Azed Competition No. 926 Azed Slip | ◀ 922 | 930 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 926 | Feb 1990 | NERD | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. J. Shields | With update, ‘——’ replaces ‘dunderpate’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Second | R. S. Morse | A simple spinner dries clothes | hidden |
| Third | T. W. Mortimer | ‘Dunderhead!’ (Abuse this fool had due!) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Irritating chap makes even bits of knees red | alternate letters |
| VHC | M. J. Barker | Eastender’s volte face about end of affair? A graceless fellow, he! | r in (Dirty) Den (rev.); ref. soap opera storyline |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Pained rear implicates me, potentially | hidden anag., & lit.; pain in the backside |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | An annoying drip – turn water completely off with both taps | drench (rev.) less H, C |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. Colley | Pain in the neck starts in nerve ends right by back of head | n, e, r, d |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Type of disparagement centred on Lada owner-drivers? | central letters of phrase |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | One lacking headpiece to take degree? | (o)ne r d., & lit.; to = in contact with |
| VHC | P. S. Elliott | I’m miscast in part of Cinderella – Dopey or Grumpy might suit me | hidden anag. |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Rowan’s leading part (incorporated in new edition) | R in n ed., & lit.; ref. R. Atkinson role in W. End play ‘The N.’, and Chambers 1988 edition |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Pain in the neck’s not gone – get the doctor back | ne + Dr (rev.) |
| VHC | D. A. Ginger | Sap causes some adrenaline to flow back | hidden rev. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Our country embodying name abroad in drunken lout | anag. less n in UK |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Smartie? No (no way!) | ne Rd; ref. brands of sweets |
| VHC | G. Hughes | ‘A stupid person’ is the clue for this, so I put ‘sap’ perhaps | comp. anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | I will be endeared? The odds are non-existent | alternate letters & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Adrenaline keeps the sap circulating | hidden rev. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Norman’s principal character, blundered for the audience | N + ‘erred’, & lit.; ref. N. Wisdom |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Watch out for one among learner drivers | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | One who’d gravel a shortcut to Blaydon races, say? | i.e. NE Rd; races held in Newcastle; gravel = irritate |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Pain in the neck not uncommonly noted by reversing driver | ne + dr (rev.) |
| VHC | D. Williamson | Backward wet? Not half! | dren(ched) (rev.), & lit. |
HCs in competition 926 awarded to: