Azed Competition No. 2532 Azed Slip | ◀ 2530 | 2534 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2532 | Xmas 2020 | POTLA(TSUGA)TCH | Presents Round the Tree | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. C. Teuton | Narrow chimney top (and a fat belly!) can lead to Santa getting caught out | pot + lat + S + anag. |
| Second | E. C. Lance | Total shambles after start of pandemic – Boris ultimately caught dithering | p + anag. + s + anag. |
| Third | R. J. Whale | Ugh, latest comp format needs changing to deliver me from —— | comp. anag. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Denied tail, lusty goat needs sorting out in bed! | anag. less y in patch; tail = sex |
| VHC | M. Barker | It’s descriptive of an expanded waistline, muscles caught wobbling | pot + lats + anag. |
| VHC | M. Barley | See lots of spice from the East carried by trio of potentates to child | la + gust(o) (rev.) in pot + at ch. |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Spinning top littlest’s opening has tag cut off | top (rev.) + l + anag. |
| VHC | S. Collins | Trump’s finale, raving loony bagging Georgia after total’s in a tangle | p + anag. + Ga in (Screaming Lord) Sutch |
| VHC | P. T. Crow | Returning countertenor in part, mostly sweet, with tenor choir | alto (rev.) in pt + suga(r) T ch. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Trophy can endlessly sweeten the champion | pot + lat + suga(r) + t’ ch. |
| VHC | W. Drever | Period during which winds gust a lot? | anag. in patch |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Turkey for some stuffed with a lot wasted, number absent in time celebrated | anag. + t + su(n)g in patch2; turkey = fool |
| VHC | J. E. Green | Frantically caught last post with a second to spare | anag. less s |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Recall exuberant enjoyment receiving special gift (not half!) inside parcel | tal(ent) in gusto (all rev.) in patch |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Horrid Henry with catapult got schoolmistress’s rear! | anag. incl. H, s |
| VHC | P. McKenna | Corporation is caught out securing office | lat in pot + anag. incl. ’s |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Stokes, following excellent over, towards the end almost caught out | top (rev) + lat(e) + S + anag. |
| VHC | Dr T. G. Powell | Desperately with seconds to go, last post somehow caught | anag. less s + anag. |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Tankard a sudden blast of air knocked over in bar | pot + a + gust (rev.) in latch |
| VHC | P. A. Stephenson | Trio of potentates indeed majestic, leaving gold from the East to child | pot la2 (Au)gust (rev.) at ch |
| VHC | J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter | Consuming sweet stuff mostly, bulging tum starts to look awful throughout the Christmas hols | pot + suga(r) in first letters |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Saint: ‘Lo! A peasant’s outside, caught in a blizzard’ | anag. incl. st a p, t; ref. King Wenceslas |
HCs in competition 2532 awarded to: