Azed Competition No. 2460 Azed Slip | ◀ 2456 | 2464 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2460 | Aug 2019 | TWEET | normal | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | M. Barley | Post we put on net (there’s no Chambers entry for noun) | post we net less pos n, & lit.; ref. entry in C. |
Second | J. C. Leyland | Dinky toys eschewed by grandkids for activity on iPad? | twee + t(oys) |
Third | Mrs A. M. Walden | Bird when small expresses one | tit with wee for I, & lit. |
VHC | D. Appleton | Go between two tenors and sing like a lintie | wee in t, t |
VHC | E. Dawid | Tit emits one for a short time | tit with wee for I, & lit. |
VHC | V. Dixon | Pipe, short cigar or marijuana from time to time? | wee(d) in t, t |
VHC | Dr M. Ewart | Message from the President. ‘From the get-go England expects World Trade terms!! VERY BAD!!! | anag. of first letters |
VHC | R. J. Heald | Trump delivers odd bit of propaganda with little trace of truth here | T(rum p) + wee t, & lit. |
VHC | M. Lloyd-Jones | Post a message or call for a chat | 2 defs.; chat, bird |
VHC | B. Lovering | What’s in Trump’s head at first will eventually exit thus | T + first letters, & lit. |
VHC | T. J. Moorey | Message Number Ten put out containing fabrication (not Boris’s first!)? | we(B) in te(x)t, & lit. |
VHC | C. Reid Dick | Message posted enclosing leak within leads to Trump tantrum | wee in T, t |
VHC | T. Rudd | Lofted first shot’s placement and weight: sound approach for another birdie? | tee wt (rev.) |
VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | The way eaglets express themselves initially! | first letters & lit. |
VHC | C. Short | Leaders of the world employ e-communications to issue a terse message | first letters |
VHC | I. Simpson | Trash taking quick minute for Donald to put together? | t(rash) + wee + t’, & lit. |
VHC | P. Tharby | What gives hints of Trump’s thinking about number one? | wee in T, t, & lit. |
VHC | J. R. Tozer | One who’s dry sinks what wets the whistle | wee in TT |
VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | Focusing on the leaders, Tiger Woods engineers eventual triumph – it’s produced by a lot of birdies | first letters; ref. US Open golf |
VHC | L. Ward | Songbird when teeny squeezes one out? | tit with wee for I, & lit. |
VHC | T. West-Taylor | What Trump likes to do on social media is to go for former wife in message | text with wee for ex |
HCs in competition 2460 awarded to: