Azed Competition No. 1923 Azed Slip | ◀ 1918 | 1927 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Apr 2009 | ELLIPTIC | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Describing a two-dimensional shape explicitly involved axes x and y | anag. less x, y |
| Second | J. C. Leyland | Unfinished cello trio of Tippett’s – I improvised missing part of exposition | anag. of cell(o) Tip(pet) I |
| Third | M. Barley | Oval et al, are rejected – IPL heads for Capetown instead to play | anag. less a incl. C i; ref. recent IPL decision to play in SA, not England |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Lacking line, sadly inadequate ball gets lofted to stand in Oval | pill (rev.) in (path)etic |
| VHC | D. Arthur | Explicitly avoiding unknown factors? Not exactly so | anag. less x, y, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Explicitly expressing things needing deduction? Wrong! | anag. less x, y, & lit. |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Oval track rolled with this could make ‘pill’ at cricket go out of shape | comp. anag. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Using pith, & lit. clue’s thus —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Explicitly not using algebraic quantities in reformulation of geometric shape | anag. less x, y |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Oval: vital to drop head and duck when receiving lifting ball | pill (rev.) in (zo)etic |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Explicitly rendered without variables? Yes and no! | anag. less x, y |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | End of June – it’ll start to pour, turning freezing almost, such is our annual trip! | e + anag. incl. p + ic(y); ref. planetary orbit |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Comprehensive slamming of police with list – so flipping unnecessary | comp. anag.; ref. outcry re Bob Quick |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Oval, perhaps, where a rising ball may break up odd bits of the pitch which are out of true | pill (rev.) in anag. of alternate letters |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Certain pills we can mould to be … (answer) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Fond political spiel turns out to be this load of spin | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs A. Terrill | Oval capsule popped by name in need of a lift | pill in cite (all rev.) |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Oval sickener: opening pair dismissed, undone by turning ball | pill (rev.) in (em)etic |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Hard to interpret? A kiss for conclusion of farewell could make it explicit | anag. with x for l |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | What’s showing explicitly coordinated axes x and y? | anag. less x, y, & lit.; ref. Cartesian coordinate geometry |
HCs in competition 1923 awarded to: