Azed Misprints Competitions

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About this clue type

From the preamble to Azed No. 70

Half the across and eight of the down clues contain a misprint of one letter only in each, occurring always in the definition part of the clue: their answers are to appear in the diagram correctly spelt. The remaining full clues are correctly spelt: all their answers are to appear in the diagram with a misprint of one letter only in each. No unchecked letter in the diagram is to be misprinted: each letter appearing where two words cross is to appear as required by the correct form of at least one of the words to which it belongs. All indications such as anagrams, etc., lead to the correct forms of words, not to misprinted forms

Competitors should submit a misprinted clue to replace the asterisked definition at 1 Down, the solution to which appears correctly spelt in the completed diagram.

Variations

In Azed Nos. 1779, 1953 and 2508 all clues contain a misprint and the correct letters spell out a quotation, and in 1779 and 1953 the competition clue requires a specific letter to be misprinted. In 1779 and 2508 the misprint must occur in the definition. In 1953 the misprint can occur anywhere in the clue. The clue should make sense before and after correction of the misprint.

In early Ximenes Misprints competitions, some of the clues are simply misprinted definitions.

	Date	Clue word	Clues	Winner
2508	Jul 2020	CHARACTER	24	T. J. Moorey
1953	Nov 2009	TRAUMA (misprint of T)	23	M. A. Macdonald-Cooper
1779	Jul 2006	NEWIE (misprint of U)	21	E. Cross
1380	Nov 1998	RAPPORT	24	C. J. Brougham
1008	Sep 1991	SPORTSCASTER	22	E. J. Burge
844	Jul 1988	THEOLOGASTER	25	J. B. Sweeting
757	Nov 1986	ETHEROMANIAC	28	C. G. Millin
556	Dec 1982	SWEAL	26	B. C. James
397	Nov 1979	BIJOUTERIE	27	F. R. Palmer
285	Sep 1977	BOYFRIEND	28	C. Loving
118	Jun 1974	OPERETTIST	23	N. Gambier
70	Jul 1973	GESTAPO	25	H. W. Massingham