Azed Competition No. 2560 Azed Slip | ◀ 2556 | 2564 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560 | Jul 2021 | BOMBAST | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Hodgkin | Bojo’s beloved going nuts about bride-chamber at Number Ten – outdated stuff! | Bo(jo) + b in mast; ref. Carrie Johnson and re-decoration controversy |
| Second | H. Freeman | A bit of tigerism encountered by Little Black Sambo in disarray? | b + anag. + t, & lit.; ref. children’s story |
| Third | A. J. Wardrop | What’s sometimes incendiary when deployed by leader of Tories | bomb as T, & lit.; ref. B. Johnson |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | Fiasco at Thanksgiving when opening of turkey reveals stale stuffing | bomb as t |
| VHC | M. Barley | Turkey roasted with trimmings and traditional stuffing | bomb + (ro)ast(ed) |
| VHC | J. A. Butler | Primarily because of Macron’s belligerent attitude, sausage tiff produces some inflated language | first letters; ref. French Pres. and NI Brexit fallout |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Flatulence comes from bottom after putting away too much fibre | b(OTT)om + bast |
| VHC | J. R. Howlett | Initially Boris overawes many by arrantly spouting this | first letters & lit.; B. Johnson |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | What’s heard from demagogue as mob starts to bay and turn wild? | anag. incl. b, t; semi & lit. |
| VHC | M. Lloyd-Jones | Botham best batting without the heroics | anag. less the; ref. Ian B. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Hot air activating balloons, something the Montgolfier brothers originated principally in novel fashion | anag. of first letters |
| VHC | P. McKenna | What would blow up speech’s exordium in a prime show of turgidity | bomb + s in a, t, & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Highfaluting talk primarily by officious Mrs Bucket, aristocratic she thinks | first letters, ref. TV series ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ |
| VHC | J. Pearce | Turkey like leather in the middle? That’ll be out-of-date stuffing | bomb as t |
| VHC | S. Randall | This noise could be produced by most babies on breaking wind | comp. anag. |
| VHC | J. M. Rees | Explosive energy escaping seat that’s broken wind? | bomb + anag. less e |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Onset from moustachioed Blimp, not weak in bluster? | m B(limp) in boast, & lit.; ref. Colonel B. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Holding a management degree, qualified to BS and bluster | MBA in anag.; BS = bullshit |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | Snippets of bloated oratory making Boris’s answers sound turgid | first letters & lit.; B. Johnson |
| VHC | R. Zara | Primarily boring, orotund magniloquence: Boris articulating stereotypical tirade | first letters & lit.; B. Johnson |
HCs in competition 2560 awarded to: