Azed Competition No. 1528 Azed Slip | ◀ 1524 | 1533 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1528 | Sep 2001 | STROP | Spoonerisms | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Top performer starved of acting work would make Caine bleed | keen blade; st(a)r op; ref. Michael C. |
| Second | D. W. Mackie | Sot’s wench: a prostitute flirting with one half gone? | what’s censure; anag. of prost(itute) |
| Third | A. J. Young | Feature of gastropod – cone for safer hut! | hone … cut; hidden |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Tops second to green: ‘Ruined round, the demons,’ said I, ‘That iron banned!’ | seaman’s dead-eye … band; anag. incl. r |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Owner of hedges starts to secure the resurgence of passerines | honer of edges; first letters |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Weather that lets us cook outside recipe is over | leather that whets; ’s + r in pot (rev.) |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Thought of song? Sort out at piano | sort of thong; anag. + p |
| VHC | B. Burton | Cavers shouldn’t do without one once pot’s churning with onset of rain | shavers couldn’t; anag. incl. r |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Flock from Bass, maybe, wheeling, bearing south | flak from boss; port S (rev.) |
| VHC | E. Cross | What’s used for boning in harbours east to west, Grimsby and Padstow, say? | honing in barbers; ports (rev.) |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | Prost proving positive in drunkenness test? (It’s applied to users before race) | razors before use; anag.; ref. Alain P. |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Prost crashes – coning hit | honing kit; anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Weather for letting sun top right off | leather for whetting; S + anag. incl. r |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Fine weather let her sport undressed | leather whetter; anag. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Sort blasted by leader of prohibitionists’ band downed red-eye | round dead-eye; anag. + p |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Lone on heather tors wandering quietly | hone on leather; anag. + p |
| VHC | P. R. Lloyd | What City cries is ‘Gates must make an about-turn!’ | criticizes; ports (rev.); ref. Bill G. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | Hedge owner happy so I’ve dug out privet | edge honer; anag. of so pr(ive)t |
| VHC | R. A. Norton | I downed a red-eye after knocking back classier drinks | round a dead-eye; ports (rev.) |
| VHC | R. Perry | Ideal weather for letting Spot and Rex out | leather for whetting; anag. incl. R |
| VHC | D. Pritchard | Dope found on Red: I damaged sport | rope … dead-eye; anag.; ref. Russian athlete |
| VHC | A. Roth | South easterly port harbours boning equipment | barber’s honing; S + port (rev.) |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Slack and flagging, lacking energy, verve and power | flak and slagging; (E)stro + p |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What should reduce risk for caver – some robust rope | could…shaver; hidden |
HCs in competition 1528 awarded to: