Azed Competition No. 250 Azed Slip | ◀ 249 | 255 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Jan 1977 | Stands the church clock at ten to three? | Anagram | 44 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. V. Dearden | To CCL then! – He’s the hardest nut to crack! | |
| First | H. W. Massingham | To CCL then! – He’s the hardest nut to crack! | |
| Third | J. D. Moore | The rack? Doesn’t hurt! The CCL Contest? Ah. … | |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Don’t chestnut arches clothe the track? | ref. poem lines |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | CCL tortured thee? A Scotch, then? Thanks! | |
| VHC | J. M. Brown | Crack CCL: then steer to the thousandth | |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | No. CCL hatched: court thanks the setter | |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Thou setter! CCL bath concerted thanks! | |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | That Contest result – No H.C. – check hatred! | |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Reaches CCL. Thanks! – the truth. On to D etc.! | |
| VHC | A. Dyson | Check hands or test ratchet – then clout! | |
| VHC | B. Franco | Notch CCL thanks due to the arch-setter | |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Token? That chance doth stretch cluers! | |
| VHC | H. J. Godwin | Record CCL! Thank one that setteth such! | |
| VHC | J. J. Goulstone | The cluer concocteth hard test – thanks! | |
| VHC | J. E. Green | Crack CCL, then steer to the thousandth | |
| VHC | G. B. Greer | Let’s check that thousandth corner etc. | i.e. 4 per puzzle |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Thus notch CCL and cheer that setter. OK? | |
| VHC | N. Kemmer | Hard knot – eh? Count CCL – that’s the secret! | |
| VHC | Miss I. M. Kemp | Ten to ten! Has the church clock started? | |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Re CCL, thank the setter, hand out scotch! | |
| VHC | Mrs M. Kissen | One cracked CCL – that’s the honest truth! | |
| VHC | C. Loving | Cheat! The churls don’t stock the nectar! | ref. last line of poem |
| VHC | Mrs S. M. Macpherson | Clutched short chance to thank setter | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | He’s notched CCL – utter treat – och thanks! | |
| VHC | L. May | Can the crush to the CCL do thank setter? | |
| VHC | M. Metcalf | Thanks, hard clue setter! On to CCC, heh? | |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Notch CCL due, thanks to the arch-setter | |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | CCL hard – thank setter – unto thee, Scotch. | |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | The lands catch? O.K., let’s correct the nut | |
| VHC | C. J. and R. S. Morse | The nuts hated CCL, tho’ not the crackers | |
| VHC | A. J. K. Moult | Thanks to the d… setter, our ‘CCL’th’ chance | |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | CCLth? Shucks! He can’t retreat – on to the D! | |
| VHC | Rev R. D. Newman | ‘Ratchet notch stuck!’, chortles the Dean | |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | O thank setter! He hath constructed CCL | |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | ’Struth, setter at CCL, eh? O.K., can he notch D? | |
| VHC | E. R. Riddle | Do thank the arch-setter – the count’s CCL | |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Shred to clutch chance to thank setter | |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Thence hatch’d CCL … Our thanks to setter | |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | There her hands, etc., stuck, tho’ not at CCL? | |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | CCL ‘Do’ – Steak; tart. The Scotch runneth, eh? | |
| VHC | L. E. Thomas | No, the hand stuck. Let’s catch the rector! | |
| VHC | J. A. Tyrrell | Our CCL’th chance – thanks to the d—— setter! | |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Cheer! Test no. CCL hatched – thanks, tutor! |
HCs in competition 250 awarded to: