Azed Competition No. 105 Azed Slip | ◀ 100 | 110 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Mar 1974 | Malabar-rat, raccoon, nylghau, oriole, aberdevine, howler | Anagram | 33 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. Horwood | A very horrible anagram I’ll clue: “Who once abode on Ararat?” | |
| Second | W. H. Pegram | Role clear, how he laboured over an animal-carrying boat | |
| Third | Sir C. Willink | A lull! Ararat ahoy! Wanderer, cooing, bore me olive branch | |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Lo! I gave many a brace harbour ere the cool rain drown all | |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Very large animal collection aboard. Nowhere a harbour? | |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | Election over, Labour lead by narrow margin. Ha-ha, oracle! | |
| VHC | Brig R. V. M. Benn | Bland racer on high above Ararat roll in, you are welcome | roller, racer, pigeons |
| VHC | Miss M. P. Blackburn | Holy builder who bare animal cargo on rare ocean travel | |
| VHC | D. W. Bolton | A new olive branch? Ararat! Here I can moor our bold galley | |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | I once gave animal bunch lee: ‘All aboard’ or watery horror! | |
| VHC | E. A. Free | Once a chill rain bore me, rolled on a rough wave, by Ararat | |
| VHC | M. A. Furman | Rain eh? I’ll cover many a creature, on board a hollow barge | |
| VHC | S. Goldie | —— whom I’ll honour, ran a very tolerable abecedarian cargo | |
| VHC | J. J. Goulstone | Are we all on board? Can a brace more go in? I’ll have to hurry | |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | All on animal barge cheer – an olive bract drew our ‘Hooray!’ | |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | A Liberal choice – a deal now, or harry a Labour Government | ref. Gen. Election result |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Had every animal in care on a boat. Blow, cruel gale horror! | |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | Lo, a dove – a worn-out, branch-bearing hero. Really a miracle! | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Beheld lovely ‘colour arch’ (meaning a rainbow) o’er Ararat | |
| VHC | A. R. McKenzie | No chance Tory-Liberal marriage deal? – or have Labour won? | ref. Gen. Election result |
| VHC | A. C. Morrison | Our arch-animal-lover who carried all genera by one boat | |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Hearing a ‘Vote Labour’ call by warrior Enoch alarmed one | ref. E. Powell |
| VHC | L. W. G. Oxley | Labour race clear – are in. Many who voted Liberal groan ‘Oh!’ | ref. Gen. Election result |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | ‘O hear gale’, I warn, collect, harbour on board every animal | |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Palmer | Crab, hen, hog, oorial, vole… were in my care, all Ararat-bound | |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Rain over by now – morale high – Ararat locale could be near | |
| VHC | F. J. Philbrick | No Liberal/ Tory marriage! Do Labour now have real chance? | ref. Gen. Election result |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. C. Prichard | He bore cargo – every animal double. Will anchor on Ararat | |
| VHC | H. L. Rhodes | Come heavy rain, he will land our barge (or coble?) on Ararat | |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Lo, early one who built animal haven – rare accord begorra! | |
| VHC | J. M. Sharman | Begorra! How can Harold manoeuvre a Lib-Tory re-alliance? | ref. Gen. Election result, H. Wilson |
| VHC | Miss E. Ward | O Leader above, watch all our animal cargo here on briny | |
| VHC | W. D. Wigley | In a cargo boat he overrode a hurricane abnormally well |
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