Azed Competition No. 2027  Azed Slip  |  ◀  2023  |  2031  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
2027 Apr 2011THRENETICAL normal22

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstDr S. J. ShawComposing such poems could show I lament the corpsecomp. anag. & lit.
SecondA. J. WardropAnthem for relict is a composition of this formcomp. anag. & lit.
ThirdC. J. BroughamLamenting eternal itch, Fay murdered tenth éclairdouble anag.; fay = eccentric
VHCD. K. ArnottArrangement for the clarinet redolent of Jeremiah Clarke’s last piece and rich talent wasteddouble anag.; ref. Jeremiah’s lamentations; JC took his own life at an early age
VHCM. BarleyBefore retiring, Latin teacher is given new version of elegiacsanag. less a
VHCD. A. CampbellChatter line is ill-designed for expressing griefanag.
VHCN. C. DexterSuch as the recital warbled about cock-robin’s endn in anag., & lit.; ref. traditional song
VHCJ. P. GuiverWorking gent’s exhausted from recent late nights travelling – waking’s such a strainanag. less anag.; ref. wake for the dead
VHCD. HarrisSent chain letter as registered by the last post?anag.
VHCR. J. HealdMournful doctor in health centre rejecting closuresanag. less last letters
VHCM. HodgkinMourning Becomes Electra with thin castanag.; ref. O’Neill play
VHCJ. C. LeylandAs keen cooks we plot chic dinner parties regularlyanag. of alternate letters; keen2
VHCM. A. Macdonald-CooperIn Memoriam Latin teacher’s translating as ——comp. anag.
VHCD. F. ManleyWoeful-sounding Lent, Rich Tea being abandonedanag.; ref. giving up biscuits
VHCP. D. MartinTroy laments epic hero after sacking, producing —— poems?comp. anag.; t = troy
VHCC. J. MorsePut line under unsound 13 ac. – it’s woefulanag. + l
VHCA. PlumbLike a keen jockey I canter with the rear out of pommelanag. incl. l; keen2
VHCP. L. StoneNew College lament their passing Master with mournful songanag. incl. c, less M
VHCJ. WatertonIt might describe the mourners’ wailing when client and earth are intermingledanag.
VHCM. WhitmoreIt’s characteristic of a keen athlete, increasing exercises with no letting upanag. less easing; keen2
VHCA. WhittakerNeed cithara – lento, con moto – to compose such an odecomp. anag. & lit.
VHCDr E. YoungEnact Hitler spoof, giving stiff saluteanag.; spoof = bogus, false
 

HCs in competition 2027 awarded to:

D. AppletonDr I. S. FletcherE. C. LanceU. Sheorey
D. & N. AsplandR. GilbertG. McNaughtonA. J. Shields
T. C. BorlandJ. GlassonburyJ. R. C. MichieN. G. Shippobotham
Rev Canon C. M. BrounG. I. L. GraftonC. G. MillinI. Simpson
C. J. & M. P. ButlerR. HaddockT. J. MooreyA. W. Taylor
C. A. ClarkeP. F. HendersonC. OgilvieR. Thomas
T. CrowtherR. HeskethF. R. PalmerD. H. Tompsett
Mrs P. DiamondMrs M. JanssenR. J. PalmerA. Varney
V. DixonMrs D. B. JenkinsonM. L. PerkinsMrs A. M. Walden
W. DreverMrs J. M. JohnsonD. Price JonesMs S. Wallace
A. G. FlemingG. JohnstoneD. P. ShenkinL. Ward