Azed Competition No. 1084 Azed Slip | ◀ 1078 | 1087 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1084 | Feb 1993 | PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL | DLM | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. F. Naish | Choice pearl be kind, I’m not immune to caring, I serve thee ill? Nay, deem my faults less glaring! | |
| Second | R. S. Morse | As a target for cupid must Beatrice be pale? Till tender love’s arrows reach my matchless grail! | |
| Third | G. J. Miller | Your sword-point, pale iceberg, unarmoured I crave: For your rages I’ll suffer, I’ll serve, and I’ll slave | |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | May Alice be perfect, embracing love’s darts, No tigress, all ruthless, she-trader in hearts! | |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | ‘I care’ bleeps my heart. (That arrow can be thrilling!) The lass I, Reg, long most for? She’s the goods prepared for billing | |
| VHC | A. G. Chamberlain | Would I, who face peril, be easily bored? Come, buy from me perils gals ever adored | |
| VHC | G. Clyde | Though fickle be Alice, perverse, thin of skin, She serves me Pils lagers and plies me with gin | |
| VHC | M. Earle | Should Celia be permissive, disarmed I’ll ditch the chic Large, lissotrichous lady who works in a boutique | |
| VHC | R. A. England | By calibre peerless not apt to be bored I offer betrothal, Grissel my adored | |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | What ladies like a lobe to show may be a priceless stone; My shop assistant’s lovelier glass jewels she longs to own! | |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | As victim of Cupid, I hope Claire be free, This large lissom lass who is serving me tea | |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | As I’m easily thrilled, when you peel bare I cheer – Is there bliss large and lovely in store for us, dear? | |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Thy ale be pricey, yet I’m thine to sting, Vendeuse of lager, lissom, lovely thing | |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | What price a bleeding heart (not dart-proof; stupid)? She’ll sell it short, that lass! I’ll rage at Cupid | |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Says Celia ‘Pre bedtime, I’m apt to be bored’ – She’ll ring me up, hoping perfume from Grasse I’ll afford! | |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | In my heart, oh, I leap, Rebecca (open to Cupid’s old skill): Now you’re my priceless grail, Rebecca – you at your jingling till! | |
| VHC | Dr E. J. Miller | If I be replaced, my heart’s ripe for the spear: That I’m served by her fingers is all I hold dear! | |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | What price a bleeding heart? ’Neath thy soft sale No shop-assisant thou. Tigress, all hail! | |
| VHC | G. Perry | To arrow prone, I’d be a priceless mate; O peerless Gail, I’m one who’d trade his state! | |
| VHC | J. H. Russell | Let Celia be persuaded if open to love’s dart; No uglier lass than she will serve to rule my heart! | |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | That Claire be perfect doth not proof entail: For patron serveth she, my matchless grail | |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Ere I place besotted lips on yielding thine I serve thee notice – eat less garlic, Valentine! | |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | As coffer to key keeper, Alice be mine, Gal less rich will miss trading kisses divine |
HCs in competition 1084 awarded to: