Azed Competition No. 2040 Azed Slip | ◀ 2036 | 2045 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040 | Jul 2011 | EASTER | Printer’s Devilry | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Barley | Sailor lengthens stay as hor/rible wind hits port | |
| Second | R. C. Teuton | Summer wine’s austere character appeared in the l/ot I chose | ref. Nora Batty in ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ |
| Third | K. Thomas | Chelsea fans were sor/ry scandal hit tabloids | ref. John Terry, footballer |
| VHC | P. Biddlecombe | ‘The big br/a’ might be a good name for the ‘sweater look’ years | |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Primmest party people constitute the l/ot I crave | |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Did the demise of Mansfield and Monroe spell the end of the Hollywood br/a? | |
| VHC | I. Carr | Global warming and oceanic pollution are what? Many scientists’ se/minal planetary afflictions | |
| VHC | E. Cross | Several dolphins were sighted ahead that night and mor/n | |
| VHC | M. Cutter | Azed marks the competition word with th/is knowhow to clue well | |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Speedy clipper left Portlands shor/n in a trice | |
| VHC | D. Harris | There are no more Eng. Lit. lectures to com/mend Snow | ref. C. P. Snow |
| VHC | S. B. Hart | Will closer analysis of fossil records av/oid conjecture? | ref. theory re end of dinosaurs |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | I hope to emulate Co/lin G, ex-champion with an amazing track record | ref. Sebastian Coe, Colin Gumbrell, 6 times AZ champion |
| VHC | J. Hood | Superman’s motto is ‘Av/oid showers falling to earth’ | |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Experts on The Planets studied larg/o I’d recently discovered | |
| VHC | D. T. R. Lawson | The last visit to the Medici – perhaps se/minal | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Maybe a change of mood Will com/mends for the whining schoolboy | ref. AYLI, ‘seven ages of man’ |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Th/is kiss – o me! – how suggestive of an oath being sworn! | |
| VHC | D. J. R. Ogilvie | Hardy orders the fleet to formal in/n following victory | |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | The Summer holiday’s com/mended at school | |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | When clippers depart they leave the shor/n | |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | You’ll find in the Star tabl/oid’s position in relation to the Observer | |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Crude cosmetic surgeon made abr/upt, insensitive cracks | |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | In a candid feature on G. Ramsay, a r/isk’s unavoidable? | |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Clippers soon had us leaving home shor/n |
HCs in competition 2040 awarded to: