Azed Competition No. 2477 Azed Slip | ◀ 2473 | 2480 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2477 | Dec 2019 | SPRAT-WEATHER | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | What pets are for ultimately – uncertain period extending a bit beyond Christmas Day! | anag. incl. r; ref. ‘A pet is not just for Christmas’ |
| Second | M. Lloyd-Jones | Trump’s latest rash tweet, a mad recipe for end-of-year gloom | anag. + r |
| Third | Ms S. Wallace | Gloomy days at end of year – wet, perhaps windy, with no end of damp | anag. incl. r less p |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Leaving in winter phase, trio of trawlers are out for this? | anag. less in incl. tra, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Sun being hidden, it’s short odds that we’re miserable in such | Ra in SP + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | In the Bleak Midwinter, seasonal poem originally with transformed earth and water | s, p + anag.; ref. poem/carol with words by Christina Rossetti |
| VHC | Ms U. Carter | Sadly, a wetter, sharp and overcast Advent perhaps | anag. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Short odds on a rather wet stormy outlook at this time of year | SP + anag. |
| VHC | W. Drever | Time at end of November where one starts to ponder sunshine abroad? | anag. incl. t, r, a, p, s, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Time around which short aquatic creature may be caught in sea, before the end of December | t in praw(n) in sea + the r, & lit. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Sun in short supply, part we hate at end of year? | S + anag. + r, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Onset of pitch-dark winter blowing in as earth tilts? | anag. incl. p less in, & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Fish overlooking historic storm not a fine time for the Met Office | sprat + weather; ref. Michael F. |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | What repeats liltingly round the end of the year – the Bleak Midwinter? | r in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Gloomy time to be Prince Andrew initially tense going into what he says he didn’t do with that girl | Pr. + A + t in sweat + her |
| VHC | A. Plumb | A time to endure mainly before the end of December, with, above all, a little sun present | S + pr. + a t wea(r) the r, & lit. |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | A good time for those who fish the waters, with endless parr jumping? | anag. less r |
| VHC | C. Short | Midwinter hustings at end, clown to come safely through? | s prat weather; ref. election |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | After a little smack on the bottom, mite finally threw a wobbly – time for an early night? | s + prat + anag. incl. e |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | When you’ve more dark than light in mixed wash, pre-treat | anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Varney | This dreary time might be wasted rather lazily with head on pillow for day | anag. with p for d |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Theatre was busy with PR in pre-panto period | PR in anag. |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | In this one could see parts wreathed in fog, without a smidgin of doubt | anag. less d, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Young | These days have little sun, with fall over, are wet, windy and hard going therein | S + prat + h in anag. |
HCs in competition 2477 awarded to: