Azed Competition No. 2403 Azed Slip | ◀ 2399 | 2408 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2403 | Jul 2018 | SWALE | Spoonerisms | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. Drever | Birch a lout with old-fashioned wicker lashes | lurch about; w in sale2 |
| Second | T. C. Borland | Whacked traders might like promotion cut by week | tract waders; w in sale |
| Third | J. C. Leyland | Bent Curragh jockey leads to lost wager after stewards’ enquiry | Kent borough; anag. of first letters |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Feast in Falmouth? Many feed | fenny mead2; SW ale |
| VHC | M. Bath | ‘Bike log’ describes one cycling round what’s left of English country | like bog; Wales cyclically |
| VHC | Ms K. Bolton | Many feed locally from cultivated leasow – nothing’s left | fenny mead2; anag. less 0 |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Fiery men overturning European regulations | miry fen; E laws (rev.) |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Cornish beer, perhaps? So light, it might be second choice up north | low site; SW ale; s + wale2 |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | You found buyer affording this bungalow finally in Manchester suburb | find bower; w in Sale |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Flirting with English lass not having succeeded, one won’t bestow ring here | be roasting; anag. incl. w, E, less s |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Sew ruffles round edges of apparel, giving gauze to cutter | cause to gutter; a, l in anag. |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | So nun’s found here as we start to live in order | no sun; anag. incl. l |
| VHC | M. Lloyd-Jones | Apollo hatch with seal that’s faulty | a hollow patch; anag. incl. w |
| VHC | E. Looby | Market sandwiches with soggy bite | boggy site; w in sale |
| VHC | B. Lovering | Dog or bitch getting sheep out of valley? | bog or ditch; Swale(dale) |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Women in a Black Friday event take most eg | make toast; w in sale |
| VHC | T. Rudd | One no good passing away saw angel sporting shoddy halo | shady hollow; anag. less a, ng |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Perhaps she’d trade bits of sovereignty without actually leaving Europe | treed shade; first letters; ref. Brexit |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Why, after dithering, women engaged in act of betrayal | die, after withering; w in sale |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | The lead characters of Scandinavian wannabe and Laertes exemplify fiery men found in Hamlet | miry fen; first letters |
HCs in competition 2403 awarded to: