Cup Winning Clues in 2015

Cup Winning Clues in 2015
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		Date	Clue word	Winner	Clue	Explanation
AZ	2222	Jan	OBJECT LESSON	J. R. Tozer	The coalition’s been a good one for all parties except for the one in opposition	objection with less for I
AZ	2226	Feb	DOUBLE-PARKING	J. C. Leyland	See plod rebuking a delinquent for what fouls up kerb-loading?	double anag. & lit.
AZ	2230	Mar	GATES OF DEATH	Dr S. J. Shaw	These part to reveal alternative fates, God above and devilish heat below	anag. + anag., & lit.
AZ	2235	Apr	CHOCK-A-BLOCK	P. L. Stone	Heaving pack to secure one against the head	chock a block; ref. Rugby Union
AZ	2239	May	ERADIATE (Spoonerisms)	R. C. Teuton	Spread like buns seems to excite Remove’s oversized character, ‘I’d eat and eat endlessly’	sun’s beams; anag. incl. R less t; ref. Billy Bunter
AZ	2244	Jun	AVANT-GARDISTE	R. J. Heald	Who might make devastating crack about RA retrospective, styling vintage art ‘sad’?	RA (rev.) in anag., anag., & lit.
AZ	2248	Jul	WAISTLINE	M. Hodgkin	With consumption of endless fibre I decrease in size?	istl(e) I in wane, & lit.
AZ	2250	Jul	MILESTONE (with missing O) (Missing Letter)	J. R. Tozer	Azed’s celebrated reaching it with bean very much sound	beano; miles tone
AZ	2257	Sep	BUST-UP / PIT-PAT (Right and Left)	R. J. Heald	Quarrel with Republican candidate shortened odds of Trump beating frontrunner for presidency spreading sanctimonious rubbish	(Jeb)Bus(h) + alternate letters; p in pi tat; ref. US politics
AZ	2261	Oct	GANGSTERLAND	M. Hodgkin	Flowery headgear worn by flamboyant gents could be called ‘the hood of hoods’	anag. in garland; hood^{2, 3}
AZ	2265	Nov	ESPRIT FORT	D. F. Manley	Prof. RD’s an atheist – and has this designation possibly?	comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Richard Dawkins
AZ	2270	Dec	FENESTRA	R. J. Heald	Pierce Brosnan feted for playing striking Bond	anag. less Bond; ref. J. Bond actor; pierce = perforation
AZ	2272	Xmas	SNOWMOBILE	C. J. Brougham	Saint with twinkling humour carrying present in sleigh	now in S mo bile