Azed Competition No. 1997 Azed Slip | ◀ 1992 | 2000 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sep 2010 | FADO | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Barley | Following difficulty striking new driver, golfer displays dejected air | f ado, Fa(L)do; ref. Nick F. |
| Second | J. C. Leyland | Do Albufeirans replace blues number with this air? | comp. anag. incl. n, & lit.; ref. Albufeira, Portuguese town |
| Third | R. J. Heald | What’ll have right refrain for a spot of dancing in Algarve region? | Faro with d for r, & lit.; F., chief city and district of Algarve |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Sad folk music abroad – miss that with luck | comp. anag. |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | Melancholy song that would be lame if transposed from minor to major? | i.e. fa-do in minor becomes la-me in major |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Dejected folk saying “buzz off!” (not very loudly) | fad + o(ff); say = express |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Primarily folk rather than soul, melancholy love song | sad with f for s + 0, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs P. Diamond | Iberian song, sweet one to perform | FA + do |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Type, primarily, of folk song and dance | f + ado, & lit.; type = lettering |
| VHC | N. J. Hitchins | Fine commotion or song and dance | f ado |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | A bit of folk song and dance | f ado, & lit. |
| VHC | E. C. Lance | Traditional local music in Algarve city, with outbreak of dancing taking over centre of tourism | Faro with d for r |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Bar dance, ballad of suffering? | anag. less ball, & lit. |
| VHC | K. Milan | A plagal cadence characterizes this plaintive song | i.e. fa-do |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Primarily fun-free song and dance? | f + ado, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | It’s the plagal cadence you want for a sad song | i.e. fa-do |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Sad song characterised by a descending fourth? | i.e. fa-do |
| VHC | N. J. Roper | If sad song re-arranged – sings this? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Sharkey | Plaintive folk song sequence of subdominant and tonic elements | i.e. fa-do |
| VHC | S. J. Shaw | Song and dance with origin in folk primarily | f + ado, & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. Simmons | Folk dance in Lisbon? France’s capital has one just the same | F a d(itt)o |
| VHC | I. Simpson | Dump right for a spot of dancing in Algarve capital | Faro with r for d; see dump2 |
| VHC | Ms M. Stokes | Sweet girl expressing love – feel free to make a sad song therefrom | FA + do! |
| VHC | P. Taylor | Melancholy folk refrain from opening of alcohol during loud party | a in f do |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Song wherein singer regrets, in short, ‘rien de rien’? | FA d’ 0; ref. E. Piaf song ‘Je ne regrette rien’ |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Two notes die away almost to nothing in part of a doleful song | fa do, fad(e) + 0, hidden |
| VHC | G. Willett | A day of dancing and song tinged with sadness | anag. incl. d |
HCs in competition 1997 awarded to: