Azed Competition No. 1156 Azed Slip | ◀ 1152 | 1161 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1156 | Jul 1994 | TERPSICHOREAN | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. D. Gaffey | What’s prancer – and his toe, if fantastic? | anag. & lit.; ref. Milton L’Allegro ‘light fantastic toe’ |
| Second | D. A. Campbell | Do chorines prate about their ‘art’? | anag. |
| Third | D. P. Shenkin | With grace of movement that could make carthorse pine | anag. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Pinter’s playful about edition of Horace, dealing with rhythmic feet | anag. in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs P. A. Bax | Dancing routine, ten pairs dancing around | chore in anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | What’s the art of Widow Simone? Crashing chopins à terre | anag.; ref. ‘La Fille mal gardée’; chopin2 |
| VHC | Ms S. C. Cockburn | Re art involved with arrangement of nice hops | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Re chorines tap dancing? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | So Charpentier’s arrangement – of ballet music for ‘Louise’? | anag.; ref. Gustave C. |
| VHC | M. Earle | Chinese parrot, sick as a canary, perhaps | anag.; canary dance |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Re art with hips once twisting? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | So one might dub the Twist novel re orphans etc Dickens’s second | anag. incl. i; ref. ‘Oliver Twist’ |
| VHC | A. J. Guy | Routine with ten pairs gyrating around might be this | chore in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Like a ball (less clearly rendered as ‘near to spheric’) | anag. |
| VHC | A. Hodgson | Like Nijinsky? Out of pointer’s reach | anag.; ref. racehorse and dancer; pointer = point-to-point horse |
| VHC | R. M. Luty | How ice partners blend, lacking touch of wit defining T & D performance | anag. less w; ref. Torvill and Dean |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Is heretic parson out of step in Lambeth | anag.; ref. L. Walk / Palace |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Painter’s ochre in reproduction of canaries etc? | anag. & lit.; canary dance |
| VHC | D. Pendrey | Finishing first at Ascot, Chester and Ripon, like Nijinsky | anag. incl. A; ref. racehorse and dancer |
| VHC | Dr I. Torbe | Descriptive of Nureyev’s performance as the Prince or in ‘Variation’ | anag.; ref. Rudolf N. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | As pert chorine in lively style of dancing | anag. |
| VHC | D. Williamson | So the prancer, I mused | anag. & lit.; mused = fuddled |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Style I so the prancer? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. Zara | Dancing, caper to shrine of dance | anag. |
HCs in competition 1156 awarded to: