Azed Competition No. 2434 Azed Slip | ◀ 2430 | 2438 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2434 | Feb 2019 | STONKERED | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs A. M. Walden | Paralytic strokes mostly end badly | anag. less s |
| Second | Dr J. Burscough | Stinko? Reed could be one this inebriated | anag. less I, & lit.; ref. Oliver R. |
| Third | R. J. Whale | Taking bubbly Sekt with no reason to stop gets you this | anag. + red (light), & lit. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Start to souse with Willie in Perth till dead drunk | s + tonk2 ere2 d |
| VHC | M. Barley | Brahms and Liszt: noted pair of keyboardists ultimately rather famous for composing | anag. incl. ke, r, s; ref. rhyming slang |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Saving its skin, pesky rodent scuttled under the table | anag. incl. esk |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Embedded in reeds stirring shore bird upped and whistled | knot (rev.) in anag. |
| VHC | J. Doylend | End stroke play after too many rounds? | anag. |
| VHC | W. Drever | Is ‘Drunkometer’ required for one —— with rum? Possibly | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit. |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Tiddly Kent score (out for a hundred). Middle of order hammered | anag. less c + d |
| VHC | S. C. Ford | Rattle alternately used Franck, Beethoven, Brahms and Liszt | anag. of alternate letters; ref. Simon R. |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Floored, sent reeling with KO, bloodied, is Hatton not getting up? | anag. + red, ’s + Derek not (rev.); ref. Derek H., politician and Ricky H., boxer |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | As newts are said to be – to Red Ken’s distress? | anag.; distress imperative; ref. K. Livingstone’s fondness for newts |
| VHC | J. Grimes | With Buds served up Reed’s misbehaving so? | knots (rev.) + anag.; ref. Budweiser beer, Oliver R. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Tight place for potters clearing up is around edge of cushion | n in Stoke red; ref. snooker |
| VHC | M. Lloyd-Jones | Well away in second vote, edging out Red Ken surprisingly | s + anag. incl. ot; ref. K. Livingstone |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Thing for King’s initiation is wedged in piece of rock, ruddy tight! | K in stone + red; ref. Excalibur |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Stroke Lendl played lacking length repeatedly getting smashed | anag. incl. end; ref. tennis |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Taking defeat in series, gutless England hammered | tonk in ser. + E, d; ref. W. Indies series |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | Tight reef knots loosened with a bit of dexterity, no force needed | anag. incl. d less f |
| VHC | M. G. Payne | Describes, perhaps, some frolicking on ‘der Sekt’ | anag. & lit.; Sekt (Ger.) = champagne |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Off one’s head from trying to consume constant wine? | k in anag. incl. t + red, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Smailes | In such a state, addled with rum, drunkometers may come out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Del’s turned up round at Nag’s Head, ——? | to N in Derek’s (rev.), & lit.; ref. Del/Derek Trotter in ‘Only Fools and Horses’ |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Loaded set snorted coke out of Colombia | anag. less CO |
HCs in competition 2434 awarded to: