Azed Competition No. 1633 Azed Slip | ◀ 1628 | 1637 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1633 | Sep 2003 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY | Right and Left | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Barley | In vintage form, champion English tramp gleefully upon dismal Welsh and cross tryline | E + anag. + on; W + anag. |
| Second | C. R. Gumbrell | Bleak victory, Troy prematurely discounting a bad omen about trap, managed back in days gone by | win t e(a)rly; anag. in anag. |
| Third | A. J. Wardrop | Desolate, having blown rent in crafty perm rashly including a ton on one-time champion | anag. in wily; a t in anag. + on |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Men cut short patrol at sea to help Arctic tern oiled in slick | anag. less l; anag. in wily |
| VHC | C. Boyd | Miserable, weak and entirely lacking energy, wretched tramp giddily takes refuge in one battered old haunt | w + anag. less E; anag. in anag. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Needing to be cheered up? Tasting is just starting in winery (litre included – a port men especially favour) | t and l in winery; anag. |
| VHC | E. Cross | Dismal? Try wine blended with a spot of Lipton’s port, name to conjure with – champion! | L in anag.; anag. |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | Drab Milan team, missing header, held by astute champion ‘Roma’ with power net shot | (I)nter in wily; anag. incl. P |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | To cheer unhappy men with a port wine? Try mixing a dash of lemon in when needing cheer | anag.; anag. incl. l |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Success with the box (translating left to right) is not inspiring me on part that’s tricky – help! | win + telly with r for l; anag.; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | L. K. Edkins | Smile on, pert Mona with scant mirth, entirely enigmatic with head turned | anag.; anag. with W for E |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Dull women in reality? Ones coming out loosely involved romp at heart of calendar the old support | w in + anag. less a, i; anag. incl. en; ref. WI calendar |
| VHC | M. Freeman | Tramp, one desperate to frequent old tavern in horrid wet railway station, cold and unpleasant | anag.; in2 in anag. + rly; station vtr. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Welsh football team in Italy, lousy on the wings – dismal team prone to collapse without bit of enthusiastic support | W + Inter + l, y; anag. less e |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | What light from yonder window breaks? Dodging the —— hour, how dreary east softly enters at morn’s crack – perchance Juliet’s back | comp. anag.(?); E + p in anag. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | I’ll try new left parting after rinse, blue as before, back combed not a perm | anag. less l; anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Depressing gain dreadfully made with wife abandoned to champion offering new deal in open mart | win + ter(rib)ly; anag.; ref. ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’, ch. 1 |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Favour old, dishevelled tramp with one truly non-U wine, poured without cheer | anag.; anag. less U |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Champion team with new pro unusually sombre, with Milan team taking league final in May | anag. incl. n; w Inter l y |
| VHC | W. Murphy | ‘Porter man’ refusing right out to humour miserable old drunk imbibing long after time, so, no go | anag. less r; t + er(go) + l, all in winy |
| VHC | A. Roth | Top A&R men mistakenly give encouragement to miserable Welsh nit jigging around with broken lyre | anag.; W + anag. + anag. |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Try wine left to mature, wanting sunshine to promote early port – means nearly all fermenting | anag. incl. l; anag. less s |
| VHC | Dr M. C. Whelan | Frequent toper, man crashes wetly in, runs shakily, cheerless | anag.; anag. incl. r |
HCs in competition 1633 awarded to: