Azed Competition No. 2421 Azed Slip | ◀ 2417 | 2425 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2421 | Nov 2018 | SPASMODICAL | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. Borooah | À la PM’s disco dancing? | anag. & lit.; ref. Theresa May at Tory conference |
| Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Sips do calm a burst of hiccups, maybe | anag. |
| Third | M. Barley | Occasional unsound entry to Azed comp is, sadly, not unknown | anag. incl. A less y |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Starting trouble as coil’s damp | anag. |
| VHC | D. Carter | Isolated PM’s coda is a deal finally unravelling? | anag. incl. l |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Jerky is sun-imbued spiced meat Aldi & Co. supply | S in Spam + anag. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Jerky – old? I see Spam as like that | anag. incl. c |
| VHC | H. Freeman | As disco lamp, flickering? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Grimes | As disco lamp’s flickering? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Twitchy face of smuggler an indicator of stress when stopped by customs | s + modi in pascal |
| VHC | V. Henderson | Ache —— – so a medical chap’s puzzled? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Social media’s essential content hacked with spam in bursts | anag. incl. d |
| VHC | B. Ingoldsby | Now and then pass ill-organised medical taking nothing for energy | anag. + medical with 0 for E |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Muscle pain has doc so uncertain – is one such ——? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Broken compass dial not fixed | anag. |
| VHC | T. D. Nicholl | Following stokes, damp coal is flickering on and off | s + anag. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Such throes, intermittently present, could develop from isolated cramps | comp. anag. incl. t, r, e, & lit. |
| VHC | I. Simpson | Special area with customs in balance? Arlene’s latest to go twitchy | sp + a + modi in scal(e); ref. Arlene Foster |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Jerky might if it’s hot make ‘Spamaholics’ a little dyspeptic | anag. incl. d less h |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | A disco lamp’s flickering, going on and off | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Camp old actor’s opening is reviewed on front of stage periodical | s + anag. incl. a; on = just after |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Fitful snatches of madness and depression left Picasso troubled | anag. incl. m, a, d, l |
| VHC | K. & J. Wolff | Portion of Asari clams, poisoned (one gone off), spewed like a geyser! | anag. incl. A, less one |
HCs in competition 2421 awarded to: