Azed Competition No. 1685 Azed Slip | ◀ 1680 | 1689 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1685 | Sep 2004 | MINO | Printer’s Devilry | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. J. Short | Tony passes election ad/vert: ‘O Alan, what will Gordon think?’ | ref. T. Blair, A. Milburn, G. Brown |
| Second | J. R. H. Jones | Beck, ha/rder to cross, runs wide and deep | ref. David Beckham |
| Third | R. A. Norton | Theatre team looks forward to ‘Cats’ revival, but is this to/per able? | |
| VHC | A. G. Chamberlain | If I’d turned up at the pro/per age, army mates would have died of shame | |
| VHC | R. Cohen | On losing the race, the favourite wonders why a/t first | |
| VHC | T. J. Donnelly | When the flamboyant actor died they wrote about ‘the old ha/bits’ | |
| VHC | A. G. Fleming | In sandals I look silly, especially if I a/dd socks | |
| VHC | E. H. Furnival | The Artful Dodger is a young ga/ffer always | gamin |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | In an epidemic MOs should keep cal/culating where the risk is greatest | |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Play-goers boo ha/rder to show disapproval of bad acting | |
| VHC | M. T. Hart | Having a sweet tooth, one fancied Ja/ne’s doughnut | |
| VHC | R. Heald | At the kosher restaurant you’ll find on the menu the repast ra/ted for its smoky taste | |
| VHC | G. Higginbotham | Speaker’s final ite/ration brought precision to the argument | |
| VHC | G. Lee | ‘Ave, r/ustic Kate, my lamb,’ greeted the Scottish shepherd | |
| VHC | P. R. Lloyd | Dad gets away with mu/rder to escape the kids | |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Under neat-ho/use vents lies a foul plot | |
| VHC | R. Murdoch | Her fingers are unco-ordinated, or, I ga/ther, bent | |
| VHC | D. J. R. Ogilvie | Following a car o/ff ends run in pool | carom |
| VHC | J. M. Sharman | ‘You are ver/ily a scoundrel,’ proclaims Micawber, ‘a sheep’s umble’ | ref. Uriah Heep |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Keep cal/culations safe, doctors tell anxious parents | |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Space accident leaves astronauts facing doo/r, biting capsule | |
| VHC | F. Wheen | I a/dd socks, having lost many at laundry | |
| VHC | D. Willmott | Cosmetic surgeon helps patient to get tri/pe ration | |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | ‘The Lady’ is doomed after smart strata ge/t ‘Hello!’ |
HCs in competition 1685 awarded to: