Azed Competition No. 1533  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1528  |  1537  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1533 Oct 2001MASTER-MARINER normal24

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstDr J. BurscoughCapsizing trawler’s last tar remains – me?anag. incl r, & lit.; ref. captain going down with his ship
SecondA. J. WardropLeader of ratings in tramp (not troop) steamer? Could beanag. incl. r, less tp, & lit.
ThirdJ. R. TozerHead of mercantile company millions in arrears met foundersm + anag.; company = crew
VHCD. AppletonSea-captain bewitched tarries with mermananag.
VHCD. ArthurChopped meats take a day spent in pickle: recipe for Cook, perhapsanag. + r + marin(ad)e + r; Captain C.
VHCM. BarleyPossibly I run a steamer (MN), rightanag. incl r + r, & lit.
VHCJ. R. BeresfordNormal title, assuming one ran steamer at seaanag. incl. I in Mr, & lit.
VHCH. J. BradburyMere tars remain adrift but for ’e!anag. less e, & lit.
VHCC. J. BroughamTramp steamer’s ruin … possibly puts me outcomp. anag. & lit.
VHCA. CoxI am Tranmere R.’s new skipperanag.
VHCE. CrossCook? Fricassee man is rare term for him!anag.; Captain C.
VHCJ. P. GuiverAs a former minister, losing Foreign Office is disastrous for Cook’s careeranag. less FO is; ref. Robin C., Captain C.
VHCC. R. GumbrellI’ll have tar name me ‘sir’, being trained rightanag. + r, & lit.
VHCR. J. HealdI’d hope to command good ratings with mainstream broadcast about our old King and QueenER in anag. + R
VHCA. HodgsonSkipper Imran’s team erred rarely – less than the sides of Englandanag. less E, d; ref. I. Khan, former Pakistan cricket captain
VHCG. JohnstoneAuthority on bridge in arrears met Omar’s second entry with finesseanag. incl. m; ref. O. Sharif, bridge writer
VHCF. P. N. LakeLeader on board earns mate with two rooks; I’m confounded!anag. incl. R, R
VHCD. F. ManleyI could be leader of tub in extraordinary rendition of seaman-rimer, rightt in anag. + r; ref. Ancient Mariner
VHCP. W. MarlowSeaman displaying authority remains composed around goal with the Gunners pinned backterm + RA (rev.), all in anag.; ref. David S., Arsenal goalkeeper
VHCC. J. MorseRams team languishing with former outside right as captainanag. + rine r; ref. Derby County’s woes under Craig Burley
VHCF. R. PalmerPossibly term I associate with seaman, leader of ratings, rightanag. incl. r + r, & lit.
VHCC. PearsonName Rimer’s tar? Adrift, not this evidentlyanag.; ref. Ancient Mariner
VHCR. PerryUnruly Merrie Man’s at R. Hood’s callinganag.; ref. Admiral H.
VHCDr E. YoungMan at top with fishy bottom, merman tarries on the rocksanag.; bottom = ship
 

HCs in competition 1533 awarded to:

D. AshcroftK. W. CrawfordW. JacksonR. Phillips
B. BalfourMrs J. M. CritchleyMrs S. D. JohnsonD. Price Jones
A. BarkerM. D. DamesickM. D. LawsD. R. Robinson
M. BathL. J. DavenportP. LongJ. H. Russell
E. A. BeaulahE. DawidC. J. LoweM. Sanderson
Mrs F. A. BlanchardE. V. DefleyR. K. LumsdonW. J. M. Scotland
E. J. BurgeN. C. DexterD. W. MackieD. Tilley
M. V. BurgeV. DixonP. McKennaD. H. Tompsett
B. BurtonE. G. FletcherJ. R. C. MichieA. P. Vincent
D. A. CampbellH. FreemanK. E. MilanM. J. E. Wareham
Mrs M. J. CansfieldN. C. GoddardC. G. MillinW. B. Wendt
P. CargillJ. GrimesT. J. MooreyMs B. Widger
C. A. ClarkeMrs B. E. HendersonI. MorganG. H. Willett
D. C. ClenshawR. HeskethR. A. MostynS. Williams
M. CoatesB. HitmanR. MurdochW. C. Woodruff
N. ConnaughtonM. HodgkinJ. PearceW. Wynne Willson