Azed Competition No. 1960 Azed Slip | ◀ 1958 | 1962 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Xmas 2009 | NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) | Parcels | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Whale | Getting mad cow disease, broken down Jersey in gaga-land! | RAGING ANALYSED |
| Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Missing team on sleigh Santa curses illness of Prancer et al | LOSING ANATHEMAS |
| Third | H. Freeman | ‘This man’s got variant mad cow disease’ – medical experts | RAVING ANATOMISTS |
| VHC | M. J. Barker | Painful horse disease – ‘nag clinic’ has a gentle painkiller | ACHING ANALGESIC |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Zoonosis (Angolan, Ugandan?) resembling sleeping sickness in animals | SNOOZING ANALOGOUS |
| VHC | J. A. Elliott | Arranging eel mass affords disease (undoing jumble) | RELEASING ANAGRAM; anag. of measles |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Disadvantage in a skimpy undergarment – open flies cause such trouble | TANGA NAIVE |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Skimpy garb for beach bum acquiring tan at sea – could it drop lower? | TANGA NATES; lower noun |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Sickly animal infection launched flu menacing all | FLUNG ANAEMIC; ref. swine flu |
| VHC | B. Jones | Money worries the cause of stock collapse? Wrong – ask anyone! | WONGA NARKS |
| VHC | E. C. Lance | Livestock disease: malignant, so causes downfall of African people | TONGA NAILS |
| VHC | D. Lawson | Disorder (horse disease) ravaging ranch yet again | EATING ANARCHY |
| VHC | P. Lloyd | Set of animals hooting at an unexpected wise man – disorder in the stable? | TOHUNGA NATION |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Syndicate member mismanage own money? It’d affect stock fatally | WONGA NAME |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Complaint of oxen et al. not leaving hay in manger: ‘Incarnation’s chaos!’ | REMAINING ANARCHY |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Wise man associated with birth – that annual gold – cattle get sick of it | TOHUNGA NATAL |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Bum’s hurting again, damn – a gluttonous animal’s ailment | DAMAGING ANAL |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Sickly animal once signifying wasting disease of livestock | LOSING ANAEMIC |
| VHC | Mrs A. Terrill | Tsetse disease researcher manhandling beast – a gnu, say – in lab | ABUSING ANALYST |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | What might top African steed gain now as a racehorse? Money, African money | WONGA NAIRAS |
| VHC | A. Varney | Sleeping sickness, a disease caused by tsetse flies, remains a giant encumbrance | RESTING ANAEMIA |
| VHC | L. Ward | Recalling newborn in a manger, ass proclaimed affection that his kind and oxen share | RANG ANAMNESIS; affection = disease |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Person enabling assessment of tewel disorder found in horses | BEING ANAL |
HCs in competition 1960 awarded to: