Azed Competition No. 18 Azed Slip | ◀ 14 | 23 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Jul 1972 | EPIGONE | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. A. Tomlinson | Greek character lost after Eteokles’ onset? | E + pi gone, & lit; ref. Seven Against Thebes |
| Second | E. R. Riddle | I succeed in breaking even with a bogey round | pig O in ene; pig, bogey = policeman |
| Third | L. F. Leason | Individual yielding precedence to leaders of earlier period in greatness | initial letters + one, & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Bell | Peg out without one? Single offspring might do | i in anag. + one |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Anybody succeeding leaders of eminence – pretty inferior, generally | initial letters + one, & lit. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Shake up in G.P.O. and two letters in three will be delivered later | anag. incl. ee |
| VHC | S. Goldie | At the end of the line what might have been a tantony one | e + pig one, & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Sprout pie, being unusual, has Egon in raptures | anag. + anag.; sprout = scion; ref. Egon Ronay |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Relation that may seem boring, almost, alongside genitive individual | epi(c) + g. + one, & lit.; relation = narrative |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Latter member of line with vigour in decline | e + go in pine, & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | One of seven who succeeded though falling short of heroic departed | epi(c) gone; ref. Seven Against Thebes |
| VHC | G. Millin | A descendant of heroes almost forgotten | epi(c) gone, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Successor, when heroic strain peters out, is weak | epi(c) gone, & lit.; successor, i.e. that which follows |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Individual succeeding heroic leader of Greeks, without the first sign of character | epi(c) + G + one, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Revill | Foremost of exceptional players is Goolagong – No. 1 seed | initial letters + one; seed = offspring; ref. tennis player |
| VHC | A. Rivlin | One following leaders of eager purpose, deceased | e p + I + gone, & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Taken out of the deep I go nearer slip | hidden; slip = scion |
| VHC | Sir W. Slimmings | Emsworth’s first and greatest love has single offspring | E + pig + one; ref. Wodehouse: ‘Empress of Blandings’ |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | With half-deep serving American returns – single in issue | (de)ep + GI (rev.) + one |
| VHC | D. J. Thorpe | An affair among the latest of the tree produces me | go in (th)e pine, & lit. |
HCs in competition 18 awarded to: