Azed Competition No. 2248 Azed Slip | ◀ 2244 | 2250 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2248 | Jul 2015 | WAISTLINE | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Hodgkin | With consumption of endless fibre I decrease in size? | istl(e) I in wane, & lit. |
| Second | I. Simpson | A bit of you, this eg could be shaped by eating wisely | comp. anag. incl. y, & lit. |
| Third | D. F. Manley | How, primarily, this gets reduced – with eating less? | comp. anag. incl. h, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Grotesquely it’s 50″ – misery for a kiltie holding that in | anag. + L in(ches) all in wae, & lit. |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Fancy it’s expanding with beer drinking at home | anag. in w ale containing in, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Not exactly lean, is it, when one’s put on weight? | w + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | J. G. Booth | Girth’s extent? Unconstrained it was 50 inches before the start of exercising? | anag. + L in. e |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Change to ‘lite’ was after gaining inches here? | in. in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Is it a new shape around fifty? | L in anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | What one fears the spread of is a new & lit craze | anag. |
| VHC | P. Evans | Swig endless ale and in time spreading occurs here | anag. less g incl. t, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Fairclough | Is Lent a way I transform this? Ay! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Grimes | What chips one eats endlessly will ultimately ruin? | anag. incl. I less n, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | A swelling eater given half portion of dinner may reduce enlarged —— | comp. anag. incl. din, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Moving a wine list one’s found under the breadbasket, perhaps | anag. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | It was tight with little latitude in middle of whalebone | l in anag. + in e, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Given extremes of expansion was it L. Pavarotti’s ultimate undoing? | anag. incl. e, n, i, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Liddle | Dress I slit anew to reveal where skirt meets bodice | anag. |
| VHC | W. F. Main | With increasing maturity this could expand a wine list supply | anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Was it trimmed by cutting back on alcohol and eating primarily? | anag. + in in l, e, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | One wanting its length reduced must cut booze | a + anag. incl. l in wine, & lit. |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | In women’s dress design you’ll find it’s variable! | anag. in w A-line, & lit. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Eating well, as I do, is this spreading with old age? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | The Rt Revd D. Thomson | A wine list ruined diet target | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Women lie – it’s an awkward fact that a dressmaker needs to know | w + anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | It’s cunningly concealed in wide, full-skirted style of clothing | anag. in w A-line, & lit. |
HCs in competition 2248 awarded to: