Azed Competition No. 1853 Azed Slip | ◀ 1849 | 1856 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | Dec 2007 | ANTIQUITARIAN | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | Fan of The Good Old Days on once, can put across Desert Song | quit aria in an3 tin; ref. TV variety show |
| Second | T. Anderson | I behave archaically – boring ‘old cove’? Yes, and ‘retro’ | I quit in antar + I3 an2, & lit. |
| Third | J. R. Tozer | I struggle with progress translating letters from an Inuit and Qatari | anag. |
| VHC | R. D. Anderson | He’s told it’s crazy to become quaint traditionalist | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barker | I ain’t tranquil with changes, left appearing as a traditionalist | anag. with a for l |
| VHC | M. Barley | Being old-fashioned, aren’t I left with a bewildered air by what’s new? | an’t I quit + a + anag. + n, & lit. |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Persist, perhaps, in dancing with quaint tiara | anag.; Persist = expert on Persia |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Conservative, one remarkable for love of Labour, independent and free, with heretical views | ant I quit + Arian |
| VHC | E. Cross | My beliefs are old-fashioned, quaint, eccentric, heretical … That’s about it! | it in anag. + Arian |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Against changing ain’t I – square at heart | anti + anag. incl. (s)quar(e), & lit. |
| VHC | J. Fairclough | Ain’t I quaint, a right peculiar fuddy-duddy | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | J. Glassonbury | Dressed in quaint tiara with a fan of the old-fashioned style | anag. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Declan D’s parting words to colleague: Operatic solo number? Status Quo suited me better! | ‘Ant, I quit’ + aria + n; ref. Ant and Dec, TV personalities |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Conservative opposition member adopts face of indignation in question time in the House | anti + i in Qu. t + Arian2 |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Old-fashioned, am not one free of ancient doctrine | an’t I quit + Arian, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. H. Jones | I love the old bat in quaint tiara | anag. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Least suggestion of insulting Qur’an with a little teddy ain’t on, I held | I in anag. incl. i and t, & lit.; ref. Gillian Gibbons affair |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Unusually quaint old hostelry retaining touch of Tudor air – I like it! | anag. + T aria in in |
| VHC | D. W. Mackie | For whom others innovate as an irritant? Oh, quite | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | With first signs of any new tenet I’m off, following older doctrine | a n t + I quit + Arian, & lit. |
| VHC | T. G. Powell | One with quaint inertia to change (if not with eccentricity) | a + anag. less e, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Sargent | Past lover re-kindles it in a quatrain | anag. |
| VHC | Dr A. J. Varney | Not one relating to New Age environs, encompassing computers, etc? | n’t I and IT in Aquarian, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | One who opposes almost completely a new attitude going round | anti quit(e) a + n air (rev.), & lit. |
HCs in competition 1853 awarded to: