Azed Competition No. 1766 Azed Slip | ◀ 1762 | 1771 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1766 | Apr 2006 | GEST | Printer’s Devilry | 28 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | Panel of jud/o OK decision and settle ‘dan’ award | |
| Second | J. Baines | Men, a/unt Edna, scent romantic involvement | |
| Third | E. C. Lance | Touring actors in south London sta/re at ham performance | Streatham |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Rutting by sta/r actor is objective of many birds! | |
| VHC | M. Barker | ‘Uncle’s ample: d/on your fullest support’, says George, familiarly | Blair, Bush |
| VHC | M. Barley | After having some UN official stop pa/rade, Unionists call for formal talks | |
| VHC | M. Bath | Does interest Char/ing Cross/Bank customer | |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Success at Nottingham For/est – team spirit | |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Producer sta/r avers ‘Farces at their best in the Aldwych’ | ref. Ben Travers |
| VHC | C. Daffern | You may find lobster ca/rapace specimens off the coast at Berwick | |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Public protest in galle/ry by barbarians shouldn’t have been allowed | ref. rugby |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Those administering mass a/re at one using hands | |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | How should Briton pay for pass (A/er Lingus) able to get him anywhere? | |
| VHC | C. & C. Hinton | At Tokyo festival the origami competition will come before the jud/o day | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Successful girl maybe, shamelessly touting herb – a d/ill one, bay? | ref. selling of Blue Peter badges on eBay |
| VHC | T. D. Nicholl | Tell the removal men that the Frid/ay’s OK | |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Homer’s an oaf despite mar/rying to reform him | ref. The Simpsons |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | Will, the bad golfer, swings and we d/uck as he is in bunker | |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Applicator for hiding wrinkles or a n/ick is used by Azed, for example | orange stick; ref. AZ’s Playfair preamble |
| VHC | D. Sargent | Naturalist is familiar with the mountain gor/illa bounding in vegetation | |
| VHC | S. & J. Shaw | For man I cure of cut I clean (or a n/ick is needed) | |
| VHC | D. P. Shenkin | The Ministry’s crap – pedantic on/ion measures, etc | |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | I like blood or a n/asty bit of flesh | |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | It’s wrongdoing man I cure without a fine or a n/ick | |
| VHC | K. Thomas | Wily Bunter: ‘Do d/uck shop payment for buns’. | |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | The Abbey’s director never rated the laid-back syn/archy | ref. J. M. Synge, playwright, Abbey theatre |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | In Regent’s Park theatre sta/r eats alfresco | |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | If pa/inting is pinkish you could be looking at theft! | ref. Financial Times |
HCs in competition 1766 awarded to: