Azed Competition No. 2425 Azed Slip | ◀ 2421 | 2428 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2425 | Dec 2018 | EPILIMNION | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | Simon P is on Galilee’s, faltering – with SOS, gale’s gone | anag. less SOS, gale’s, & lit.; ref. Matthew 14, 29-32 |
| Second | M. Barley | Surface water is involved in pile-up on M1 (you can’t see what’s ahead) | anag. less up |
| Third | P. McKenna | Possibly this warmer water on coast is changing opinions on climate | comp. anag. |
| VHC | P. B. Alldred | Stormy El Nino and unlimited limpid waters of the upper lake | anag. less l, d |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Top layer of mere lino? I’m revelling in distressed pine | anag. in anag. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Lake superiorly boasted, ‘I’m No. 1 in ELP’ | anag.; ref. Emerson, Lake & Palmer; boast = shape roughly |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Essentially tepid, I’m in and on top of lake circulating | anag. incl. epi, l, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Struggling PM, one in the middle of boiling hot water – staying on top? | anag. incl. ili |
| VHC | W. Drever | Record I draw on includes current top band from the Lakes | I in EP I limn on |
| VHC | J. Fairclough | I’m on short pier in lake, making waves in warm surface water | anag. incl. pie(r), l |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Where ultimately less cold temperature implicit, no end of phytoplankton floating? | e + anag. incl. n less c, t, & lit. |
| VHC | H. Freeman | This would one in mini pedalo displace? | anag. with a, ’d, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | Under extreme pressure, I paint early hint of iridescence on surface water of lake | EP + I limn + I + on |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Warm surface of water around edge of Pacific island is El Niño, I’m tipping | P, I in anag. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Superior band, say, in EMI No. 1 LP hit | anag.; ref. Lake Superior |
| VHC | Dr J. B. Reid | Superior perhaps gets this at the top while minion plies endless grind | anag. less s; ref. Lake Superior |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | I’m located just below one on surface of lake engaged in swimming in open | i + l + I’m in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | E.g. Victoria’s warm liquid lips on mine transported one for a second | anag. with I for s |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Top of the Lake: mostly great picture once Campion drops affectations | epi(c) limn (Camp)ion; ref. TV drama dir. by Jane C.; picture vb, camp2 n |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Shivering in Polish winter I’m wanting woolly shirt with mere top layer of warmth | anag. less anag. incl. w |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Cook pimiento left for short time in warm water | anag. with l for t |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | One in limpid, endlessly fluctuating, warm layer of water | anag. less d |
HCs in competition 2425 awarded to: