Azed Competition No. 1334 Azed Slip | ◀ 1329 | 1336 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1334 | Dec 1997 | CATACHRESTIC | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. R. Gumbrell | In which fashion see the cold as ‘artic’ | anag. incl. c, c, & lit.; cf. arctic |
| Second | C. A. Clarke | Dubious cachet associated with racist using incorrect language | anag.; ref. backlash against PC language |
| Third | F. R. Palmer | Heavy tackle ending in player in pain rapidly has automatic response of bad language | cat + r in ache + ’s tic |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Conservative, accepted new architects like pineapples for pinnacles | C + a + anag.; ref. Malapropism |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | ‘Chaste, arctic wanton’ is just misusing words | anag.; i.e. contradiction in terms |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | Like Mrs Malaprop’s use of ‘allegory’? See it catch Acres out | anag.; ref. characters in ‘The Rivals’ |
| VHC | G. Cuthbert | Describing Mrs Malaprop’s idiosyncracy could make Acres catch it | anag. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Bob Cratchit – case of verbal abuse? | anag.; bob vt |
| VHC | C. D. S. Field | Chatters confusedly in between opening letters from Capt. Absolute’s ‘interceded’ correspondence – just like Mrs Malaprop! | anag. in first letters; ref. ‘The Rivals’ |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Clean up act, Chris E, act involving unacceptable use of language | anag.; ref. Chris Evans |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Deranging ‘epitaphs’? This in more forms could be characteristic of one Mrs M | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Mrs Malaprop |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Using ‘luxuriant’ for ‘luxurious’ about arches carved in classical Greek style | c. + anag. in Attic |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Blasted cold (as the Arctic) or too tropical? | anag. incl. c; see trope |
| VHC | C. J. Lowe | Verbally abusive about a ‘misconstruction of architects’ | c. a + anag. |
| VHC | Mrs D. Maitland | This use (misapplying a word) can make teachers caustic | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Oaf’s inaccurate chatter could be of a —— nature | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | ‘Chaste car out of control and caught it reversing’ is badly worded | anag. + c it (rev.) |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Characteristic – her word for it? – of Mrs Malaprop’s parlance | i.e. Malapropism of ‘catachrestic’ |
| VHC | Dr T. G. Powell | As Mrs Malaprop’s speaking does Acres catch it? | anag.; ref. ‘The Rivals’ |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Mrs M’s abusive about Acres astride horse in classic | c + h in Acres in Attic; ref. ‘The Rivals’ |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Confusing terminology is not normally that scarce in college | anag. + i’ C |
| VHC | L. Ward | Re: ‘I learn them the artic’s geography’ – it’s ‘teach’ and ‘Arctic’s’, dopy | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Perhaps confusing Arctic as the centre for Sphenisciformes? | anag. incl. c, & lit; penguins only in Antarctic |
HCs in competition 1334 awarded to: