Azed Competition No. 1646 View the Azed Slip | < 1641 | 1648 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1646 | Dec 2003 | BLACK | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Tozer | Void is at Bible’s beginning | B + lack, & lit. |
| Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Bachelor: miss dated one seeking mate | B + lack; ref. Chess |
| Third | D. Appleton | Angry Liberal disrupts support for unofficial colour bar | L in back + 4 defs. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Football ultimately overshadowed by position of rugby? It’s hard to see | l in back |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Moor, lowering dingy – light opposite jetty | 5 defs. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Such is book in which foremost of law-breakers is held to account | l a/c in bk, & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Conrad, for example, depicting horror in ‘Heart of Darkness’ | ref. Conrad B., Joseph Conrad |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Deadly half back able to get English going delirious | anag. less E; ref. Jonny Wilkinson |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Bar sinister – illegitimate? | 3 meanings |
| VHC | W. Duffin | Provides descriptions of sea and death? Could be Conrad | 3 meanings |
| VHC | H. Freeman | I might be caught in balk after screw (not Jimmy!) | c in anag., & lit.; ref. snooker, Jimmy White |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Threatening as club is or bar | 3 meanings; ref. cards |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Star of dating game unable to make first move in mating game! | ref. Cilla B., chess |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Conrad, e.g., essential feature of thumb lacking | hidden; ref. C. who sucked his thumbs and had them cut off in ‘Struwwelpeter’ |
| VHC | W. F. Main | Going into reverse, vessel’s stern does for jetty | l in back |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Baron facing deprivation? | B + lack, & lit.; ref. Conrad B., forced to sell ‘Daily Telegraph’, etc |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | British want unofficial support to keep the pound | B + lack, l in back |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Baron facing shortfall (no longer in it?) | 2 meanings.; ref. Conrad B. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Beta-blocker man might be jocularly presented as: ‘Meet Baron ——’ | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Sir James B., Nobel prize winner for work on beta-blockers |
| VHC | R. Stocks | Bad-tempered press baron in trouble with the union and with financial authorities | 3 meanings |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Cause mouse to become better on swallowing soupçon of Lymeswold | L in back; mouse = black eye |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | In end of table opposite this, middle half circled, cueist initially breaks | c in balk with centre reversed, & lit.; ref. snooker |
HCs awarded in competition 1646 to: