Azed Competition No. 1827  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1823  |  1831  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1827 Jun 2007AMAKOSI def. DENUDED Wrong Number22

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstA. J. WardropWhat might make these Zulu chiefs die sinners? Naked missionaries!naked; comp. anag.
SecondD. C. WilliamsonAs if Shaka is come reborn might such chiefs be exposed?exposed; comp. anag. & lit.
ThirdMs S. WallaceZulu chiefs tackle Mbeki – no SA seat if divested of negotiated benefitsdivested; anag. less anag.; ref. Pres. Thabo M.
VHCR. D. AndersonTribal chiefs accepted carved oomiaks, prow stripped offstripped; a + anag. less o
VHCD. AppletonPanda, and those of his class, like coma, stripped, as a snackstripped; anag. incl. (l)ik(e) (c)om(a); coma2; Panda, Zulu chief and father of Cetewayo
VHCD. ArthurAfrican leaders running amok in oasis, strippedstripped; anag. in (o)asi(s)
VHCD. & N. AsplandThese tribal chiefs rend dresses, resulting in naked Maoris?naked; comp. anag.
VHCM. BarleyBig fish amongst African indigenes (their leaders being here exposed)exposed; makos in first letters, & lit.
VHCE. CrossTribal chiefs in Samoa, with bared skin, dancingbared; anag. incl. (s)ki(n)
VHCV. DixonSA leaders exposed: sharks, but kept in by slothexposed; makos in ai
VHCR. GilbertClan chiefs exposed as leaders of affluent minority appropriating kudos of Shaka’s impisexposed; first letters
VHCJ. F. GrimshawAre Maori sticks in stripped ramin for native chiefs?stripped; a + kos in (r)ami(n)
VHCR. J. HealdAfrican tribal leaders fell, stripped of power, overwhelmed by swarming Masaistripped; ko(P) in anag.
VHCC. J. LancasterLeaders of Africans dwelling in or around King Solomon’s Mines, fighting when divested of diamondsdivested; anag. of first letters less D
VHCJ. C. LeylandNatal men (top ones) giving ma oxygen as kid cleared of end of cord in labourcleared; anag. incl. O less d
VHCM. A. Macdonald-CooperTribal leaders, African American, odd characters from Ohio, stark ravingstark; Am + anag. of alternate letters
VHCD. F. ManleyMakarios deprived of right to stir – might have led fight against British colonialsdeprived; anag. less r; ref. Anglo-Zulu war and Archbishop M. of Cyprus
VHCP. McKennaForemost characters from Kwazulu men, stripped of all ancient influence possiblystripped; anag. of first letters, & lit.
VHCN. G. ShippobothamWhen exposed to interference, ‘ham’ answer is OK and not hard in ‘Alpha Zulu’ and the likeexposed; anag. incl. a less H; ref. AZ comp
VHCK. ThomasLeaders in kraal oddly associated with Masai? That’s wrongly exposedexposed; anag. incl. k o, & lit.
VHCJ. R. TozerBillion stripped out of African capital is propping up African rulersstripped; (B)amako (capital of Mali) + is (rev.)
VHCG. H. WillettBrünnhilde type, half stripped, makes a big hit with international and native bigwigsstripped; Ama(zon) ko’s I
 

HCs in competition 1827 awarded to:

R. BatesN. C. DexterB. JonesD. R. Robinson
T. C. BorlandC. M. EdmundsRev M. MetcalfM. Sanderson
C. J. BroughamDr I. S. FletcherT. J. MooreyD. P. Shenkin
Rev Canon C. M. BrounG. I. L. GraftonC. J. MorseD. Shiell
D. A. CampbellJ. GrimesS. NaysmithD. J. Short
P. CargillD. V. HarryF. R. PalmerP. L. Stone
M. CoatesMs S. B. HartR. J. PalmerD. H. Tompsett
G. CuthbertM. HodgkinD. ParfittD. M. White
P. A. DaviesA. HodgsonDr T. G. PowellDr E. Young