Azed Competition No. 1307 Azed Slip | ◀ 1303 | 1312 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1307 | Jun 1997 | AGILE | Spoonerisms | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. K. Lumsdon | Describing lovely wine, mature, ’49 bottled | lively one; IL in age |
| Second | D. Ashcroft | A typical farmer not quite having fifty neat | nifty feet; a Gile(s) |
| Third | M. J. E. Wareham | In ocean with me’s a girl with no resistance. Ecstasy! | motion … ease; a gi(R)l + E |
| VHC | M. Barley | Core elements of Blair dogma “will see left dimmed” | deft-limbed; middle letters |
| VHC | M. Bath | E.g. Ali punch-drunk? Certainly left dimmed! | deft-limbed; anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | How one describes the Test bumbler – one caught by a good short leg? | best tumbler; I in a g le(g) |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Taking seconds was against diet – please remove my bowl | mobile; second letters |
| VHC | G. P. Conway | One getting stuck into a supporter ‘foot first’, as one jumping over stand’ll kick? | candlestick; I in a + leg with g first; ref. nursery rhyme and Eric Cantona |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | Beaumes? I’ll get one litre in to mature | mobile; I l in age |
| VHC | G. Cumming | Flick of quite disorganized goalie (FA not involved) | quick of flight; anag. less 0 |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | In years of life, one’s 49 – ne’er 50! | fair nifty; IL in age |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | What’s nine and fifty nine and forty in years? | fine and nifty; IL in age |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | What a lovely wine is red Aigle! | lively one; anag.; red2 |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | With 250 neat entries for Azed’s grading, illegibility’s ludicrous error | two nifty feet; first letters |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Might in lotion – one litre stops oldness! | light in motion; I l in age |
| VHC | G. L. McStravick | It’s loathsome and my bile starts as greed inspires Lottery executives | lithesome and mobile; first letters |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | ‘My bowl is empty, gimme another ladleful.’ ‘First helpings only, Twist.’ | mobile; anag. of first letters |
| VHC | Dr T. G. Powell | Stank from swirling costume in beer | swank from Stirling; gi in ale; see gie |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Bleat and frisk – the first signs of activity glimpsed in lamb emerging | fleet and brisk; first letters |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Tarpon shows a wiliness avoiding hook? | sharp on toes; a guile less U |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Beer with large measure of gin in, capable of making couple sick? | supple kick; gi(n) in ale |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Like the young kiss more but, perhaps, I start to learn in later life | Miss Korbut; I l in age; ref. Olga K. |
HCs in competition 1307 awarded to: