Azed Competition No. 1593 Azed Slip | ◀ 1589 | 1596 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1593 | Dec 2002 | MANSUETE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Beresford | What’s use meant ‘broken’? | anag. & lit. |
| First | M. Coates | What’s use meant ‘broken’? | anag. & lit. |
| Third | Dr E. Young | I expressed tame in use that’s lost | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Gentle, old-fashioned, amusement dancing the 1st of May away | anag. less M |
| VHC | M. Bath | Battered English team’s sunk without cover – and past caring! | anag. incl. E, (s)un(k) |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Once docile, turbulent Etna fumes with cap blown | anag. less f |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Use meant ‘broken’? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Unmeet as torturer | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | One-time domestic servant, pursued by outside police force, Queen gets released | man + su(R)eté; ref. Paul Burrell |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Gentle old-fashioned locks absorbing a lot of canal time | Sue(z) t in mane |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | For this archaic adj, what’s now primarily in use? ‘Tame’, possibly | n in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | H. Freeman | You’d see me used about one born on Tues possibly | a n + anag., all in me, & lit.; ref. ‘Tuesday’s child …’ |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Cook first to traverse with seamen central part of South Pacific, historically | anag. incl. t, u; ref. Captain C. |
| VHC | M. J. Hanley | Gentle old Austen novel set in Maine | anag. in ME |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | In the past was mild the draught, not bitter, asked for? | man + ‘sweet’ |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Mine’s mild, old chap, not bitter, d’you hear? | man + ‘sweet’ |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Such could be eme aunt’s licked into shape | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Use meant composed | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Used to men and all clipped and trained | anag. less last letters, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Meek blessed at mount, see, repudiating OT | anag. less OT; bless3; ref. Sermon on the Mount |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Clement lost the second to Kenneth, with one to go in a minute’s waffling | anag. less I + e; ref. C. Freud, K. Williams in radio game show ‘Just a Minute’ |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | I see leaving mint sauce sprinkled on side of plate is no longer redolent of lamb? | anag. less I, c + e |
| VHC | T. Smith | Old-fashioned mild on draught, not bitter in cans | man + ‘sweet’; cans = headphones |
HCs in competition 1593 awarded to: