Azed Competition No. 2456 Azed Slip | ◀ 2451 | 2460 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2456 | Jul 2019 | TRACTOR / TORMINAL | Overlaps | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Hunt losing backing might help us till normality restored, avoiding unseemly Tory griping | trac(k); till3; anag. less anag.; ref. Jeremy H., Conservative leadership race |
| Second | J. C. Leyland | I do drag queen act nervously, performing in lamé with no end of collywobbles | anag. incl. R; anag. less e |
| Third | A. H. Harker | I’m not in the least concerned with stomach pains: I’ll pull right back before food | min(I’m)al; rt (rev.) + AC |
| VHC | M. Barley | I work hard to draw tense contest, batting out final gut-wrenching minutes with a 50 | t + rac(e); min. + a + L |
| VHC | Ms K. Bolton | Caterpillar’s bite of extra cabbage minimal but I’m left describing vicious butterflies | hidden; min(I’m)al; make of tractor |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Runway not finished, aircraft propeller decapitated animal transported with discomfort to the corporation | trac(k); anag. less a |
| VHC | M. J. Clarke | Ferguson possibly starts to taunt Rossoneri, AC Milan confused and belly-aching | t R + AC; anag.; ref. nickname of AC Milan, Alec F. and make of tractor |
| VHC | Dr P. Coles | One feeds paper endless number of gripes threatening to replace Tory with Liberal | (record) trac(k); minatory with L for Tory |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Carry around what traditionally works on the farm in stopping the pain of colic | cart (rev.); in in mal |
| VHC | W. Drever | Relating to gripes altering main line vehicle route largely | anag. + l; trac(k) |
| VHC | H. Freeman | What beats the field in flat race? Not a lame animal with the trots! | hidden; anag. less a |
| VHC | T. D. Nicholl | Wagon goes over cat, maybe (not a wild animal) – gut-wrenching? | cart (rev.); anag. less a; cat = caterpillar tractor |
| VHC | J. & A. Price | Mangled headless animal! Colicky cat maybe? Dog with no tail? | anag. less a; trac(k); cat = caterpillar tractor |
| VHC | S. Randall | Time to complain endlessly about slow transport? I’m not in the least concerned with gripes | t + car(p) (rev.); min(I’m)al |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Respecting the gripes in terminals, plane route to be shortened? | hidden; trac(k) |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | With griping pains, sick animal’s not a practical replacement for draft horse returning cart | anag. less a; cart (rev.) |
| VHC | J. Smailes | Drawer of shares starts to transfer account nominally at centre of grumbles in corporation | tr ac; hidden centrally; share1,2 |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Griping in Spem in alium leads to testy remarks about choir’s ‘groundbreaking’ item | hidden; first letters; ref. Tallis choral work |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Cat starts to tremble, retch and cramp – poor animal not the first afflicted with the gripes | first letters; anag. less a; cat = caterpillar tractor |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Ferguson perhaps starts to turn round AC Milan after resolution of gripes | t, r AC; anag.; ref. Alec F. and make of tractor |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Big performer when associated with Chelsea, transitive to AC Milan but unfortunately succumbing to gut-rot | tr. + AC; anag.; ref. Chelsea tractor |
| VHC | K. & J. Wolff | Mail’s furore about number of gripes ‘leading motivator’ in beleaguered bureaucrat leaving office | n in anag.; anag. less bureau; ref. Ambassador to US Sir Kim Darroch’s resignation |
HCs in competition 2456 awarded to: