Azed Competition No. 1212 Azed Slip | ◀ 1207 | 1216 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1212 | Aug 1995 | HILDING | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Tozer | Bottling out vintage Mouton-Rothschild in grand bottles | hidden |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Nithing’s nothing different, so I’m holding | i.e. as nithing differs from nothing so does hilding from holding, & lit.; hold = assert |
| Third | C. A. Clarke | Drum made endless repetitive noise – that’s oldie’s description of funk | hil(l) ding; ref. funk music |
| VHC | M. Barley | What’s harbouring trace of listeria within – chicken past its sell-by date? | l in hiding |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Hello pound beat that’s funky | hi L ding; ref. pop group |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | Having nothing going for one, character-wise, like e.g. Parolles | I for 0 in holding; ref. ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ |
| VHC | B. Burton | The prime stages of his ignoble life demonstrated incurable native gutlessness | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Bit of lard used in basting chicken | l in hiding |
| VHC | E. Cross | Once craven pupil accepts flogging? On the contrary! | L in hiding |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | Dastardly old W. Indies fast bowler takes one for nothing | I for 0 in Holding; ref. Michael H. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | With hazard nigh, I’d left! | anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Low on dash, lacking heart of old? | hil(l) + ding, & lit. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Windy, old – fight churning up innards | anag. of middle letters, & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | In escape you’ll find, instead of women, he’s first? | h for w in wilding, & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Scab: man having left off strike? | hil(l) + ding |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | He’s first in escape, displacing women? | h for w in wilding, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Child in gym’s boxing frightful old funk | hidden |
| VHC | R. M. Luty | At heart, the typical Italian soldier depicts one allegedly | middle letters & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Rosinante, for example, with eccentric hidalgo going about in bits of armour others abandoned | in in anag. less o, a; ref. ‘Don Quixote’ |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Yellow flag’s second on display in the course of harbouring | l in hiding |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Coward presented by Dame Bracket and partner (two ‘he’s’ disguised) | i.e. Hilda, Hinge less a2, he; ref. former musical comedy duo |
| VHC | C. Reed | Spiritless before West Indian bowler with 1 for 0 | I for 0 in Holding; ref. Michael H. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Like Plaza-Toro – first to lie where he spent the war | l in hiding: ref. ‘The Gondoliers’: ‘He lay concealed throughout the war’ |
| VHC | I. J. Wilcock | Dastardly old fast bowler has one for nought | I for 0 in Holding; ref. Michael H. |
HCs in competition 1212 awarded to: