Azed Competition No. 1294 Azed Slip | ◀ 1290 | 1300 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1294 | Mar 1997 | TRANSENNA | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Whale | Screen for saint’s remnants – this forms it, perhaps? | comp anag. & lit.; screen = sift |
| Second | E. J. Burge | Partition in Church promoted in Nantes violently overturned | ran in anag.; ref. revocation of Edict of Nantes (1685) by Louis XIV |
| Third | N. C. Dexter | Grill St Anne was screened within? | ran in anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | If one’s missing engine driver, try the station’s bar, perhaps | tra(I)n Senna; station = holy place, bar = barrier; Ayrton S. |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | One of the screens hiding inner sancta, excluding heads of idly curious? | anag. less i, c |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | It screened Saint, Mother of Virgin Mary, gazing heavenwards | ’t ran S + Anne (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | E. G. Fletcher | This screen could, with respect, be created by St Anne’s carpenter | comp. anag.; St A. patron saint of carpenters |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Queen’s new craft coming up for monumental screening? | Anne’s n art (all rev.); ref. Royal Yacht |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Maybe, the veil of the temple being rent, Annas shivered | anag.; ref. Matthew 27, 51 and John 18, 13 |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Feature of holy place half-hiding what may move one deeply? | tran(sept) + senna, & lit. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | This item screens tenant remains | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Such an erection may provide no entrance near saint | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Screen that’s around shrine must be replaced; horde crush site and ——! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | This could be spread round a representation of St Anne – or vice versa | ran in anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | You’ll find this shroud is one to be arranged round a saint’s shrine | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit.; shroud = screen |
| VHC | R. Parry-Morris | Has inner sanctum refurbished. Much is obscured with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. Simmons | Holy screen in Saint Anne’s is missing, with rector in a ferment! | anag. less is plus r |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Church screening nude’s not art? Ban is possible if this doubt carries on | comp. anag.; ref. controversial video screening in Durham cathedral |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | A tip! This could be in a transept – an enclosure for a shrine | comp. anag. |
| VHC | D. Williamson | Effectively as mist, this veils a saint’s remnants | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Time runs short before change in coin: curtains for Mark? | t, r + sen in anna; ref. launch of euro |
HCs in competition 1294 awarded to: