Azed Competition No. 1544 Azed Slip | ◀ 1541 | 1546 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1544 | Xmas 2001 | PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) | Christmas Devilry | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hooper | Castro perhaps in troop making entrance after complete internal revolution | portal with inside letters reversed |
| Second | H. Freeman | Rare stopwatch strap at Rolex store | hidden |
| Third | Mrs J. Mackie | What’s essential to pimp – a trapes or trollop to go the rounds | hidden |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Brothers (per rota) turned up in support of strike picket | pat + lor! (rev) |
| VHC | R. E. Boot | Do the rounds playing part of Porter as 50’s figure | anag. + o’ L; ref. ‘Look Back in Anger’ |
| VHC | M. Casserley | Stop rare broadcast of royalty, each year forgotten after a drop of port gets to go round | p + anag. less y’s |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Security check reports a perfunctory duty that’s not completed | pat + rol(e) |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | What presto arrangers need to do with crisp timing on the beat (rapid one, nearly finished) | pat + rol(l) |
| VHC | R. Fishleigh | Do the rounds in shop as porter a trolley’s essential | hidden |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Round spot of tundra shot spear ruffled polar bears | t in anag. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Watch, cut up about art ‘superstar’ offering | anag. in lop rev. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Watch, trio of patriarchs for star. Peace Lord, exalted without end | pat + Lor(d) (rev.) |
| VHC | D. W. Mackie | Paratroops lost – or are poking initially around one half of Tora Bora complex, maybe | anag. of Tora in P, l; ref. search for al-Qaeda |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Pastoral cast – are pastors that group keeping watch? | comp. anag.; ref. Christmas story |
| VHC | D. P. Miller | Scout reports a body in the camp at roll-call | hidden |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Brief Arab plot to arrest Potters: ships and aircraft on watch | anag. incl. Ar.; ref. Harry P. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | He’ll provide care, parts or fuel, if the empty sign shows for one | petrol with a for E, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Bat or spree on rounds mixing port and ale mostly | anag. less e |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Maybe a lot or a spread of Brussels sprouts is left after a port is drunk | anag. + l; B. s., rhyming slang for scouts |
| VHC | K. Thomas | ARP lot reports a suspect round? | anag. |
| VHC | Dr I. Torbe | As porter, perambulate at the right time and register when a lecturer departs | pat + rol(L) |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Turkey and duck in pre-roast format for TV watchers, going round | TR 0 in PAL |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What makes receptors race: troop, with area secured, turning up right on line | a in tp (rev.) + r o’ l |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | In theatre pros’ Yeomen of the Guard, Point is gripping acting part for vocalists | a in pt + ‘role’; ref. Jack P. |
HCs in competition 1544 awarded to: