Azed Competition No. 5 Azed Slip | ◀ 1 | 10 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Apr 1972 | SCEUOPHYLAX | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. R. Clemow | Adult executive involved with holy cups | anag. incl. A, ex., & lit. |
| Second | C. Allen Baker | Cheap, lousy ‘X’ flicks? I watch the blessed things | anag.; flicks = flutters |
| Third | C. J. Morse | A cox helps you at sea – missing nothing, he keeps an eye on vessels | anag. less 0 |
| VHC | Miss M. R. Adcock | Foul, sexy chap, promiscuous but not loud, in charge of vessels | anag. less f |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | Versatile playhouse accommodating a hundred gets unknown to produce ‘The Caretaker’ in Greek | anag. incl. C + X |
| VHC | S. Barnett | Church official rudely presented shy couple with chopper | anag. + ax |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Puzzled soul with cypher incomplete needing A. and X’s orthodox Greek | anag. incl. cyphe(r) + A, X; ref. Azed, Ximenes; ’s = is |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | Smash holy cups with axe! He certainly wouldn’t | anag. |
| VHC | R. A. Chiverton | Sex play? Ouch! That’s unorthodox for an orthodox sexton | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs J. B. Coltham | Chop-suey bad with slack man minding special vessels | anag. + lax |
| VHC | H. A. C. Darwen | Shy couple, getting spliced, have a kiss at last. I assist in church | anag. + a X |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Lose a pyx and church superior has me sacked | anag. incl. ch., U, & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Eastern holy cups are laid out by one before a cross | anag. incl. E + a + X, & lit. |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Holy cups smashed with axe could be my undoing | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | He’s left care of a top quality pyx, perhaps | anag. incl. l c/o U, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | He served old papa chop-suey – that’s chow, soft and flabby | anag. + lax; papa (obs.) = Gk. Orth. priest; chow = mixed |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | To break up holy cups with axe would upset him | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Palmer | I’m responsible for miscellaneous eastern holy cups and a cross | anag. + a X, & lit. |
| VHC | P. G. Purtell | Substitute for X lousy, cheap? Yes and no. He guards a sacred trust | anag.; ref. Ximenes, Azed |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | One involved with holy eastern cross and cups | anag. incl. E, X, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs C. Theodorson | He organises use of pyx, of chalice, but not if C. of E. | anag. less if C. of E., & lit. |
| VHC | J. Walton | I am responsible for the arranging of ouch, seal and pyx | anag. & lit.; ouch2 |
HCs in competition 5 awarded to: