Azed Competition No. 1927 Azed Slip | ◀ 1923 | 1932 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | May 2009 | TONSURE | Spoonerisms | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. C. Leyland | Yield from our nets hit by erratic harbour’s trade? | hieratic barber’s; anag. |
| Second | E. C. Lance | Tot crept towards nurse unsteadily | tête cropped; to + anag. |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | Capital cart that’s propped against new stable | part that’s cropped; to n sure |
| VHC | D. Arthur | What’s to blame – lacking Chancellor of the Exchequer called Brown? | bald crown; to (CE)nsure |
| VHC | M. Barley | Waste of time and no use, right called Brown | bald crown; anag. incl. t, r |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | United are denied opening after loads spot Wayne’s shoved | spot one’s shaved; tons + U (a)re |
| VHC | C. Boyd | It results in Brown being called terribly stern and dour at heart | crown … bald; anag. incl. (d)ou(r) |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Brown, called apparently not over reliable, counters angrily, spurning Conservative’s leader | crown, bald; not (rev.) + sure |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | Former minister’s called Brown ‘washed-up object of scorn leading a moribund operation’ | bald crown; snot (rev.) + ure |
| VHC | R. B. Harling | Brown called for Chancellor of the Exchequer to be removed from blame | crown, bald; to + (CE)nsure |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Amongst characters in Chesterton, surefooted priest’s called Brown | bald crown; hidden; ref. GKC’s Father Brown stories |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Leering shocks le beau monde without fail | shearing locks; ton sure |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Ripped clothing and latest in nose-rings on upper-class punk’s mate | monk’s pate; ’n’ s U in tore |
| VHC | C. Loving | Roe grilled with nuts – that’s what Hovis she ate needed on top | novitiate heeded; anag. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | One abandoning grooming routines dropped comb | cropped dome; anag. less I |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Court shut – our net’s broken | short cut; anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Leaving the crown exposed, Lear shocks many on completely ceding power | shear locks; tons + (P)ure |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Clare hipped by Francis’s followers stirring unrest about head of Order | hair clipped; O in anag.; ref. controversies surrounding St F.’s successor Brother Elias; hip5 |
| VHC | J. Pearce | Following tense old doctor nurse dropped comb | cropped dome; t o + anag. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Clear out nuclear store drastically? Brown’s called for such a cut | crown’s bald; anag. less clear |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Labour unrest about focus of controversy called Brown | bald crown; o in anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | The fashion’s stale, not in vogue for punks and their mates | monks … pates; ton’s + ur(in)e |
HCs in competition 1927 awarded to: