Clues from Azed Competition 1338

Azed Competition No. 1338 Azed Slip | ◀ 1336 | 1342 ▶ | Other competitions |

No.	Date	Clue word	Clue type	Clues
1338	Jan 1998	SMART ALEC	normal	20

Award	Clue writer	Clue	Explanation
First	V. Dixon	A C-stream learner, posturing?	anag. incl. L, & lit.
Second	Mrs B. E. Henderson	Tot spoiled with caramels won’t take to a Smartie	anag. less to
Third	W. F. Main	Unruly star with male lead in Camelot – could he be known as ‘clever Dick’?	anag. + C; ref. Richard Harris
VHC	E. J. Burge	He thinks he can’t go wrong, having atlas with Merc in rally	anag.
VHC	B. Burton	I generally have an answer to everything and am scarlet with embarrassment	anag.
VHC	D. A. Campbell	Skill in abuse of mescal may provide one with delusions of omniscience	art in anag.
VHC	C. A. Clarke	Sting associated with Guinness, perhaps one too clever by half	smart Alec
VHC	E. Cross	Malpractices could be revealed by one police constable with this clever dick	comp. anag. incl. I PC
VHC	N. C. Dexter	One’s clever – but always out to clash with a master	anag. less ever, & lit.
VHC	A. J. Dorn	He may think he knows most and misguidedly cram least	anag.
VHC	Dr I. S. Fletcher	Clever me, a star not ever wrong!	anag. less ever, & lit.
VHC	C. R. Gumbrell	A star, me, clever without ever being fazed	anag. less ever, & lit.
VHC	R. Hesketh	Originally a ‘Master of Science’ later becoming a ‘Professor of Omniscience’?	anag. incl. a MSc
VHC	R. Jacks	He claims to know a star, Mel C., ‘sporty’	anag.; ref. Spice Girl
VHC	G. Johnstone	Know-all Marple acts like quicksilver once the penny’s dropped	anag. less p
VHC	F. P. N. Lake	One always knows that, in France, vehicles point the wrong way	cela trams (all rev.)
VHC	C. J. Morse	Could this posturing fool make a master-class? Possibly	anag. less ass, & lit.
VHC	R. Stocks	Dandy Sandy’ – another name for ‘clever clogs’	smart Alec
VHC	R. J. Whale	I may be disposed to cram least	anag. & lit.
VHC	Dr E. Young	One that does act Mensa role	comp. anag. & lit.

HCs in competition 1338 awarded to:

W. G. Arnott	E. G. Fletcher	J. C. Leyland	V. Seth
D. Ashcroft	R. P. C. Forman	P. R. Lloyd	N. E. Sharp
M. Barley	H. Freeman	R. K. Lumsdon	Mrs E. J. Shields
M. Barnes	D. A. Ginger	D. F. Manley	P. L. Stone
Mrs F. A. Blanchard	G. I. L. Grafton	P. W. Marlow	D. H. Tompsett
C. J. & M. P. Butler	Mrs E. Greenaway	C. G. Millin	Mrs J. E. Townsend
E. Dawid	R. R. Greenfield	J. Mortleman	J. R. Tozer
R. Dean	P. F. Henderson	F. R. Palmer	L. Ward
C. M. Edmunds	R. J. Hooper	Rev E. H. Pyle	M. J. E. Wareham
Ms E. A. Field	P. Knight	A. Roth	Ms B. J. Widger
A. G. Fleming	S. Lakin	M. Sanderson	G. H. Willett