Azed Competition No. 2504 Azed Slip | ◀ 2500 | 2508 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2504 | Jun 2020 | UPBEAT | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | What hand is raised for – needing pee, about to burst, wanting the loo ultimately? | anag. less e, o |
| Second | A. J. Wardrop | What one involved in winning flutter might be? | a in up bet, & lit. |
| Third | N. Connaughton | Universal lead having earth beside positive | U Pb + e at; ref. wiring |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | Cooking pub food that’s out of date and hoping for the best | anag. + eat |
| VHC | M. Barley | Tuba starts off piece exuberantly, playing a cheery note | anag. incl. p, e |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Thoroughly tanned? It’s sunny | up beat |
| VHC | W. Drever | Gleeful doctor starts to examine page three beauty’s unique assets | anag. of first letters |
| VHC | P. Evans | Confident about the beginnings of pandemic’s eradication, if nothing goes wrong | anag. incl. p, e, less 0 |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Small pieces of uncooked potato done in chipper? | u, p + beat |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Crudely put – embracing ‘cup half full’ | bea(ker) in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Arses? Here’s one overturning restriction to tour outskirts of Barnard Castle | B, e in tapu (rev.); sv arsis; ref. D. Cummings |
| VHC | T. D. Nicholl | At university high table, no lecturer is bullish | up + anag. less l |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | Rattle paused baton, and so this might be indicated? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Despite delayed opening, hostelry with food as before is heartening | pub with p ‘delayed’ + eat |
| VHC | S. Randall | Promising to topple from throne, establishing lead for new society | unseat with Pb for n s |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Out of bed, former carrier? Temperature makes one hopeful | up + BEA + t |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Openings of public bars eagerly anticipated to occur after 2nd of July – that’s optimistic! | u + first letters; ref. easing of COVID lockdown |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | A little underspending’s appropriate to live within means like Micawber | u + be in pat |
| VHC | A. J. Varney | Promising, having delayed opening, bar food as before | pub with p moved + eat |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Early indications of reopening dates leave struggling pub trade hopeful | anag. less r, d |
| VHC | L. Ward | Buoyant United lead with penalty (nothing odd, there) | U + Pb + even letters |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Smiley? Alec unparalleled but only first and third of the sequence adapted | anag. of a/e, u/p, b/t; ref. A. Guinness in TV adaptations of Le Carré trilogy |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Seeing glass half full, pub drunk gets last of bottle before time | anag. + e, a, t |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Smiley’s People’s leading character snared by fickle beauty with no end of subtlety | P in anag. less y |
HCs in competition 2504 awarded to: