Azed Competition No. 2395 Azed Slip | ◀ 2390 | 2399 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2395 | May 2018 | PURITANISM | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr P. W. Nash | Cooking turnips, I am following the precepts of Oliver | anag.; ref. O. Cromwell, Jamie O. |
| Second | L. Ward | Trundling up stair in courtroom ultimately gets you thinking of Ironside | anag. + m; ref. former TV series starring Raymond Burr as a wheelchair-bound lawyer |
| Third | J. Grimes | What makes pi furious with naturism? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | With it, there’s an element of severity displayed in religious ritual | anag. incl. s in Purim, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barnes | Trump is in a spin – it generates drama in The Crucible | anag.; ref. Judd Trump, snooker player & Arthur Miller play |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | One repressed, prim aunt’s bent? | I in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Protestant precept, pietist extremes of which Arminius reformed | anag. incl. p, t |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Russia’s leader Putin aims athletically for strict self-control | anag. incl. R |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | Sally, equivocal about object of education, is first to mention what influenced Milton and Bunyan | Rita in pun + is m; ref. play/film, ‘Educating Rita’ |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Oddball up in arms about informal sexual activity displays this? | it in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | What’ll have you madly up in arms about sex? | it in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Stormy Daniels? One Trump, in short, lied about being silenced, professing high morals | anag. incl. i’ less anag. |
| VHC | E. Looby | What may be up in arms about sexual activity? | it in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | B. Lovering | Anti-establishment movement with beginnings in underground pamphlets, invective signed ‘Martin’ getting distributed | anag. incl. u, p, i, s; ref. Martin Marprelate |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Rump – it is an improper system for God-driven Cromwell | anag.; ref. 1653 Rump Parliament |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | A must in prig with no end of pontificating, possibly? | anag. less g, & lit. |
| VHC | P. McKenna | In the course of Reformation this could find you up in arms about sex | it in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Protestantism originally, minus a rite that’s cut for reformation | P + anag. less e, & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Sir, I’m put out, having to accept adult term for women and believing obscenity wrong | a n in anag.; ref. AZ’s inclusion of PUNANI |
| VHC | T. Rudd | ‘Take one Prism, aunt and handbag …’ – instruction in The Importance of Being Earnest? | anag. incl. I; handbag vb.; ref. Aunt Augusta, Miss Prism, etc in TIOBE |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Framework of ideals adopted by prim aunt possibly? | i, s in anag. & lit. |
| VHC | I. Simpson | First off, Trump ain’t about to embrace this (not half) | (th)is in anag. less T, & lit. |
| VHC | P. Tharby | Prince having same-sex relationships, accepting it’s anathema for Royalists? | P + it in uranism |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Belief in morality in Trump’s America is endlessly confounded | anag. incl. A less s |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Agitated, I’m up in arms – time for end of grim austerity | anag. with t for m |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What gets you up in arms, possibly about sex? | it in anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 2395 awarded to: