Azed Competition No. 2490 Azed Slip | ◀ 2486 | 2495 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2490 | Mar 2020 | DREAMSCAPE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Whale | Spacey image that springs to mind? A sad creep and the end of film career | anag. incl. m; ref. Kevin S. |
| Second | A. J. Wardrop | Painting by Munch, perhaps version of Scream found in swag robber finally surrendered | anag. in d(r)ape; ref. theft and recovery of famous painting |
| Third | J. Grimes | A space reimagined with REM after onset of dormancy? | d + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | T. Borland | Scene of mystery yielding nothing, puzzled Morse paced about area | a in anag. less 0 |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | RA’s mad piece leaving one baffled? | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Drever | Fantastic show with old-style music finale from Fats Domino? | dream2 + s + cape |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Work Marcel Duchamp essayed periodically | anag. of alternate letters, & lit.; ref. French surrealist painter |
| VHC | L. M. Inman | Setting for Quince’s final mad capers? | anag. incl. e, & lit.; ref. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | In which see madcap Salvador’s latest work? | anag. incl. r, & lit.; ref. S. Dali |
| VHC | M. Lloyd-Jones | Perfect start to solar eclipse – over earth an eerie scene | dream s cap + E |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Scream’s painted – isn’t —— weird? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. McKenna | Gibbon, say, supporting what leads decline with loads about a vision of unreality | d + reams + c + ape; ref. ‘Decline and Fall’ |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Out of focus speed camera needing repair? That looks like Bosch work | anag. less e; ref. Hieronymus B. and B. Security & Safety division |
| VHC | S. Randall | Mid-repose, wrestling with canvas, I might create this vision | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. Rudd | Pea deployed under many sheets pushing into maid’s back – ultimately unrealistic fairytale scene? | reams in d c + anag. |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Work of surrealism, perhaps produced by RA, spaced me out | anag. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | With this Dali could exhibit metamorphosis to replace Dadaism | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Surrealism and ‘M. of Narcissus’ |
| VHC | I. Simpson | Spaced out? You might see a trio of mermaids on the rocks in this | anag. incl. a mer(maids), & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Fanciful scene – bard’s Bottom foremost of ‘mechanicals’ wearing floppy ears on head | d + m in anag. + cape; ref. ‘AMND’ |
| VHC | P. Tharby | Indistinct picture from faulty speed camera, a bit of evidence to be disregarded | anag. less e |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Arresting sight, first seen in dormant head? | reams in d cape, & lit.; reams = a great deal |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Dali masterpiece arranges it bizarrely, creating composition of this with tigers, inter alia | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Dali’s ‘Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee’ |
HCs in competition 2490 awarded to: