Azed Competition No. 1342 Azed Slip | ◀ 1338 | 1346 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1342 | Feb 1998 | ALIENS / RAPINE | Right and Left | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Tozer | Spoiling drap, in Edinburgh house a piece of ice put in glass reveals Sassenachs to Scots? | hidden; a + i in lens; house vb |
| Second | C. R. Gumbrell | Deals in uncommonly striking Dutch transfers taking Gunners to peak? | anag. less D; RA pine; peak2; ref. Arsenal stars Bergkamp and Overmars |
| Third | A. J. Dorn | Pitch, laid in a very short time, exposes foreigners to blame in England’s opening game | lie (= slope) in a ns (= nanosecond); rap in E; ref. abortive first test in WI |
| VHC | M. Barley | See vintage transport take a long while tackling slope close to Brighton – any here’ll have travelled far | r a pine; lie n in as |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | An isle is shaken: Kiwis among others the victims when Napier’s devastated | anag.; anag.; ref. NZ North Island earthquake of 1931 |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Barbarians playing in Sale nip ear in scrum, taking possession unlawfully | anag.; anag. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Plundering runs, a power batting side with ultimate in technique explosively nails English outsiders | r a P in (noun) e; anag. + E |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | Saline malfunctioning transfers right terrible pain ending in massive seizure | anag.; r + anag. + e |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Sack a Pres. discounting hint of scandal in devious answer containing untruth for outsiders? | anag. less s; lie in ans. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Maybe such as greener work entails removing bit of trash by filling refuse sack | anag., less t; greener = newly-arrived immigrant; in in rape4 |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Outsiders from all imaginable nations are illicitly grabbing one’s card number, extracting loot | outside letters & lit.; PIN in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs E. Greenaway | Diamond perhaps in Kimberley country turned up, foreigners plunder rand before long | Neil in SA (all rev.); R a (= ante) pine; ref. singer |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Imported plants, hybrid lines, a species of brassica hiding in sacking | anag.; in in rape |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | In a balmy spell an isle’s old peregrines are trained outside to hold fast prey | anag.; pin in anag. |
| VHC | T. M. Hoggart | Foreigners land right in the middle of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of old (Edmund’s) to seize power and plunder | lien in AS; P in raine |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Plundering soldiers coming with wooden whopper, number packed in as outsiders | RA pine; lie n in as; ref. Trojan Horse |
| VHC | Dr E. J. Miller | Those not included in sale fiddles do in a rep appropriating loot! | anag.; anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Devastating pitch cracks are distressing Jamaicans? Answer as before, lay new square | pin in anag.; a lie n s |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Take a long spoiling lie in on ancient Sabbath – that’s for otherworldly types | r a pine; lie in an3 + S |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Nip ear in scrum? That’s violation Barbarians are right to suppress finally | anag.; a lien s |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Lean is recollected making strangers empathise during encounter initially getting carried away | anag.; rap in e; ref. film ‘Brief Encounter’ dir. by David L. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Refuse embraces by marauding strangers when protecting right over property | in in rape4; lien in as |
HCs in competition 1342 awarded to: