Azed Competition No. 2168 Azed Slip | ◀ 2165 | 2170 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2168 | Xmas 2013 | CENTURY (with missing C) | Missing Letter | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | Five sore backsides to physic grieve Matron – not you, Dr Busby | score; last letters; ref. the Rev Dr Richard B., famous flogging headmaster of Westminster 1638-1693 |
| Second | M. Barley | Years spanned by crossword anon after its first appearance, entertaining for all | canon; c + U in entry |
| Third | A. Brash | Batting uncertainty isn’t gone – five sore results | score; anag. less ain’t; ref. England’s woeful test results in Australia |
| VHC | J. Abernethy | Row about discordant tune in Strauss’s score? | crow; anag. in cry; ref. Andrew S., former test cricketer |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Ten sore – you’re dismissing one in two possibly | score; anag. of alternate letters & lit.; 200 × ½ |
| VHC | C. J. Butler | Turn ye falteringly after the onset of old age? | cold; c + anag. |
| VHC | M. J. Clarke | Stokes’s mighty sore in Perth, start of comeback yet urn is wretchedly lost | score; c + anag.; ref. fruitless century by Ben Stokes in Perth test |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Clubs getting heads snapped off, express holer with three-figure score | choler; c + (v)ent (f)ury; ref. golf |
| VHC | R. Gilbert | Five sore old regulars caught for all to see nipping into erstwhile hostelry | score; c + U in entry |
| VHC | R. Grafen | It’s all about adventures in middle age | call; entu in cry |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Old soldiers in a bath, introduction of Noel truce ending in muddy play | batch; anag. incl. N, y; ref. WWI incident |
| VHC | B. C. & J. I. James | Tune broadcast for all to take in occasion of Queen’s message? | call; anag. in cry; ref. Queen’s telegram |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Weep about rumbling tune in score of quintets | crumbling; anag. in cry |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | A top batsman’s sore, with a one followed by two ducks | score; 1, 0, 0 |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Stokes apart, runs yet to be hit with side in crisis – this sore needed | score; anag. incl. c less s; ref. test century by Ben S. |
| VHC | M. Owen | Puzzle this old? Could be expressed as ‘ton’, rudely | crudely; comp. anag. |
| VHC | Dr S. J. Shaw | Top batsman’s sore perhaps when taking nothing from Courtney bowling | score; anag. less 0; ref. C. Walsh, former WI fast bowler |
| VHC | P. A. Stephenson | Cook’s opening with run yet failed making one mighty sore! | score; C + anag.; ref. Alastair C., England captain |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | A number of men carving old turkey with new cutting edge to knife | cold; c + anag. incl. n less k |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Five sore years resolved by new year truce | score; anag. incl. n, y |
| VHC | J. Vincent & R. Porter | Cook sometimes makes this – half of Xmas bird with last of gravy and, beforehand, starters of hunky edam and nibbles | chunky; c, e, n + tur(key) + y; ref. Alastair C., England captain |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Urn etc lost before finale in Sydney, Stokes’s sore in Perth | score; anag. y; ref. test century by Ben S. |
| VHC | A. Whittaker | Military unit one despatched, we hear, united army’s regulars | once; ‘sent’ U +(a)r(m)y |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | It’s acceptable in the old guard and pleases anyone with the MC | MCC; U in centry |
| VHC | A. J. Young | Duration of one major conflict – it’s true involving limits to nationality can provide the answer | truce; anag. incl. n, y; ref. 100 years war |
HCs in competition 2168 awarded to: