Azed Competition No. 410 Azed Slip | ◀ 406 | 414 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | Feb 1980 | CUL-DE-SAC | normal | 28 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | What use a 550 c.c. model here? | anag. incl. DL, & lit. |
| Second | J. D. Moore | This word must be clued, with solution, envelope attached: one can have one entry only | anag. + sac; ref. AZ comp |
| Third | T. E. Sanders | What, after copper’s left at the opening, you’ll get boxed up in | Cu l + cased (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | Is it providing dual access? Not as it is | anag. less as, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | I could give dual access if I had a second! | comp. anag. incl. s, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | ‘NO THROUGH ROAD’ caused learner to wobble about | anag. incl. L + c. |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Could be clued as C shaped | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Freeman | And this one’s symbol is T, but is wrongly clued as C! | anag.; ref. AZ’s potassium error and No Through Road sign |
| VHC | J. E. Green | Learner driver’s first reversing situation after short cut here? | cu(t) + L + d + case (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. F. Grimshaw | Element at No. 29 leads astray. Caught in this impasse? | Cu + anag. + c; ref. AZ’s potassium error; copper, At. No. 29 |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | It’s most tortuously clued, as C. gets one nowhere | anag.; C. = Chambers |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | If clued: ‘Cars turn here’, this could be about right? | comp. anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Chase concludes with a crash – could be car has chosen —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Might turning quarry lose seconds here | c(o)uld + c(h)ase (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs R. B. Hunt | Secluded side road can turn into dead end, or is —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Crisp Azed clue, cryptic? Might get prize with it. This gets nowhere | comp. anag. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Could be clued as ‘carriageway not carried through’ | anag. + c, & lit. |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Learner accused following smash in no through road | anag. incl. L |
| VHC | L. K. Maltby | Blocked road has closed circuit round approach to Ullswater and dales after accident | U + anag., all in CC |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Blocked passage? Castor-oil emptied inside, caused loosening | anag. incl. C, l |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | With copper left at entrance, upset for burglariously planned reconnoitre? | Cu l + cased (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Short cut gets learner boxed up – could be this | cu(t) + L + cased (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Dr P. Owen | Wrongly clue carbon as deuterium; such a mistake by Azed might lead you up here | anag. incl. C, D; ref. AZ’s potassium error |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Close call was deuced tricky but for poor West lead | anag. less anag. incl. W; close = dead-end |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Falsely accused learner appears in court? | anag. incl. L |
| VHC | Mrs A. Price | Feature of a maze – in a small space, 180° turn leads out | U + anag. in cc.; U-turn |
| VHC | P. H. Rhodes | There’s only one means of access to this summit except for men of the French Alpine Club | cul(men) + des + AC |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Mistakenly see this as giving dual access? | comp. anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 410 awarded to: