Azed Competition No. 1752 Azed Slip | ◀ 1750 | 1753 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1752 | Xmas 2005 | MIDWINTER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hooper | Time around which man taking sack maybe appears after dark’s returned | dim (rev.) + t in winer, & lit.; sack3 |
| Second | J. Grimes | Carol’s bleak period in time R. W. died tragically | anag. incl. d; ref. C. Vorderman, the late Richard Whiteley in ‘Countdown’, and C. Rossetti carol |
| Third | I. Simpson | —— e’en – here could be time when reindeer set out | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Christmas day sees me and mine round tree, endlessly excited | d in mi win + anag. less e; me2 |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | England finally merit win … but abroad? It’s the time to think of the better days! | anag. incl. d; ref. fluctuating fortunes of English cricket team |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Now ’tis time dormice regularly get curled up | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | You’ll find reverse of soft with ‘earth … long ago’ in this | dim (rev.) + w + inter, & lit.; earth (obs.) = bury; ref. C. Rossetti carol, “… hard as iron” |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Seasonal present, substantially widens trim figures (as was) | anag. incl. widen(s); figure (obs.) = form, shape |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Fantastic male in red/white. He is out in this season | anag. incl. m less he, & lit.; ref. S. Claus |
| VHC | J. P. Guiver | It’s just before Christmas – cut down Scots pine, deck with fancy trim, and put in base | dwin(e) and e separately in anag. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Term taken roughly to include one day/week during the present time? | I d w in, all in anag. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Term devised to encapsulate single day with earliest signs of impending nightfall? | I d w + first letters, all in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | W. Murphy | Time when timid wren is stoned? | anag. & lit.; ref. old custom of stoning a wren to death on ‘Wrenning Day’ (St Stephen’s Day); see Brewer’s |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Shivery time, end of year, in which ‘wind doth blow’ | anag. in anag. incl. r, & lit.; ref. nursery rhyme/carol |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | You may find stormy and snowier times in this season | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. Powell | When a drawing in with time is finished, it’s this again | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. solstice |
| VHC | Ms L. Roberts | New trim I’d fashioned for height of season | anag. |
| VHC | D. A. Simmons | When we find it dim, with extremes of rain, and we shiver | anag. incl. r, n, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Days seem so short now: old energy gone I wonder, time for a change? | anag. less o E |
| VHC | M. Wainwright | Dratted wind comes mixed with rime, / Making dread —— time | comp. anag. incl. t, & lit. |
| VHC | J. D. Walsh | Mulled red wine time is … now? I see! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | F. J. B. Wheen | Then Christina felt the chill – so ached, shivered in windcheater | i.e. anag. in middle of winter; ref. C. Rossetti |
| VHC | A. J. Young | Wind curls to fit in headdress – one might manage it better with a pair of combs | anag. in miter; combs = combinations |
HCs in competition 1752 awarded to: