Azed Competition No. 289 Azed Slip | ◀ 285 | 294 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289 | Oct 1977 | AMNESIAC | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs K. Bissett | Names I must jot endlessly | anag. + ac(e), & lit.; must4 adj. |
| Second | J. D. Moore | As men get so, I fancy, only odd items are recognized | alternate letters & lit. |
| Third | S. Goldie | Manes drifting with one across Lethe made one this | anag. + 1 ac. |
| VHC | E. Akenhead | Came in as doddering old man in Jaques’s last scene | anag.; ref. AYLI: ‘seven ages of man’ |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | I can’t remember names – not even with a leading clue | anag. + 1 ac. |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | A Cinema’s shewing ‘Random Harvest’ – or its hero | anag.; ref. Ronald Coleman film |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | He has a scrap of material knotted in case he forgets | a m + anag. |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Who can efface me as I can? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | I can’t remember unusual names; I’ll stick to Bill – that’s short | anag. + I + a/c |
| VHC | I. F. Haines | Q: Who am I? A: Nesciam (possibly) | anag. & lit.; I know not (L.) |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Like the proverbial professor, senior master gets up before first light | sen. MA. (rev.) + 1 ac |
| VHC | J. G. Hull | Such as confounded Americans forgetting the fourth | anag. less r,& lit.; 4th July |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Forgetting, names unsound clue the first | anag. + 1 ac. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Experiencing a fugue? Means becoming excited – one will get to the heart of Bach | anag. + I + (B)ac(h); fugue, type of amnesia |
| VHC | L. May | Muddling names – that’s the first clue | anag. + 1 ac., & lit. |
| VHC | J. P. Mernagh | One needs reminding – wind in SE., wrap up in an overcoat | anag. in a mac |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Sorry case I am, forgetting name | anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | As CIA men after disorientation might be? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Un-mindful of name I’m a case in manner vague | anag. incl. n, & lit. |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | No elephant but mice NASA put in orbit | anag.; ‘Elephants never forget’ |
| VHC | A. Rivlin | Means I can not quite recollect | anag. less n, & lit.; re-collect, vi. |
| VHC | Dr W. I. D. Scott | One who can’t remember names badly stuck over the first clue | anag. + 1 ac. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Fugal treatment of ‘Amen’ is the soul of Bach | anag. + (B)ac(h); fugue, type of amnesia |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | What Bach holds is name for composing one with fugue | anag. incl. (B)ac(h); fugue, type of amnesia |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Fugal variation on amen is close to a vicar’s heart | anag. + a c; fugue, type of amnesia |
| VHC | W. Woodruff | When Americans ignore the 4th it must be because they have become this | anag. less r, & lit.; 4th July |
HCs in competition 289 awarded to: