Azed Competition No. 2500 Azed Slip | ◀ 2495 | 2504 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 | May 2020 | ESPAGN(OLETTE STRENG)THENER | Half and Half | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. H. Willett | The uncanny faculty, the number and range staggering – what makes you better and better? What’s the catch? | ESP + anag. incl. n |
| Second | H. Freeman | What’ll reinforce ‘lock’ measure’s keeping distances back, measure incorporated in the ‘R’ | gaps (rev.) in en + en in the R; ref. lockdown |
| Third | T. Anderson | Note in parenthesis is missing eg squiggly closure bracket | n in anag. less is |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Wielding e.g. the spanner, something that adds steel bolt | anag. |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | What makes strong? What makes fast? Genes, heart and extremes of physical exertion are involved | anag. incl. p, n |
| VHC | M. Barley | Especially tricky, the latest in Azedian range – locked down we may find it something heartening | esp. + anag. incl. n |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Catch pregnant she forlornly ringing base builder up | e in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Sun newspaper’s original page three spread not for all to see, something to enhance a locker | anag. incl. n less U |
| VHC | T. Jacobs | Catch gannets here with a bit of pilchard at sea shore | anag. incl. p |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | One’s locked indoors, cracking latest from the top Sun. man – he’s great provider of extra toughness! | anag. incl. e, p, n, n |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Boost that’s applied as means of securing a good number in the present struggling with no end of confinement | a g n in anag. less t |
| VHC | P. McKenna | Fastening cleat? Nearly get the spanner tight | anag. less t |
| VHC | Rev. Prebendary M. R. Metcalf | This fortifies ‘lockdown’ mechanism the English Government planners broadcast – at first locally ignored | anag. incl. E G less l |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Catch panther seen prowling around the end of Chittagong pier | g in anag. |
| VHC | C. Reed | For Windows security additional support – enter pc changes, take out copies, reconfigure | anag. less cc |
| VHC | Mrs L. J. Roberts | Bolt fish e.g. snapper, gutted, then cooked | anag. less p; see fish2 |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Anger resolved with the pen’s what gets one more potent closure | anag.; ref. ‘the pen is mightier ...’ |
| VHC | C. Short | What doesn’t kill you proverbially is this vacuous Eeyorish anger spent furiously locking and unlocking bar | anag. incl. E, h; ref. ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | What confirms puzzling phenom’s greatness? No ordinary month’s special, an engaging device | anag. less o, m’s, s |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | What’s needed to firm up a door lock? Most get the spanner out | anag. less t |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | What makes more robust locking device? The spanner, for example, works | anag. incl. eg |
| VHC | T. West-Taylor | Enter A & E with NHS GP for treatment – a fitting means of securing something restorative | anag. |
| VHC | D. Whisstock | Fastening mechanism, eg spanner, usable around the brace | the in anag. |
| VHC | K. & J. Wolff | What might secure dissipation of anger he’s pent? A stiffener | anag. |
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