Azed Competition No. 1446 View the Azed Slip | < 1441 | 1450 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1446 | Feb 2000 | NEWSPAPERDOM | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs E. M. Phair | Sweep, mop, darn, set to rights – that’s the province of dailies | anag. |
| Second | M. Barley | It’s within the hurly-burly of me PA pen words | anag. & lit.; Press Association |
| Third | Dr J. Burscough | It’s the province of dailies to wield sweeper and mop, removing last trace of grime | anag. less e |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Warne sped Pom out in Packer’s realm | anag., ref. Shane W., Kerry P. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Press gang spared women ship’s term at sea | anag. incl. p |
| VHC | E. Cross | Press centre of fastening down, Pampers needing adjustment | anag. incl. e; ref nappies |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Modern pap we circulate – Sun included! | S in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Women with drapes off occupy a page in the Sun etc | p in anag. |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Press home in on warped MEPs. Corrupt, more like! | anag. |
| VHC | D. Godden | Its bilious effusions are enough to make one spew – pardon me | anag. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | See cod wrapped in some piece of its output | anag. less i, & lit; cod adj. |
| VHC | J. Hastie | Originators of rumours and scandals, we pan Dome, with Page getting fired | anag. incl. r, s, p, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Heald | Those in ‘the rag trade’, using mediocre material, must sew modern clothing | pap in anag.; must4 |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Rag trade tailors sew or mend stitching in bust part? | pap (= nipple) in anag. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Pen ample – left out sword for wielding here? | anag, less l, & lit. |
| VHC | I. Morgan | Women’s dapper fashion industry (Rag Trade!) | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | We’d spare no MP going astray | anag. & lit.; ref sleaze |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What can make you pawn in subtle admen’s power? | p in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Its product’s possibly wrapped some rock-salmon finally | anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Epsom pre-dawn work out for gathering of hacks? | anag. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Whimsically, per E. W., odd bits of ‘Scoop’ damns???! | anag. & lit.; ref Evelyn Waugh novel |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Mad with pen-power, Sun disgraces it? | anag. incl. S, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Wynne Willson | Fleet Street warns dome needs reorganising with additional pep | anag. |
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