Azed Competition No. 123 Azed Slip | ◀ 118 | 127 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Jul 1974 | SCATTERGOOD | normal | 32 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | Namely, one never tight – therefore in the red? | sc. a TT ergo o/d, & lit. |
| Second | R. S. Caffyn | Unusual so to grade Scot | anag. & lit. |
| Third | C. J. Morse | Tax a Tory’s capital – then, gad! he’ll spend it | scat T ergo od!; ref. wealth tax |
| VHC | Mrs E. Allen | It’s odd to grade Scot as big spender | anag. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Sort to cadge when broke | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Liberal party broadcast – sound | scatter good |
| VHC | E. C. Bingham | One who squanders without considering tax; therefore ending in the red | scatt ergo + o/d |
| VHC | G. Blunden | He is prodigally involved in great cost and ends up in the red | anag. + o/d, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Coleby | Go red at cost? That’s not my usual form | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Unusual Scot? Do great extravagances please him? | anag. |
| VHC | M. A. Furman | Prodigal who reformed got roasted calf’s head | anag. incl. c; ref. Luke 15:23 |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | I may reach the receiver as broadcast sound | scatter, good; ref. bankruptcy |
| VHC | S. Goldie | One who can fritter dough, or act lively with stodge | anag. |
| VHC | G. F. K. Grant | He may become just the sort to cadge | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr G. B. Greer | One’s foolishly got as credo, to save nothing | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | C. H. Hudson | No husband needed to get Dorcas weaving | anag.; ref. Acts 9 |
| VHC | R. Jacks | One who’s always paying tax has consequently overdrawn | scatt ergo o/d |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Waster could be sort to cadge | anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Party with bits and pieces of great cost piling up | anag.+ do (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Lowe | A wasteful dispenser gets a doctor in trouble | anag. |
| VHC | W. F. Martin | May be sort to cadge, the prodigal | anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Sort to cadge, maybe | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Sort to cadge extravagantly! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Liberal party broadcast (sound) | scatter good |
| VHC | Dr J. D. Ogilvie | Liberal party broadcast – not bad | scatter good |
| VHC | L. W. G. Oxley | He utters excessively in a pig’s-whisper to sow of repute | scatter, good |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What’s sort to cadge from? Me! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Palmer | Lacking an element of restraint, to regard cost must be unusual for him | anag. less r & lit. |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Sort to cadge when broke | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Sort to cadge when broke? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Just the sort to cadge off | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | I save nothing for tax, therefore overdrawn | scatt ergo o/d |
HCs in competition 123 awarded to: