244 awarded to: