Azed Competition No. 1087 Azed Slip | ◀ 1084 | 1091 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1087 | Mar 1993 | OLD SOLDIER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Coates | One may have held Martini | double mng.: Martini = drink and rifle |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | What first shows in one? Dodging drill does | o + anag., & lit. |
| Third | C. A. Clarke | Lord’s in disarray about one that’s played a lot and is popular ex-captain perhaps | oldie in anag.; ref. Gower affair |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | One of many Taverners might leave in Lord’s – oiled bats | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Veteran ex-Test star’s past it – that’s to say getting runs | Old’s old i.e. r; ref. Chris O. |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | Having initially obtained recognition of bravery in lines, something I’ll never do – run | o + DSO in ll + die r, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Grant? Bank it for a useful return | 2 mngs.; ref. Ulysses G., bottle bank |
| VHC | B. Costin | Odd no Riesling left. Rum ’n’ gin’s gone too. Toper’s nightmare | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Feetenby | One’s sack is a thing of the past? | double mng.; sack2,3 |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Lord’s ground will enthrall even members of side bowled out in inane fiasco | anag. of alternate letters in anag.; inane fiasco = empty bottle |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Possible bank deposit in Lloyd’s – I’d öre, not yen, for exchange | anag. less Y; bottle bank |
| VHC | C. W. Laxton | Major’s torn apart by false idols and empty projects | anag. in older; project vb; ref. John M. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | I’m completely drunk and disordelol (disorderly) | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Rehoboam having nothing left? Conclusion of the Lord getting upset about false idols | anag. in anag. incl. e; ref. 1 Kings 14:22-23 |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Disintegrating oiler’d split on inside – everything’s poured out of it | sold in anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Other ranks embracing wanton dolls do what I never do, it’s said | anag. + die, all in OR, & lit. |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | So to Lord Ridley, high Tory no longer present, this bottle is drained | anag. less Tory; ref. Nicholas R., d. Mar 1993 |
| VHC | Dr T. G. Powell | It’s collected from door-sill with the dawn of each day | anag. incl. e, d, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | One of the party’s ‘dead men’ is a fogey in the reconstituted Lords | oldie in anag. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Solo fiddler is playing (not loud). It’s ‘Down among the dead men’ | anag. less f |
| VHC | K. Thomas | Empty bank deposit – mismanaged oodles left one debtor | anag. incl. l, I, dr; bottle bank |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Veteran Rolls and De Dion almost fully restored | anag. less n |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | Major perhaps when retired senior citizen sitting in reformed Lords | oldie in anag.; ref. John M. |
HCs in competition 1087 awarded to: