Azed Competition No. 1923  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1918  |  1927  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1923 Apr 2009ELLIPTIC normal20

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstR. J. HealdDescribing a two-dimensional shape explicitly involved axes x and yanag. less x, y
SecondJ. C. LeylandUnfinished cello trio of Tippett’s – I improvised missing part of expositionanag. of cell(o) Tip(pet) I
ThirdM. BarleyOval et al, are rejected – IPL heads for Capetown instead to playanag. less a incl. C i; ref. recent IPL decision to play in SA, not England
VHCT. AndersonLacking line, sadly inadequate ball gets lofted to stand in Ovalpill (rev.) in (path)etic
VHCD. ArthurExplicitly avoiding unknown factors? Not exactly soanag. less x, y, & lit.
VHCC. J. BroughamExplicitly expressing things needing deduction? Wrong!anag. less x, y, & lit.
VHCRev Canon C. M. BrounOval track rolled with this could make ‘pill’ at cricket go out of shapecomp. anag.
VHCDr J. BurscoughUsing pith, & lit. clue’s thus ——comp. anag. & lit.
VHCP. F. HendersonExplicitly not using algebraic quantities in reformulation of geometric shapeanag. less x, y
VHCV. G. HendersonOval: vital to drop head and duck when receiving lifting ballpill (rev.) in (zo)etic
VHCR. HeskethExplicitly rendered without variables? Yes and no!anag. less x, y
VHCD. F. ManleyEnd of June – it’ll start to pour, turning freezing almost, such is our annual trip!e + anag. incl. p + ic(y); ref. planetary orbit
VHCR. S. MorseComprehensive slamming of police with list – so flipping unnecessarycomp. anag.; ref. outcry re Bob Quick
VHCM. L. PerkinsOval, perhaps, where a rising ball may break up odd bits of the pitch which are out of truepill (rev.) in anag. of alternate letters
VHCDr S. J. ShawCertain pills we can mould to be … (answer)comp. anag. & lit.
VHCP. L. StoneFond political spiel turns out to be this load of spincomp. anag. & lit.
VHCMrs A. TerrillOval capsule popped by name in need of a liftpill in cite (all rev.)
VHCA. J. WardropOval sickener: opening pair dismissed, undone by turning ballpill (rev.) in (em)etic
VHCG. H. WillettHard to interpret? A kiss for conclusion of farewell could make it explicitanag. with x for l
VHCD. C. WilliamsonWhat’s showing explicitly coordinated axes x and y?anag. less x, y, & lit.; ref. Cartesian coordinate geometry
 

HCs in competition 1923 awarded to:

M. BathC. M. EdmundsJ. P. LesterD. Parfitt
A. ButlerC. D. S. & E. A. FieldM. A. Macdonald-CooperG. S. Parsons
C. J. & M. P. ButlerR. GilbertP. W. MarlowJ. Pearce
D. A. CampbellM. GoodliffeP. D. MartinA. Plumb
P. CargillS. L. GorringeL. F. MarzillierD. R. Robinson
C. A. ClarkeG. I. L. GraftonP. McKennaD. J. Short
M. CoatesJ. F. GrimshawJ. McNallyI. Simpson
P. ColesD. V. HarryC. G. MillinG. R. E. Spark
P. T. CrowR. J. HooperT. J. MooreyMs S. Wallace
N. C. DexterJ. JamesC. OgilvieR. J. Whale
V. DixonJ. R. H. JonesD. J. R. OgilvieN. Woolliscroft