Azed Competition No. 1108 Azed Slip | ◀ 1104 | 1113 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1108 | Aug 1993 | GREEN | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. S. Morse | What grass is (even for a fool) | e’en for ass in grass, & lit. |
| Second | P. F. Henderson | Such bottles are reduced by one in what singer sings? | (a)re in gen, & lit.; ref. ‘Ten G. Bottles’ |
| Third | A. Hall | This beckons drivers on | double mng. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Beginners in golfing reach each easily? No! | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Crusading re environment? I’m right in there! | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Increase commons? Mightn’t putting Lincoln gaudy back over winter ever lead to it? | i.e. putting, … ever form compounds with g. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Regeneration, saving energy, helping recycling, is the answer | anag. of regen(E ration), & lit. |
| VHC | Ms E. Frith | Inexperienced passenger confused, having no ticket | anag. less pass |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Teenager, wanting tea, brewed fresh pot | anag. less tea; g. = marijuana |
| VHC | J. Hetherington | Place for putting gardener’s odds and ends | alternate letters + ’n’ |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Like e.g. mint, there’s a hole in it | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Supporter of woods? | double mng.; environmentalist / bowling green |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | The group ‘Terra’ gets thirteen letters back concerned with care of the environment | i.e. terra becomes green 13 letters back in alphabet |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Misplaced generosity? Not half, folk keep putting on me | anag. of gener(osity) |
| VHC | J. D. Lockett | To plant trees after putting prepared ground round holes | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | So’s developing fruit deviant gene’s right inside it? | r in anag.; ref. ‘homosexual’ gene |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Name always associated with suspicion of garrotting (Rev.)? | n e’er g (rev.), & lit.; ref. Cluedo |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Choreographer’s finale is inspired by dancing of Gene Kelly? | r in anag.; ref. Petra Kelly, former leader of German Greens |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Like pigeons in an area noted for its woods | 2 mngs.; pigeon = dupe |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Ignoring mad reversing, gendarme whistled – gives Paris colour! | anag. less mad (rev.); Paris g. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Integrate variable – you could have found him at it | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. George G., mathematician and physicist 1793-1841 |
| VHC | G. Perry | Where bowling is concerned endless energy is wasted in meagre English showing | anag. less y, hidden |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Central to thinking re environment | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Concerned with the earth and environs | re in Ge ’n’, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1108 awarded to: