Azed Competition No. 1220 Azed Slip | ◀ 1216 | 1225 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1220 | Oct 1995 | CASSANDRA | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. Ashcroft | Tragic scandals left axed King Agamemnon’s head: I saw it coming | anag. less l + R A |
| Second | D. R. Robinson | See girl left ignored – and by Priam (dismissive of odd characters) | c (l)ass and (P)r(i)a(m), & lit. |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | But I wasn’t caught by equine thing plus soldiers! | c ass and RA, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | I —— fire the troops – truly a sister of Hector and Paris | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. G. Arnott | She was like a prophetess at the end, in a car and mad | as s in anag., & lit.; ref. Aeschylus: ‘Agamemnon’ |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Clairvoyant finds ‘Fool’ an inspiring playing card | ass an in anag. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | A girl who had vision, as saint D’Arc, but with it rejected, wasted | anag. less it |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Warners have her on roll as a name performing with little credit – sad! | anag. incl. n, cr. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | With horse, and heading for ruin, people came – ignoring me | ass and r in ca(me), & lit.; people vb |
| VHC | A. Hall | Issuer of warnings, dismissed as canards | anag. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Fortune-teller with unbelievable skill giving new reading of cards as one cuts | an in anag. |
| VHC | R. Jacks | She reveals first indication of ruin in store after earlier introduction of horse-like thing | ass, r separately in C and A, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | One telling truths that were yet to be treated as canards | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | The years pass and process – one’s clued this prophetess, yes?! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ No. 190 – see comments |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Labour acting darn crass with recipe for unemployment: I predict more dole | anag. incl. a, less r |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Forecaster who spoke unbelievably about ‘sun, sun and sun again’ | ca. S S and Ra |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | I issued dire warnings misrepresented as canards | anag. |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | My prognostications are discounted, attacked as canards | anag. |
| VHC | D. A. Simmons | Leading trebles in cast sang dramatically – but no one listened to her | cas san dra |
| VHC | K. Thomas | Saga’s character telling woeful tale about ship and sun | ca. SS and Ra; misleading ref. to the Ancient Mariner |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Fool spreading terrible canard? She appeared so | ass in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Girl first seen in Competition Azed some reviews ago – about a thousand, you forgot? | (thou)sand in first letters; ref. AZ 190 – see comments |
HCs in competition 1220 awarded to: