Azed Competition No. 443 Azed Slip | ◀ 439 | 447 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 443 | Oct 1980 | STEEPLECROWN | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | Enter low space carelessly – and you’ll knock one off! | anag. less a, & lit. |
| Second | N. C. Goddard | Cone of beans when ground won’t perc. lees! | anag. |
| Third | D. Ashcroft | La Bretonne wears it to church to confess after having let crepes crumble | anag. + own |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | What’s high and possibly worn on the head of a lad bottom of the Remove and a bit of a clot? | steep + l e c + anag., & lit.; dunce’s cap |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Truncated Welsh cornet in fashion round top of eisteddfod participant’s head? | e p in anag. incl. Wels(h), & lit. |
| VHC | S. Caffyn | Might make person’s head swelter, cone like this | anag. incl. p, & lit. |
| VHC | G. H. Clarke | Piece spelt with two E’s at first? Wrong! Wear this hat! | anag. + crown |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | See pert clown mock in pointed fashion | anag. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | See pert clown got up – in this? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. and S. D. Griew | Absurdly high exotic article on conjuror’s head, worn with magical effect | steep + le + c + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | What cornered simpleton is sporting – could be this hat with ‘D’ on rim | comp. anag. & lit.; dunce’s hat |
| VHC | J. G. Hull | Sort of conical chimney pot? Take sweep to clean one out if fouled up | anag. incl. r less a |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Note Peel wound in county up north is what soars over brow | te + anag., all in Worcs (rev.) + N |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | High, loftily extended cone initially worn religiously | steep + l e c + anag., & lit; religious = very exact |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Whateffer makes we Celts prone to be represented in this? | anag. & lit.; Welsh pron. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Let new poser struggle with the acme in crosswords – Ximenes’ victims had to wear it! | anag. incl. c; Inquisition victims wore s., see hat in Brewer |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | See pert clown perform in this? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. F. Main | Dunce’s cap, for example, is difficult to suffer interminably with honour | steep le(t) crown |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | We respect no learner sporting this | anag. incl. L, & lit.; dunce’s cap |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Pointed cap a pupil holding English in poor respect needs to have | L E in anag. + own |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | In the crew, one slept uneasily – definitely not a boater | anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What’s adorned Welsh crone’s pate? This has | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Disgraceful ‘twerp’s cone’ covering heads of lazers erstwhile? | l e in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | E. W. Richart | Crept low and seen anyhow! It’s that tall hat | anag. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Capital investment for the not so bright acquired by false pretences combined with low cunning | anag. |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Might I be high on the heads of little educated chaps and worn in disgrace? | steep + l e c + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | This, with nary a halo worn, would do for a crone’s Hallowe’en party | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Witchcraft makes crone sweep ends of rat tail into it | anag. incl. t l, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | I’ll go on head of party – up to a point! (Bluff Jim giving T.U.C. boss heart?) | steep + Crow in Len; ref. J. Crow, J. Callaghan, L. Murray |
HCs in competition 443 awarded to: