Azed Competition No. 1180 Azed Slip | ◀ 1178 | 1181 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | Xmas 1994 | COLD TURKEY | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. F. Henderson | Gospel shows Lord in simple bed – the original crib? | Ld in cot + ur-key |
| Second | R. Jacks | Truly done with coke? Such suffering after one’s withdrawal | anag. less one, & lit. |
| Third | T. J. Moorey | Depression having abruptly deserted dope? | col d turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Piece of cake, getting on horse? The reverse – coming straight off it is! | c + old + turk + ye (rev.); horse = heroin |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Freezing dope? | cold turkey, & lit.; freeze = prevent the use of |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Clue try KO’d in rescheduling. It’s usually post-Christmas Day fare | anag.; ref. closing date for comp. |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Tot’s head is laid down in bleak, primitive crib: that’s gospel | t in cold ur-key |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Beginning of convalescence having abandoned dope? | c + old turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | Cutting dope? | cold turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | What’ll have one off coke and truly suffering? | anag. less an, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Yearning for horse? That’s proud king yclept Dicky (the two Princes disposed of) | anag. incl. K less P, P; ref. Richard III; horse = heroin |
| VHC | D. J. MacKay | Source of kebabs about Yule or DT with the shakes? | anag. incl. k, c., & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Old year tuck that’s unhooked a freak? | anag. less a, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | ‘The little lord … ’ in crib (Luther’s primitive crib) evokes gospel truth? | Ld in cot + Ur-key; Ur- prefix from German |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | Snow suddenly stopped; that’s for sure. (Chill remains?) | 3 mngs.; snow = heroin etc. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Would prison official have power to bar centres for drastic drug treatment? | co(u)ld tur(n)key |
| VHC | A. F. Mylward | Withdrawal from addiction which is long-standing in painfully curt solution | old in anag. + key |
| VHC | C. J. Napier | Outcome of adjusting crudely to termination of crack (or smack) being injected | k in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What makes you flop after effect of snow? | cold + turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Cutting dope? | cold turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | G. L. Scullard | Nauseating pain the result of hop on ice! | cold + turkey, 2 mngs.; hop = opium |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | No kidding, it’s reaction to lack of snow (or prospect of rissoles?) | 3 mngs.; snow = heroin etc. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Little king found in cot rudely fashioned in a disused horse trough | K in anag.; i.e. depression from giving up heroin |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Withdrawing dope? | cold turkey, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | What might appear as cruelty, OK’d after getting ‘screwed up’ | anag. & lit.; ref. government campaign,‘Heroin screws you up’ |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Tuck ye Lord up wherein e.g. horse has been removed? | anag.; up = in an excited state; horse = heroin |
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