Azed Competition No. 1450 Azed Slip | ◀ 1446 | 1454 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1450 | Mar 2000 | PRETENDANT | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | He’s hanging round on true-love’s threshold, perhaps | re t in pendant, & lit. |
| Second | M. Barley | Capturing dearest’s heart is cherished goal one takes time pursuing | r in pet + end an t, & lit. |
| Third | C. M. Edmunds | One who presses suits (wrinkled pant tender) | anag. |
| VHC | A. Barker | Romeo’s role: his initiation in love is followed by death shortly before Juliet’s end | r in pet + end an t |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Penelope’s beginning web and unravelling it, inhibiting new suitor | P rete + n in anag. + ’t |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Maybe Prince Charles having lost a wife and queen (potentially) wanted partner badly | anag. less a w R; ref. Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Not quite fair about Ken, polled ahead of Dobson and Norris initially, being a candidate | (K)en + D a N in prett(y); ref. London mayoralty |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Parent wandering about leads to this escort not dallying! | first letters in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | ‘… and repent at leisure’? That rot might make a this irresolute | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Marry in haste …’ |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Ken’s now one in two minds about time to enter | re t in pendant; ref. K. Livingstone, London mayoral election |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Charles Edward Stuart? Prince linked with giant alarm, historically | Pr. eten dant; ref. Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| VHC | D. A. Harris | Treat this candidate warily: party-liner wanted | comp. anag.; ref. London mayoralty |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | I want potential partner (Miss Right!) to go intimately for me | tend in anag. less r, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Defaulting tenant, only half rent paid, in short he’s going to court | anag. incl re(nt) pd |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Biking twerp wanting wife with half tandem free to encompass aim? | end in anag. less w + anag.; ref. ‘Daisy’; bike2 = swarm |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Potential encroacher Tony sees Ken as, long keeping left-winger outside No. 10? | ten in red in pant; ref. T. Blair, K. Livingstone |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Press release resurrected whopper to discourage old-style candidate | PR eten dant; ref. spin against Ken Livingstone |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | One soliciting: ‘Fancy ardent bit of nookie, pet?’ | anag. incl. n |
| VHC | D. J. Short | I may get to yearn, with tender trembling inside | anag. in pant, & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Partner amazingly holds ten diamonds, right away I claim hand | ten D in anag. less r |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Soft and tender you’ll find me, perchance, / If you’ve time for a spot of dalliance | p + anag. with t for d, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1450 awarded to: