Azed Competition No. 1415 Azed Slip | ◀ 1411 | 1419 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1415 | Jul 1999 | MANATI | Printer’s Devilry | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Whale | Ro/me’s face is strangely not italic | ref. typeface |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | At mention of Pete beating best of the English? Menti/on ‘sorrows’! | ref. P. Sampras, Tim Henman |
| Third | A. J. Dorn | That’s another Wimbledon final with noti/ons confounded | ref. Tim Henman |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | We met a show/biz agent running Spanish night-clubs | |
| VHC | P. Biddlecombe | After dinner in old Rangoon, I gave a bur/p | |
| VHC | J. M. Brown | Cricket coach gives bat s/pin practice | |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | To sla/ves culture is an imperial privilege | |
| VHC | P. A. Cash | To improve pay, mini/on recently adopted the Social Chapter | |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Give a gas/p when central heating is fixed promptly | |
| VHC | E. Dawid | See Scottish bar/s lay on duty-free to serve malt whisky! | Islay |
| VHC | H. Freeman | With David, co-le/t des res, Ted, from Mike? | ref. D. Coleman, Des Lynam, sports commentators |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Old Scrooge stubbornly refused to give: ‘Post/pone Christmas!’ | |
| VHC | Mrs B. E. Henderson | Sprightly Anglican liturgy displeases me: I like dro/ny bit better | |
| VHC | T. Jacobs | Clippie exposes bus/t to grateful inspector | |
| VHC | H. M. Lloyd | With a steady flow of ginse/ng from the bar, we got plenty of tonic | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Azed says, ‘Solving wo/e I swear I don’t want!’ | ref. AZ tie |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Philosophically an eon is an e/on, by God! | see eon in C. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Early railways had steam-e/ngine missions that would be banned today | |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Will the horse set Cossack company a ta/ngle? | ataman |
| VHC | J. Pearce | Bat/tle for heroin a hood always wins | |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Pope’s shocked at seeing ro/t in St Peter’s | |
| VHC | A. Streatfield | Giving bat/tle would honour Wayne | ref. Bruce W., aka Batman |
| VHC | Mrs J. E. Townsend | See, this bigwig wa/ves proudly showing off to chief | |
| VHC | M. Whitmore | We seek an escaped crusader in the bat/tle the dark knight took | Batman created by Bob Kane |
HCs in competition 1415 awarded to: