Azed Competition No. 2390 Azed Slip | ◀ 2386 | 2395 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2390 | Apr 2018 | POISSON D’AVRIL | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. A. Clarke | Perhaps spaghetti trees or ravioli ponds should be treated with a pinch of salt | anag. incl s; ref. famous 1957 ‘Panorama’ hoax |
| Second | R. J. Heald | This month’s goof could be reviewed on ‘SlipAdvisor’! | anag.; fanciful variant of ‘TripAdvisor’; ref. earlier appearance of clue word in AZ ‘Letters Latent’ comp. |
| Third | D. F. Manley | Toxin around Salisbury’s centre has Vladimir deviously ignoring Military Intelligence – who’s been taken in? | s in poison + anag. less MI; ref. Putin |
| VHC | D. Appleton | In spring one had reordered provisions at deli regularly | anag. incl. alternate letters |
| VHC | M. Barley | See sly —— end with solvers in a spin, oddly perplexed? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Ms K. Bolton | Canard à la française cooked in very little lard (previously a Seine swimmer?) | poisson + anag. incl. i’ v |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | A silver spoon I’d collected, not bearing English mark of this date, seemingly French | anag. less E; mark = victim of trick |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Provisions sprinkled with dal and occasional dill | anag.; Collins gives dill = fool |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Ravioli’s new pods rattled one falling for spaghetti trees | anag. incl. n |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Rig no Paris gull ultimately avoids with one being exposed | anag. incl. l less a, & lit.; rig2 |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Early season pull to leg, short of a length … Lord’s Pavilion’s buzzing! | anag. less l; leg-pull |
| VHC | J. Grimes | For which cod on old Paris div’s back is required? | anag. incl. v; see div4; origin of French expression |
| VHC | J. Liddle | French deception involving Paris v. London is not new! | anag. less n |
| VHC | B. Lovering | Solving almost over with all but the last to parse, I managed to grasp Azed’s latest ruse | d in anag. incl. o, less g, e |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | One who’s had rivals poisoned rarely not first in elections | anag. less e; ref. e.g. Putin |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | Vladimir P. is soon to be implicated, I’m checking out victim of sneaky trick | anag. less I’m; ref. Salisbury episode |
| VHC | I. Simpson | Eccentric Boris taking the lead in Brexit? No, Davis is in place – he’s not May’s fall guy | anag. less B in Pl. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Prank victim primarily is Paris noodle not seeing his derriere | anag. incl. v less e, & lit.; prank = set in order |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Reviviscent spoof failed? A variation renders this effective | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. earlier appearance of clue word in AZ ‘Letters Latent’ comp. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Arrange pails against doors in a prank | anag. incl. v |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | For a joke, one was hung on another’s back in old Paris, so very bizarrely | anag. incl. v; ref. original French custom |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | An old pissoir, very dodgy, in which Frenchman might be led astray | anag. incl. v |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | One who’s had up avoids prison, with a bit of luck | anag. incl. l; up = in an excited state |
HCs in competition 2390 awarded to: