Azed Competition No. 920 Azed Slip | ◀ 917 | 922 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920 | Xmas 1989 | CHRIST-CROSS-ROW | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hooper | Lord King detains staff with pained expression: “I’ll have BA back in front, well ahead of KLM” | cross in Christ R + ow; ref. British Airways chairman |
| Second | C. J. Morse | There’s something basic to be learnt about Romania in this extraordinarily angry disturbance | c. + R in anag. + cross row; ref. revolution in R. |
| Third | J. C. Leyland | Facing consequence of mulish union dispute we’ve got someone to deliver all our letters | Christ + cross row; ref. postal dispute |
| VHC | M. Barley | Out of this Crowther crossword come the word and its letters | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Little child, take one to mark (as an illiterate) in developing two R’s | ch. r I + cross in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs D. Colley | What puts small child right about I’s — or C’s or W’s when in a muddle? | ch. + I’s in rt + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Jonathan, perhaps in triumph, succeeded ‘X’ in A-zed series | Christ + Ross in crow; ref. TV presenter; J. Crowther = Azed |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | The alphabet so cows chits struggling with 3 R’s | anag. incl. r r r |
| VHC | M. Earle | Series of letters X mean rude words exchanged | Christ cross row; mean = bad-tempered |
| VHC | C. J. Feetenby | A to Z’s rich in detail, with street intersecting street | anag. + St cross row; ref. street atlas; cross adj. |
| VHC | B. Greer | In composition that’s drolly Crowtherish, he omitted X… (all the letters) | cross in anag. less he; Crowther = AZ |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | School was strict one, 3 R’s laboured — you’d have to learn this! | comp. anag. incl. r r r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Advocate bridge course: beginners only: elementary system taught | Christ cross row; first letters = A b c |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Child swots three R’s, so I see work for me! | ch. + anag. incl. r r r c, & lit. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | A-Z is Crowther in disguise and ’e’s out to thwart filling it in | cross in anag. less e; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | AZ at full stretch doing his (’cos end of year) heartless compiler worst | anag. incl. r c, r |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | What a book – child’s first – may give: Yuletide without mother’s angry chiding | Christ(ma’s) cross row; i.e. a b c |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | A full series of ‘Neighbours’ literally requires a double X rating | Christ cross row; X = Christ, cross; ref. TV soap |
| VHC | G. & J. Parsons | The order of all characters: ‘Throw RSC’s Osric out!’ | anag.; ref. Hamlet |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | The alphabet students had to learn, ’cos switch so inappropriate when instilling three R’s | anag. incl. r r r |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | In Chinese, stir cooking with, say, saltier recipe — it’s got to contain ghi | anag. + cross r, all in Chow; i.e. g h i; saltier = saltire |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | Child’s endless chance, the old trust, to circumvent sign of illiteracy | ch. ris(k) + cross in trow, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Something of which AZ might be representative: X-words after X | Christ + cross row; X = Ximenes |
| VHC | A. J. Whittaker | Take in X, and round X scatter every letter in order | r in chi + cross in strow |
HCs in competition 920 awarded to: