Azed Competition No. 1598 Azed Slip | ◀ 1596 | 1602 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1598 | Jan 2003 | PHRASEMONGER | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. C. Teuton | Ha! Emperor’s new clothes no good – he’s all talk and no trousers! | ng in anag. |
| Second | K. Milan | A stylist working on e.g. hair perms? Not I! | anag. less I, & lit. |
| Third | A. G. Chamberlain | Has Premier got one, i.e. to come out with spin? | anag. less i.e. to, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | His concoctions won’t butter parsnips; it’s to cook with marg he’s prone | anag.; ref. ‘Fine words butter no parsnips’ |
| VHC | M. Barley | Anemographs are not adapted to register this source of wind | anag. less first letters; not2 = polled |
| VHC | C. Boyd | Rilke, say, composing the ultimate in High German prose | anag. incl. h |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | A high-flier in style, hero prangs me unexpectedly | anag. |
| VHC | E. Cross | Churchill, for instance, dashing German hopes about end of war | r in anag. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | He juggles phonemes and grammar, lacking pith | anag. incl. gr(amm)ar, & lit. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | ’Er gramophone’s ‘Ring’ output damaged fancy speaker | anag. less O |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Preach good short sermon? With a bit of coaching I could do that | anag. incl. g less c, & lit. |
| VHC | J. P. Guiver | I’d be outstanding where aphorism genre’s concerned | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | No epigram is he doing without each one being overwrought? Right | anag. less I, I + r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Elite —— could be styled ‘the prime sloganeer’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Hear me prosing crudely? Not I | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | One who over-refines words in interpretation of Morgen, perhaps, neglecting piano | anag. less p; ref. Richard Strauss song |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Long-winded speaker turns on bankers, annual return and payment by instalments | re gnomes AR HP (all rev.) |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Who deploys prose range with extremes of hyperbolism? | anag. incl. h, m, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Phillips | What embodies my turned expression could be sharper! | gnome (rev) in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | W. Ransome | Artful Eng. (or metre) shaper? | anag. incl m, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | I exhibit prize bull but, breaking loose, he gores PR man | anag. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | ‘Mr Gas’, he. Prone to spin | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs J. E. Townsend | Eloquent commentator, e.g. Marr, opens fluently covering first of headlines | h in anag.; ref. Andrew M. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | There’s no butter on his parsnips and soft marge on hers, possibly? | p + anag.; ‘Fine words butter no parsnips’ |
HCs in competition 1598 awarded to: