Azed Competition No. 2027 Azed Slip | ◀ 2023 | 2031 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Apr 2011 | THRENETICAL | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr S. J. Shaw | Composing such poems could show I lament the corpse | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Second | A. J. Wardrop | Anthem for relict is a composition of this form | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | Lamenting eternal itch, Fay murdered tenth éclair | double anag.; fay = eccentric |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Arrangement for the clarinet redolent of Jeremiah Clarke’s last piece and rich talent wasted | double anag.; ref. Jeremiah’s lamentations; JC took his own life at an early age |
| VHC | M. Barley | Before retiring, Latin teacher is given new version of elegiacs | anag. less a |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Chatter line is ill-designed for expressing grief | anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Such as the recital warbled about cock-robin’s end | n in anag., & lit.; ref. traditional song |
| VHC | J. P. Guiver | Working gent’s exhausted from recent late nights travelling – waking’s such a strain | anag. less anag.; ref. wake for the dead |
| VHC | D. Harris | Sent chain letter as registered by the last post? | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Mournful doctor in health centre rejecting closures | anag. less last letters |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Mourning Becomes Electra with thin cast | anag.; ref. O’Neill play |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | As keen cooks we plot chic dinner parties regularly | anag. of alternate letters; keen2 |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | In Memoriam Latin teacher’s translating as —— | comp. anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Woeful-sounding Lent, Rich Tea being abandoned | anag.; ref. giving up biscuits |
| VHC | P. D. Martin | Troy laments epic hero after sacking, producing —— poems? | comp. anag.; t = troy |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Put line under unsound 13 ac. – it’s woeful | anag. + l |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Like a keen jockey I canter with the rear out of pommel | anag. incl. l; keen2 |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | New College lament their passing Master with mournful song | anag. incl. c, less M |
| VHC | J. Waterton | It might describe the mourners’ wailing when client and earth are intermingled | anag. |
| VHC | M. Whitmore | It’s characteristic of a keen athlete, increasing exercises with no letting up | anag. less easing; keen2 |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Need cithara – lento, con moto – to compose such an ode | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Enact Hitler spoof, giving stiff salute | anag.; spoof = bogus, false |
HCs in competition 2027 awarded to: