Azed Competition No. 1962 Azed Slip | ◀ 1960 | 1967 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Jan 2010 | ANADEM | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. K. Arnott | Nut topping – amande hachée | anag. |
| Second | A. Whittaker | Prize for victors at Olympia and Nemea, with the old not excluded if mobile | anag. less ne |
| Third | C. A. Clarke | Decoration that’s trimmed, twisted and placed on one | an + meda(l) (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | D. Arthur | Marinade’s not recipe I fancy for fillet | anag. less r I |
| VHC | M. Barley | Head of athlete (one coming first) had me placed round? | an + a + ’d + me (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | M. Bath | Cook made an onion ring | anag. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | One tied at the end held in unkempt mane | a + d in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Find, say, a head of Nero and notice me around? | a N ad + me (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Does AA mend old tire? | anag.; tire (arch.) = headdress |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | What betrimmed a Naiad’s swept-back locks? | hidden rev., & lit. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | We’ve not time for men fiddling with data that could dress up a poll | anag. less t |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | What’s partially embloomed a napper, going round? | hidden rev., & lit. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | What could dress a mullet and a filleted maigre, battered? | anag. incl. m, e; see, incidentally, the amusing def. of ‘mullet’ in C. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Laurel maybe with mate Hardy, men regularly seen in a fine mess | anag. of alternate letters |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Flowery adornment Dame Edna sports when first shows are screened | anag. less D E; show = sign, indication; ref. B. Humphries character |
| VHC | W. F. Main | Some trimmed an azalea back and made an unusual wreath | hidden rev., & anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Wreath transforms man’s head, kicking off last of Proms with Henry | anag. less s H; ref. H. Wood’s bust ritual |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Garland for May queen perhaps – a maiden without one must be upset | anag. less I |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | What frump would wear this, even in vain daydreams? Maenad, possibly | alternate letters, anag. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | ——’s role (a spiral ring) could be as Nero’s imperial garland | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Bays – the coasts of Canada are cleft by them | (C)anad(a) + ’em; cleave = sever; bay4 |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | The maiden’s headwear could be —— i.e. wreath she’d fashioned | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | What’s made an unkempt mane a model’s centrepiece, after styling? | anag., anag. incl. d, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1962 awarded to: