Azed Competition No. 1914 Azed Slip | ◀ 1910 | 1918 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Feb 2009 | VE(S)TAL | Letters Latent | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. C. Teuton | —— chose career in chaste love | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Second | R. S. Morse | The adjective for one in veil? | veil with t’ a for I, & lit. |
| Third | D. H. Tompsett | Beguine, valeta are unremembered dances | anag. less a |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Such ones have been badly corrupted if found knocked up in a love nest | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Like a Virgin and Eternal Flame use sample from Jive Talkin’ | hidden; ref. pop songs |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | Virginal playing gavotte got intermittently lost and left behind | anag. less got + l |
| VHC | M. Coates | Virgin trains late after electric power cut | V + anag.; V = volt |
| VHC | J. A. Elliott | This darling fiancé is moved to give gal valentine card if no one’s given her one | comp. anag. |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Dancing a valeta twice, not a beguine | anag. less a a |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | One with Abbey habit? Time he invested in Bulgarian currency after recession | t + a2 in lev (rev.); ref. building society slogan |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Taking veil, one must yield to total abstinence primarily | veil with t a for I, & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Maiden over’s centrepiece: one amongst weaker batsmen dismissed | (o)ve(r) + ta(i)l |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Weather’s extreme leaving travel disrupted? Virgin could be the answer | anag. less r |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | The reverse of some maculate venture? | hidden rev. & lit.; venture = prostitute |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | One having to check such as rumpy and lovers’ overtures | vet + a l, & lit.; rumpy = Manx cat |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | It’s ‘Vale’ to fooling around – no love for me | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | K. Milan | Very confused tale – I don’t get it | v + anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | I’m first and last for virtue, having rejected gents | v, e + lat (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | W. Ransome | Virgin olive oil’s last drops mixed with what’s in vat | anag. incl. e l |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Initially virgin in ancient Rome and elsewhere subsequently | v + et al., & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | I’ve renounced sex entirely … OK, almost entirely | vet + al(l) |
| VHC | L. Ward | Who renounced what love arouses? | anag. less who, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Verse on lying about departed girl consigned to fire | v + late (rev.); ref. Hilaire Belloc’s Matilda |
HCs in competition 1914 awarded to: