Azed Competition No. 939 Azed Slip | ◀ 934 | 943 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 939 | May 1990 | A-PER-SE / ESCROC | Right and Left | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. H. Tompsett | ‘Nonpareil’ apple-crusher ejects every other core and Coxes’ peel mashed in the twister | alternate letters; anag. incl. C(oxe)s |
| Second | C. J. Brougham | A fantastic sweeper we picked out is a corker playing soccer. Fulham he’d win with! | a + anag. less we; anag.; fulham = loaded dice |
| Third | E. Chalkley | A stunner employed by newspapers, exposing the sleeker body that was put up outside clubs? | hidden; C in corse (rev.) |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Fiddler, producing wayward crescendo, ignoring finale, ignoring end of concert, botched repeats – an unrepeatable performance | anag. less end; anag. less t |
| VHC | M. Barley | Outstanding individual (No. 10 in Argentinian blue) cheat playing soccer | a perse; anag.; ref. Maradona |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Rogue soccer fans rose in a drunken spree | anag.; a + anag. |
| VHC | Ms H. Grayson | Star newspaper’s editorial includes: ‘Runcie’s Crockford’s entry is a fraud’ | hidden; hidden; ref. Robert R., C.’s Clerical Directory |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Paramount object is revealed by newspapers: eliminating rogue soccer fans | hidden; anag. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Select one from Andromeda; Perseus; the monster – examination upset for starters in modern Greek | hidden; CSE (rev.) + roc; Greek (arch.) = rogue |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Score’s transposed to C sharp (formerly A) in masterpiece | anag. + C; 2 mngs.; sharp n. |
| VHC | H. J. McClarron | What’s surpassing gay Paree’s going with foreign bit, a fabulous bird – a doer? | anag.; esc(udo) + roc |
| VHC | E. Miller | A public-school paragon playing soccer? He certainly does! | a Perse; anag.; ref. Cambridge school |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Soccer fans leg it, a spree afoot | anag.; anag.; leg = swindler, it = ne plus ultra, afoot = astir |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Reformed soccer cheat an Oxford blue? That must be unique | anag.; a perse |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Sharper in playing soccer, a Dark Blue reveals a unique ‘something’ | anag.; a perse |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | Hammering score over ton he pulls a fast one with touch of exuberance right into far boundary of Oval – nonpareil! | anag. + C; e, r in apse (qv.) |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Suspect soccer fraud, an ideal item for embroidery by English papers wanting lead | anag.; anag. less p |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Soccer playing artful dodger, a blue (Oxford?), is one without a match | anag.; a perse |
| VHC | J. Stokes | A dark blue nonpareil a cheat? What a surprise! Examination now cancelled – result reversed | a perse; cor! CSE (rev.) |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Play soccer? He’d bamboozle the very best in some newspapers’ estimation | anag.; hidden |
| VHC | K. Thomas | A fee’s repaid partly over leg broken in soccer | hidden rev.; anag.; leg = swindler |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Faultless article appears in papers exposing scandalous soccer fraud | hidden; anag. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | It’s no match, or a violent spree for sharp ‘soccer fans’ | a + anag.; anag. |
HCs in competition 939 awarded to: