Azed Competition No. 2508 Azed Slip | ◀ 2504 | 2512 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2508 | Jul 2020 | CHARACTER | Misprints | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | A daily performance is getting on flipping mask | mark; char act + re (rev.); ref. social distancing |
| Second | R. C. Teuton | Rat-catcher taking away very little townsfolk playing tune | tone; anag. less t; ref. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ |
| Third | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Duality shown by pied rat-catcher after payment ultimately denied | quality; anag. less t |
| VHC | M. Barley | Job varied entries to Azed tackle entails reproducing clue typo | type; char + anag. of first letters |
| VHC | M. Barnes | Parson’s moral make-up – reach out to accommodate leaders of roundhead and cavalier types | person’s; first letters in anag. |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Statue to make black react, incensed | status; char + anag. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | E.g. Holder, fantastic catcher taking a run | Holden; a r in anag.; ref. WI cricketer, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ |
| VHC | A. G. Chamberlain | Copperfield’s first account, rather hazy: we meet him in a hovel | novel; anag. incl. C, a/c |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Damaged the car? RAC care is required | card; anag. |
| VHC | A. H. Harker | Qualify cleaning lady to play the part of The Queen | quality; char act ER |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Account penned by Miss Brontë drawing large number heading for renowned parsonage | personage; a/c in Char(lot)te + r; ref. Brontë home/museum |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Statue falls, with rejection of fashionable man once surrounded by heartless acclaim | status; (cat)aract in ch(e)er |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Mrs Mopp? Something of a Drama Queen in ITMA’s past? | part; char act ER; ref. 1940s radio comedy |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | ‘An ace Crowther special!’ – excited one beginning to work out setter? | letter; anag. less anag. incl. w |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Tense Australian caught close to wicket is trapped by Archer bowling | sense; A c t in anag.; ref. Jofra A., England bowler |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | An eccentric parson performed endlessly during tea with a bishop | person; acte(d) in cha RR |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Care to ring breakdown organisation with the car broken down | card; RAC in anag. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Bond embracing a counterspy at the outset exhibits duality | quality; a c in charter |
| VHC | S. Randall | Someone in hovel organised rat-catcher to eradicate nucleus of infestation | novel; anag. less t |
| VHC | T. Rudd | Play set in church, a king and Canterbury at its heart: a good prayer’s in it | player; act in ch a r + er; ref. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | In novel format, Archer embraces pretence to acquire literary parsonage | personage; act in anag.; ref. Jeffrey A., The Old Vicarage, Grantchester |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Slippery racetrack, losing rear end – on board Hamilton’s first to find grip | grit; anag. less k incl. H |
| VHC | T. West-Taylor | Catch rare loco – one of distinctive trains | traits; anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Job-seekers may show reverence for this daily performance in front of royalty | reference; char act ER |
HCs in competition 2508 awarded to: