Azed Competition No. 1893  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1888  |  1897  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1893 Sep 2008EARTHY normal24

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstC. LovingThe ‘Carry On’ cast could deliver such corncomp. anag. & lit.
SecondD. F. ManleyThe Carry On cast could give you corn that raunchy!comp. anag. & lit.
ThirdJ. C. LeylandSack the charlady leaving every other piece unpolishedanag. of alternate letters
VHCD. ArthurVulgar man cultivated dropping aitchhe arty with h dropped
VHCT. C. BorlandDropping aitch, sound unrefinedhearty with h dropped
VHCC. J. BroughamWhat about paintings with Lowry’s tag? Primitiveart in eh? + y; tag = tail end
VHCRev Canon C. M. BrounTerm for slave music, perhaps, with harmony but without heart: spiritual? No!e art h(armon)y
VHCD. C. ClenshawIn bedlam, without a spot of electrotherapy, they are lacking in refinementanag. less e
VHCC. M. EdmundsDescribing Set, possibly Ra – they get muddled upanag.; ref. badgers, Egyptian deities
VHCDr I. S. FletcherHard year with limit of credit, failing of some banksH + anag. incl. t
VHCR. GilbertThe world’s mighty short of energy. Crude’s what’s needed!earth + (might)y
VHCG. I. L. GraftonAfter taking drug, they are out of this world!anag. less E
VHCR. J. HealdBlunt, art history’s foremost character, feeding tips to enemy as a mole?art h in e, y, 2 defs.; ref. Anthony B.
VHCE. C. LanceVulgar rhyme with adult content removed is disjointed, lacking metreanag. incl. a(dul)t less m
VHCC. G. MillinLike ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, risqué yet with content of charmanag. incl. (c)har(m)
VHCC. J. MorseHaving the substance needed for growing plants, they are pruned and then trainedanag. less e
VHCD. J. R. Ogilvie‘Crude’ starts to escalate as Russia trims her yieldfirst letters; ref. oil price
VHCD. J. ShortPrimarily rough? Yes – as the groundanag. of first letters and the, & lit.
VHCP. L. StoneClear the boundary sending long hop out of the groundanag. less bound; clear = unscramble
VHCMs C. Van StarkenburgLascivious Celt excited when scrubbed by wanton Chatterleyanag. less anag.; ref. Charles May, character in ‘LCL’ referred to as ‘the lascivious Celt’
VHCL. WardInclining towards the blue, yachter steered clear of Capeanag. less C
VHCR. J. WhaleCut eye having absorbed a short right, Henry is containing Claya rt H in ey(e); ref. H. Cooper, Cassius C.
VHCD. C. Williamson—— tuba? Could be jarring at Bayreuthcomp. anag. & lit.; see Wagner tuba in ‘Oxf. Comp. to Mus.’, etc.
VHCA. J. YoungNeed to spend a penny? Yen goes after having visited bog, perhaps(d)earth + Y
 

HCs in competition 1893 awarded to:

R. D. AndersonE. CrossP. F. HendersonM. L. Perkins
T. AndersonT. CrowtherR. HeskethD. Price Jones
D. AppletonN. CurwenM. HodgkinMrs L. J. Roberts
D. & N. AsplandC. DaffernR. HooperN. G. Shippobotham
M. BarkerR. DaviesJ. R. H. JonesI. Simpson
M. BarleyR. DeanE. W. KellyR. C. Teuton
P. BerridgeN. C. DexterW. F. MainP. Thacker
J. G. BoothV. DixonP. W. MarlowD. H. Tompsett
Dr J. BurscoughW. DreverK. McDermidJ. R. Tozer
P. CargillW. P. FieldK. MilanL. D. Urquhart
D. CarterJ. GlassonburyT. J. MooreyMs S. Wallace
B. CheesmanB. GrabowskiR. A. NortonA. J. Wardrop
C. A. ClarkeJ. F. GrimshawA. O’BrienDr M. C. Whelan
M. CoatesD. HarrisonF. R. PalmerDr E. Young
N. ConnaughtonD. V. HarryJ. PearceR. Zara