Azed Competition No. 1238 Azed Slip | ◀ 1234 | 1242 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1238 | Feb 1996 | ELASTIN | Printer’s Devilry | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | “As a non-worker,” the faithful drone, “does the Queen be/g favours?” | |
| Second | G. I. L. Grafton | Marilyn Monroe was a dam/sel town people adored | |
| Third | D. V. Harry | Replaying drawn Cup match means fati/gue, FA-style. Shoot-outs are better | FA, UEFA |
| VHC | J. W. Artley | A son/g, ‘Memory of the Sixties’, I should like to keep – this album, perhaps? | |
| VHC | M. Barley | In the wood you’ll often find redwin/g forages | |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | ‘A Sassenach’, thinks the ga/ting fellow | |
| VHC | P. Biddlecombe | Mrs Bartok, watched b/y son Peter, playing Mikrokosmos on the piano | Bela Bartok |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Great giants have emotions and fe/y pixies do | |
| VHC | B. Burton | I’m agin/g! ‘Freedom from wrinkles,’ the face-cream ad said | |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | Dangerous e/ger brought in on the tide | |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Thanks to Tories, railways al/ter city services – withdrawn | |
| VHC | G. Cuthbert | Industry relies on ste/p late in the canning process | |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Deciphering one memorial myopic found a real pigst/y (inscription illegible) | stela |
| VHC | D. Giles | Basil seen in hot/pot. ‘Bully better without basil,’ says Polly | ref. ‘Fawlty Towers’ |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Aged cops aid that felon – must be th/ick! | |
| VHC | A. Hart | I told the shopkeeper the bloomers were too small – and the bag/gy size! | bloomer = type of loaf |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | In news: a man d/ies – tact seems to become most important | SA, Mandela |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | I shriek if, e/g, I’ve sat on a bee! | |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Cook’s choice pans of ste/w are sold in no time! | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Some university types rate chance of finding alternative to a lev/y | |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | It’s not like the MO – s/ot, with all that bottled-up fizz! | |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Young Mrs Bartok’s encouraged b/y musical pieces | Bela Bartok |
| VHC | M. C. Souster | Chan/k? Something no posh woman would buy | buy = believe |
| VHC | Mrs J. E. Townsend | Art critic reels off as pi/cture is acclaimed | |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | What might picnicker haplessly sitting on beef (e/g on rump) say? | |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | One cannot exactly describe grav/y granules | |
| VHC | P. H. Watkin | Terrorist sin is ra/ging – blow for peace |
HCs in competition 1238 awarded to: