Azed Competition No. 2113 Azed Slip | ◀ 2109 | 2116 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2113 | Dec 2012 | PICAROON | normal | 21 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | W. Ransome | Is he con or pirate? ——’s either possibly | comp. anag. & lit. |
Second | D. F. Manley | Roguish Captain Hook sort – that’s me, OK? | comp. anag. & lit. |
Third | J. Guiver | Jack stealing pies queen of hearts removed from oven | Pica + R + o’ + o(ve)n |
VHC | M. Barley | Picture one lifting gold having boarded ship, perhaps? | pic + a + or (rev.) + on, & lit. |
VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Silver perhaps and gold stored up by magpies continuously | or (rev.) in Pica on; ref. Long John S. |
VHC | R. Fentem | Rogue gold trader’s tip leaving corporation in turmoil | anag. less or t |
VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Working on this fraud, Fed gets rid of Capone somehow | comp. anag. |
VHC | J. Grimes | One lifting what’s good from freight inspired by nip o’ rum? | car(g)o in anag., & lit. |
VHC | D. V. Harry | Rogue performing piracy – noose could get him? Yes | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | R. J. Heald | Bounder involved in piracy making spirited escape with booty? | roo in pi(racy) can, & lit.; booty2 |
VHC | R. Hesketh | Ford’s second Capri modelled on a Corsair | anag. incl. o + on |
VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | ——, or one tangling with Pan & Co? | anag. incl. I, & lit.; ref. Peter P. |
VHC | P. W. Marlow | Teach, perhaps, piano or dancing around college | c in anag.; ref. Edward T., aka ‘Blackbeard’ |
VHC | L. F. Marzillier | Play with Pacino or Morgan? | anag.; ref. Capt. M., M. Freeman |
VHC | C. J. Morse | Thieving sort – an abandoned character, by the sound of it | Pica + ‘rune’, & lit. |
VHC | R. J. Palmer | One noted for stealing gold hoisted aboard | Pica + or (rev.) + on, & lit. |
VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Someone pursuing organized piracy in the main (excluding Smee!) | anag.less y + (s)o(me)on(e), & lit. |
VHC | P. A. Stephenson | This searat may show up as pirate or a con | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | P. L. Stone | E.g. Rover or Corsair or Pontiac declining with the passage of time | anag. less t; decline = deviate |
VHC | N. Warne | The cause of skipper in panic at sea? | roo in anag., & lit. |
VHC | Dr E. Young | Hook could be ’Enry’s No. 1 left in a Cooper special | anag. less E; ref. boxing |
HCs in competition 2113 awarded to: