Azed Competition No. 982  Azed Slip  |  ◀  978  |  987  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
982 Mar 1991ALMANAC normal27

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstB. GreerList of year’s events must include Azed’s first thousand and a clan regatheringanag. incl. A, M; ref. forthcoming AZ 1000 celebration
SecondV. DixonMay one (the way Bottom concludes) look here for reflected light?can a m la (rev.), & lit.; ref. MND III.i
ThirdK. ThomasWhat royal man acceding citeshidden & lit.
VHCD. AshcroftStar forecasters’ textbook? It takes an Ian McCaskill to become slick in that!comp. anag.; ref. TV weatherman
VHCM. BarleyAnnual: lunar months and noteworthy anniversaries could provide entries for itfirst letters & lit.
VHCD. BickfordE.g. Wisden – in which book A. Lamb can possibly appearanag. less b; ref. Alan L., cricketer
VHCC. A. ClarkeAnnual grant to charities cut throughout by capping of councilalm(s) + ana + c; see ana in C.
VHCM. CoatesSo serene an achievement when not caught on the boundary may be found in e.g. Wisden(c)alm an ac(t)
VHCMrs D. ColleyWhere to ‘find out moonshine’ – in essence a nice trick, we’re toldalma + ‘knack’; ref. MND III.i
VHCDr I. S. FletcherDig this annual up for Campanula?comp. anag.
VHCN. C. GoddardThe yearbook that is still a collection of gossip – first to last?calm ana with c to end
VHCG. I. L. GraftonRemove extremities from palm – an act that’s bound to provide dates?(p)alm an ac(t)
VHCJ. F. GrimshawDate container?… Fruit tin? … Both terms are in circulationamla (rev.) + can (rev.)
VHCR. E. KimmonsTop class, this race is in the big money list of eventsA + man in lac; see lakh
VHCD. F. ManleyIneffectual man, a competitor in the Annual List? The opposite!hidden; ref. AZ’s Annual Honours List
VHCMrs E. M. MarlowIn an exemplary way, Whitaker’s extraordinarily calm about a horse refusing the lasta na(g) in anag.; ref. John W., showjumper, and W.’s A.
VHCH. W. MassinghamEventful table involving e.g. Virgo, showing he’s blocked a source of redsman in a lac; ref. John V., snooker player
VHCC. G. MillinWhat details every quarter of the moon in the year current?al(l) m an. AC, & lit.
VHCT. J. MooreyWhat’s composed first to last about one new year?a n a in calm with c at end, & lit.
VHCC. J. MorseCalendar has dancing-girl on front of cover – and one insidean in alma + c
VHCR. PhillipsMay East Indian fruit brought to the West furnish a date roll?can amla (rev.)
VHCW. J. M. ScotlandSupply a tome astronomical – this to Moore’s itcomp. anag. & lit.; ref. Old M.’s
VHCG. A. TomlinsonMotions of astronomical nature can appear in this: Saturn, Orion, etccomp. anag. & lit.
VHCA. J. WardropIn which one finds early intimations of anniversaries, lunar movements and notable astronomical changesfirst letters & lit.
VHCMrs M. P. WebberWhat may be used in making this ready? A calendar maycomp. anag. & lit.
VHCD. WilliamsonHunt this out, when rearranging annual matches?comp. anag. & lit.
VHCDr E. YoungWound drum with fruit: a date roll?can amla (all rev.)
 

HCs in competition 982 awarded to:

J. AbernethyN. C. DexterA. LawrieMiss I. M. Raab
L. H. AdamsR. P. DowlingJ. P. LesterH. L. Rhodes
C. BagnallM. EarleJ. C. LeylandD. R. Robinson
Mrs G. M. BarkerC. M. EdmundsC. J. LoweJ. H. Russell
M. J. BarkerS. C. FordR. K. LumsdonMrs K. M. Russell
R. C. BellB. FrancoP. W. MarlowT. E. Sanders
Dr P. M. J. BennettH. FreemanDr E. J. MillerM. Sanderson
Mrs K. BissettF. D. GardinerJ. J. MooreW. K. M. Slimmings
H. J. BradburyS. GoldieI. MorganF. W. R. Stocks
C. J. BroughamR. R. GreenfieldJ. L. MorseJ. G. Stubbs
Rev Canon C. M. BrounD. HarrisR. S. MorseP. Thacker
E. J. BurgeD. V. HarryB. NobleD. H. Tompsett
B. BurtonP. F. HendersonR. O’DonoghueA. R. Trowell
E. ChalkleyA. HodgsonM. O’HanlonMs J. Ward
Ms S. CockburnR. J. HooperF. R. PalmerJ. F. N. Wedge
B. CostinL. M. InmanD. PendreyR. A. Wells
R. DeanJ. F. JonesD. Price JonesM. G. Wilson