Azed Competition No. 1372 Azed Slip | ◀ 1367 | 1376 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1372 | Sep 1998 | MASTERSTROKE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. C. Michie | A major coup | Masters troke, & lit.; ref. golf; coup2 |
| Second | P. L. Stone | Season’s coup (Murdoch’s)? | master’s troke, & lit.; ref. takeover of Manchester United; coup2 |
| Third | J. R. Tozer | It’s great playing with conkers, etc., on first sign of autumn in the country | mast erst roke |
| VHC | A. Brash | Knockout hash smoker’s treat | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Original swimming-pool style is what fairy feller has in painting | master stroke; ref. David Hockney, and Richard Dadd’s ‘The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke’ |
| VHC | D. C. Clenshaw | Coloured rosettes mark superior performance | anag.; coloured = disguised |
| VHC | Ms S. C. Cockburn | Performance of leader slammed by K. Starr tome – ‘Sex not unknown!’ | anag. less x; ref. Clinton troubles |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | Ploughing rosette marks superior performance | anag. |
| VHC | R. Dean | Fancied starters lapped by inferior horse at Melbourne – what a coup! | anag. in moke |
| VHC | A. J. Dorn | Work up to Maker’s rest? | anag. & lit.; ref. Creation story |
| VHC | B. Grabowski | Distribute rosettes and mark triumph | anag. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | In which one’s pulled off staggering sortie and queen mates king? | anag. incl. R, K, less I, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | The ultimate in performance and knack or smartest move around? | anag. incl. e, k, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Sea-going Pole, under sail at first, then steam, and begetter of Victory? | mast erst roke; misleading ref. to J. Conrad |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Special presentation of rosette marks superior performance | anag. |
| VHC | G. T. McLean | Rosettes mark cooking achievement of the highest standard | anag. |
| VHC | K. Milan | Upper cut? Knockout! | master stroke; ref. cricket, boxing |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Kind of performance given standing ovation, high marks and rosette | anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | For instance, the disheartened mother’s final flourish in Madam Butterfly? | as t(h)e (mothe)r in ’m stroke, & lit.; ref. M. B.’s suicide by sword |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Coup needs leaders up front to make it a real coup | masters + troke; coup2 |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Restarts Moke which has been tuned for superior performance | anag. |
| VHC | A. Roth | For coup, ape Mister Trotsky, revolutionary without pity | anag. less pity |
| VHC | L. Ward | Original hit for Lulu? | master stroke |
HCs in competition 1372 awarded to: