Azed Competition No. 1494 Azed Slip | ◀ 1492 | 1500 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1494 | Jan 2001 | MARATHON | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Beresford | Licking for Persians is a prolonged exercise | 2 mngs.; ref. cats and battle |
| Second | D. Ashcroft | Compo’s heart a tense Norah Batty makes race | anag. incl. m, t; ref. ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ |
| Third | Dr E. Young | Presented by David, stiff run through hard going? | Marat h on, & lit.; ref. J.-L. David painting, D. Coleman & London M. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Israeli bitterness about Arafat’s last call to progress fuels a long, gruelling ordeal | t in marah + On! |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Race such as this is needs stamina – or hospital possibly? | comp. anag. incl. H |
| VHC | K. A. Brough | Mass race that only half complete? | halves of first 4 words, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Revolutionary sweetie lasting ages | Marat hon |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | In which we work more than a bit of energy off | anag. less E, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Snickers, once Graham Norton is performing (not without a groan!): | anag. less gro(a)n; ref. chocolate bar formerly called M. |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | Revolutionary drama tipped for extended run | Marat + Noh (rev.) |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | A run taking around a month possibly – for me! | a r in anag., & lit! |
| VHC | V. Dixon | In this one quick earlier on gets miles ahead (like you, doing the fifteen hundred?) | m + a + rath + on, & lit.; ref. AZ series |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Train on tarmac mostly pounding hard for this | H in anag. less c, & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | In this you’d find Mota ran fantastically, capturing hearts | H in anag., & lit.; ref. Rosa M., former Portuguese marathon runner |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | All bar tail of once dominant West Indian cricket side spun out | Marath(a) + on |
| VHC | P. R. Lloyd | Mass amateur run one gets blasted hot in? | M a r + anag. in an, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Man perishing in bath wants ‘hot’ functioning? One runs it without getting heat to come through | Marat h on |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Mobile R. Mota, a name associated with such at finish? | anag. incl. a, n, h, & lit.; ref. Rosa M., marathon runner |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Major run to hell’s mouth and beyond | ma. r at h on, & lit.; see OED for abbr. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What requires a man to run hard briefly? Quite otherwise | anag. incl. r, h, & lit. |
| VHC | K. Thomas | Re-cast ‘Art’’s caught by Synge’s ‘Playboy’ in long run | anag. in Mahon; ref. Christy M. in ‘Playboy of the Western World’ |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Many race this only half-length each time | halves of first 4 words, & lit. |
| VHC | A. P. Vincent | New cast for Norma at opening of House will lead to a long run | anag. incl. H |
| VHC | L. Ward | Mass race that only half finished? | halves of first 4 words, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1494 awarded to: