Azed Competition No. 1095 Azed Slip | ◀ 1091 | 1100 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1095 | May 1993 | STINK | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. F. Grimshaw | What sulphur can make with no. 1 element in kipp | s tin k, & lit.; ref. hydrogen sulphide H2S |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Sun and tell-tale Kelvin can create one! | S tin K, & lit.; ref K. Mackenzie, editor |
| Third | R. S. Morse | Smelt it is rank, emitting foul air | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | What’d make someone’s nose wrinkle up? | s + knit (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Have a bad name, as one involved in the setting up of minor fiddles | i.e. n in kits (rev.) |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | The fuss produced by science master when eclipse of sun occurs! | stinks less S |
| VHC | B. Burton | Head of seamstresses has to patch up what’s produced by inefficient sewers | s + tink |
| VHC | I. Carr | What Richard did best in Ken’s series | hidden; ref. R. ‘Stinker’ Murdoch, Kenneth Horne |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Hum to provoke opposition to funk (S. Potter) | S + tink, 3 defs.; ref. ‘One-Upmanship’ |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | What can come from skunk’s rump and isn’t engaging? | anag. incl. k, & lit. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | What came from witches’ stirring? Brought up pieces of information… ‘King hereafter’ | nits (rev.) + K; ref. Macbeth |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Term for noxious tang? | s + tink, & lit. |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Isn’t King murdered? Ay, ’tis most foul. | anag. incl. K |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Garments needing to be taken up – a sewer’s problem? | knits (rev.) |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Karadzic’s initial footing isn’t working: it’s the end of his high-level ping pong | anag. incl. K, s + tink; ref. Radovan K., Balkan conflict |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | —— can, in case of skunk, be offensive | tin in s, k, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Phillipson | Scent? This is not Klein for starters! | initial letters & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | To raise one is to create tangles | knits (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Scandal broke on bandying of knight’s letters | skint with Kt exchanged |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | What bees can produce endlessly, a constant hum | stin(g)+ k |
HCs in competition 1095 awarded to: