Azed Competition No. 1550  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1546  |  1554  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1550 Feb 2002MEMORITER normal23

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstR. PhillipsSo trio member might play without bookanag. less b, & lit.
SecondN. G. ShippobothamPoem reciter, me; I recollect piece thuscomp. anag. & lit.
ThirdD. F. Manley‘More times more’ gets tricky – with some possibly dropping out as tables are recited?anag. less anag.
VHCM. BarleyExam-notes should be known thus, or merit more revisinganag.
VHCE. A. BeaulahPat Rafter’s first after measure involving pollstersMORI in mete + R; ref. Australian tennis star
VHCMrs F. A. BlanchardHow actor repeats-lines when playing part of Edmund Mortimeranag. incl E; ref. ‘Henry IV, Pt I’
VHCK. A. BroughPat Rafter, after bowing out, has more time to play aroundR(after) in anag.; ref. tennis
VHCC. J. BroughamPoll dons item made to measure as parrot-fashion!MORI in meter; ref. polling organisation
VHCDr J. BurscoughIodine, in chronic illness, treated tremor by heart?I in ME + anag.
VHCB. CostinFaulty ROM item starts to erase results from memoryanag. + e, r
VHCN. C. DexterBy heart being exercised more I’m not half fitter!anag. + (fit)ter
VHCW. P. M. FieldHow actor cons his part mixing mime with rote? Right!anag. + r
VHCH. FreemanTim: Me or Greg, no good at all, sick as a parrotanag. less g twice; ref. T. Henman, G. Rusedski, tennis
VHCR. J. HooperHow maestro could conduct item Rorem composedanag.; ref. Ned R., US composer
VHCW. F. MainHow one might learn what could become of mitre and Rome after Reformationanag.
VHCP. McKennaMore time spent close to primer is how grammar should be learnt!anag. + r
VHCC. J. MorseWithout book, brief summary by author lacks a bit of weightmemo (w)riter
VHCW. MurphyHow actors play doctor in quality hospital drama?MO in merit + ER; ref. TV series
VHCF. R. PalmerIn this way learner’ll be content in remembering less than half? Quite the reverse!tiro in remem(bering) (all rev.)
VHCD. R. RobinsonFor a broadcast to be this one needs to remember it, lovecomp. anag. incl. 0, & lit.
VHCD. J. ShortHow to make a note (not with pen)memo + (w)riter, & lit.
VHCJ. R. TozerPat married local girl in Eire short time after break-upm + mor in anag. incl. t
VHCA. P. VickDistraught Mortimer pens ‘Rumpole’s Last…’ without notes?e in anag.; ref. John M., ‘R.’s Last Case’
 

HCs in competition 1550 awarded to:

D. AppletonV. DixonM. HodgkinD. Price Jones
D. AshcroftW. J. DuffinJ. G. HullH. L. Rhodes
J. R. BeresfordC. M. EdmundsT. JacobsD. Roseveare
Mrs A. BoyesR. FishleighMrs D. B. JenkinsonH. R. Sanders
B. BurtonA. G. FlemingMrs S. D. JohnsonM. Sanderson
Mrs M. J. CansfieldE. G. FletcherG. JohnstoneMiss A. E. Stoddart
P. CargillMrs C. GeorgeA. JonesK. Thomas
M. CasserleyN. C. GoddardM. JonesD. H. Tompsett
C. A. ClarkeC. GoldsmithF. P. N. LakeL. Ward
E. A. ClarkeR. GrafenJ. C. LeylandA. J. Wardrop
M. CoatesG. I. L. GraftonR. K. LumsdonM. J. E. Wareham
E. CrossR. GriffinD. W. MackieR. J. Whale
C. DaffernJ. F. GrimshawJ. R. C. MichieDr M. C. Whelan
M. D. DamesickC. R. GumbrellC. G. MillinD. C. Williamson
L. J. DavenportMs D. HarwoodS. NewberyDr E. Young
R. DeanR. HeskethT. D. Nicholl