Azed Competition No. 1078 Azed Slip | ◀ 1076 | 1084 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1078 | Jan 1993 | KIRBEH | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Brougham | Hide impermeable? If so, fakir’s one up on me! | i.e. fakir is fah if kir be h |
| Second | C. G. Millin | Arab sheik uses fancy —— as a water carrier | comp. anag. |
| Third | G. I. L. Grafton | Recourse when drinking’s a problem to desert Arab (hike’s ruined without this)? | Arab less AA in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Flask Ruth maybe filled, winding up her kibble (the alien corn being cut) | anag. less blé |
| VHC | B. W. Brook | Nomadic tribe’s answer to khors is so – ——-water snorts | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Drink charge not established. What needs to be watertight possibly stretched? | kir beh(est); ref. overstated evidence |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Hide bottle and be admitted into drink hospital | be in kir H |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Arab sheik might use this as a rummer – or potty! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Refreshed biker is breaking off from his water-bottle | anag. + h(is) |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Fiasco for biker on first stage of hadj? | anag. + h, & lit.; fiasco 2 mngs. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | What carries drink man extracted from brook? | kir b(rook) eh?, & lit. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Hard drink that is switched to be in soft drink container | be for sc in kirsch |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | You can see Arabs hike with this as a must | comp anag. & lit.; must4 adj. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Sand enters a ——? That could disconcert the Sabean drinkers | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Leads to essential relief in blistering Kuwaiti heat, when overturned? | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Moorish source of water, bit of bogland, with hiker plashing about | b in anag. |
| VHC | I. D. McDonald | Source of Bedouin hiker’s refreshment? | anag. incl. B, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Unjustified BR hike, a recommendation to travellers to desert | anag. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Leaving balmy Birkenhead is ‘Inebriate Edna’, a hag that regularly takes a skinful! | comp. anag.; ref. TV film |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Take little barrel into sakieh without it? | r b in (SA)kieh, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Stanford | Drink to live – it’s drunk from this | kir be + this less anag., & lit. |
| VHC | G. T. Wilson | With beers in —— Berber sheik gets squiffy! | comp. anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 1078 awarded to: