Azed Competition No. 2014 Azed Slip | ◀ 2012 | 2019 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Jan 2011 | HACKETTE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Take the lead in Cinderella, playing girl who works in rags | ang. incl. C |
| Second | R. Hesketh | Daily woman runs in out of kitchen with tea freshly made | anag. less in |
| Third | Dr J. Burscough | Sort editing Heat, OK, etc (not Observer’s head)? | anag. less O; magazines with female editors |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Coat not opening – secured by the careless squeeze of a press stud, perhaps | (j)acket in anag. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | She might produce endless cheeky tat in rags | anag. less y, & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | E.g. Whitehorn? Kath involved with the most frequent feature in The Observer, etc | anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | Edit Heat, OK, etc? If out of ordinary, she might | anag. less o |
| VHC | J. Guiver | Press female cheek at tango dance | anag. incl. t |
| VHC | Dr C. P. Hales | Take the carbon out – she can file copy | anag. incl. C |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | E.g. K. Adie (Kate), a watcher getting broadcast when a war breaks out | anag. less a war |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Woman reporting husband getting Man’s Prize in ‘fruit’ from WI | h + TT in ackee; ref. IOM race |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Starts off cub, hopes to rank with Kate Adie ultimately? | anag. incl. c, h, t, e, & lit. |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | She performs organ work, the fugal parts containing a lot of notes not to be played softly | (p)acket in anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Wily —— could be Watt, cheekily dissembling | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Holly W. pretending to be constituent of V. Cable |
| VHC | P. D. Martin | Chick lacking style etc. possibly contributing to edition of Heat? | anag. less chic, & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Job for which Rook’s no longer first in the running | (r)acket in anag., & lit.; ref. Jean R., former ‘first lady of Fleet Street’ |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Take the coalition’s leading character with artifice? One did | anag. incl. c; take = cheat, deceive; ref. V. Cable |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Take the tattered clothing around for rag-woman? | c. in anag. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Rook perhaps has carrion nabbed by feral he-cat | ket in anag.; ref. Jean R. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Filly on paper is the pick, punter ignoring outsiders | hack + (b)ette(r) |
| VHC | P. Taylor | Take the scrap of cloth out for rag woman? | anag. incl. c |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Wade, perhaps, having abandoned ketch at shore’s edge | anag. + e; ref. Rebekah W., former editor of the ‘Sun’ |
| VHC | L. Ward | Done with what’s left of creases, take the skirt from the press | anag. incl. c; skirt = woman |
HCs in competition 2014 awarded to: