Azed Competition No. 1689 Azed Slip | ◀ 1685 | 1694 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Oct 2004 | SYNOD | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | Setting date for ending in government, our PM’s overturned ministerial convention | d for t in Tony’s (rev.); ref. T. Blair’s announcement |
| Second | R. J. Heald | Heresy meets with motion of approval? Not here! | (here)sy + nod, & lit. |
| Third | Dr J. Burscough | See heresy given assent? Not here! | (here)sy + nod, & lit.; see, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Here heresy’s rejected and God carries the vote | (here)sy + no + D, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Second year wag played with Sony device at first assembly | s y nod, anag. + d |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Sartorially vacuous number had the cloth bunched together | s, y + no. + ’d |
| VHC | B. Burton | Congress, its ending and conclusion in Whitby getting sign of assent? | s + y + nod, & lit.; ref. S. of Whitby, 664 |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Learned men set up to comprehend the ultimate in theology | y in dons (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | M. Coates | Sunday’s empty with no finishing of Azed, a convention religiously observed | S, y + no d |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | The yen to consume too much underpinning special diet? | s Yn OD |
| VHC | V. Dixon | One section of this says ‘evil’; the other, ‘different’ – if anyone’s listening! | ‘sin’ + ‘odd’, & lit.; ref. church division on homosexuality |
| VHC | W. Duffin | Where scholarly people get upset about either of the conclusions on gay clergy? | y in dons (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Do nylons want left leg pulling up where the cloth gathers? | do ny(l on)s (all rev.) |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | The party is not past it: rising up the faithful will rally to it | do nys (all rev.) |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Would it grasp a nettle such as gay parsons a little delicately? | comp. anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Where churchmen meet, evil’s not even spoken | ‘sin odd’ |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | It sets out terms for laymen and clergy to discuss | anag. of last letters, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Ransome | Ancient meeting of two worlds – in part uneasy, no doubt | hidden |
| VHC | M. Sanderson | Wherein those at the heart of gaydom wrestle with nos? | anag. incl. yd, & lit; see ‘Shorter Oxford’ for gaydom |
| VHC | C. Weston | In Church meeting, those at ends of pews may begin to doze | s, y + nod |
| VHC | J. S. Witte | Wimbledon going north, accepting opener at York, meeting at Whitby | Y in Dons (rev.); nickname of WFC, relocating to Milton Keynes; ref. S. of Whitby, 664 |
HCs in competition 1689 awarded to: