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There were some big hitters jostling for position this month, but in the end a relative newcomer pipped them all to the post by a very narrow margin! Congratulations to Richard Harvey who just missed out on his first podium finish last month but blasts to the top of the leaderboard this time round by a single point! Well done indeed.
 
Simon was the unlucky one to be just squeezed out into second spot with the NOT A SERVICE clue that found most favour with the judges – tough luck but well done Simon.
 
Dave P in third kept up his consistent record for the year with a very different angle on the PD break in his clue.
 
Brian Douglas snatched 4th with his first entry in a while – good to see you back in the fray Brian.
 
Final podium placing went to John T with his angle on the NOT A SERVICE(man) approach – another competitior with an admirably consistent year.
 
Many thanks to you all for some fine PD entertainment!

Voting Information

Voting is open until Midnight UK time on Monday 13th October.
 
Please award FIVE points maximum to the clue you judge best: FOUR points for second, THREE for third, TWO for fourth, down to ONE point for fifth; but otherwise you may distribute your votes as you see fit including ½ marks for split voting – as long as you award no more than 15 points IN TOTAL and no more than 5 points to any one clue…
 
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Entry Information

Last month we bemoaned the loss of some favourite words omitted from the latest edition of Chambers. Of course there are also many new additions to savour. One of these looks to lend itself well to a particular clue type, so…
 
…your task for this month is a Printer's Devilry (PD) clue to TASER.
 
A Printer's Devilry clue is a passage from which the printer has removed a hidden answer, closing the gap and sometimes taking liberties with the punctuation and spacing, but not disturbing the order of the remaining letters. There is no need to include a definition of TASER in your clue, but there is nothing to stop you if you so wish. However, from past experience, few judges give any extra merit for this unnecessary hard work!

A previous Azed winner will provide as an example:

Vaulting above tunnel entrance appears inane, scary
Answer: PESTO.
Undevilled version: Vaulting above tunnel entrance appears in an escape story

Every passage, when complete, should make sense. NB Many "judges" will normally give preference to PD clues in which the breaks before and after the word omitted (before and after omission) do not occur at the ends or beginnings of words in the clue.

Please give the full undevilled version of your clue as the EXPLANATION – plus any additional notes required.