Azed Competition No. 1550 Azed Slip | ◀ 1546 | 1554 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1550 | Feb 2002 | MEMORITER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. Phillips | So trio member might play without book | anag. less b, & lit. |
| Second | N. G. Shippobotham | Poem reciter, me; I recollect piece thus | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Third | D. F. Manley | ‘More times more’ gets tricky – with some possibly dropping out as tables are recited? | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Exam-notes should be known thus, or merit more revising | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Pat Rafter’s first after measure involving pollsters | MORI in mete + R; ref. Australian tennis star |
| VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | How actor repeats-lines when playing part of Edmund Mortimer | anag. incl E; ref. ‘Henry IV, Pt I’ |
| VHC | K. A. Brough | Pat Rafter, after bowing out, has more time to play around | R(after) in anag.; ref. tennis |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Poll dons item made to measure as parrot-fashion! | MORI in meter; ref. polling organisation |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Iodine, in chronic illness, treated tremor by heart? | I in ME + anag. |
| VHC | B. Costin | Faulty ROM item starts to erase results from memory | anag. + e, r |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | By heart being exercised more I’m not half fitter! | anag. + (fit)ter |
| VHC | W. P. M. Field | How actor cons his part mixing mime with rote? Right! | anag. + r |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Tim: Me or Greg, no good at all, sick as a parrot | anag. less g twice; ref. T. Henman, G. Rusedski, tennis |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | How maestro could conduct item Rorem composed | anag.; ref. Ned R., US composer |
| VHC | W. F. Main | How one might learn what could become of mitre and Rome after Reformation | anag. |
| VHC | P. McKenna | More time spent close to primer is how grammar should be learnt! | anag. + r |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Without book, brief summary by author lacks a bit of weight | memo (w)riter |
| VHC | W. Murphy | How actors play doctor in quality hospital drama? | MO in merit + ER; ref. TV series |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | In this way learner’ll be content in remembering less than half? Quite the reverse! | tiro in remem(bering) (all rev.) |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | For a broadcast to be this one needs to remember it, love | comp. anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| VHC | D. J. Short | How to make a note (not with pen) | memo + (w)riter, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Pat married local girl in Eire short time after break-up | m + mor in anag. incl. t |
| VHC | A. P. Vick | Distraught Mortimer pens ‘Rumpole’s Last…’ without notes? | e in anag.; ref. John M., ‘R.’s Last Case’ |
HCs in competition 1550 awarded to: