Azed Competition No. 135 Azed Slip | ◀ 130 | 139 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | Oct 1974 | GABIONADE | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. O. Butcher | I form bulges erected on a defence’s sides | I bag (rev.) on a d, e, & lit. |
| Second | C. Allen Baker | Turn-up collar – one aid possibly in protection against storm | bag (rev.) + anag. |
| Third | C. J. Morse | One container piled up on top of another – a segment of defence | I bag (rev.) on a de, & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Earthy old bags perhaps love getting involved in improper badinage | 0 in anag. |
| VHC | T. E. Bell | There may be a big one surrounding a donjon’s entrance | a, d in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | One will have to steal up on a couple of defenders in this | I bag (rev.) on a de, & lit. |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | You need a bit of guts to stick around on a parapet | g + on a in abide |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | West Brom., conceding second one, get some stick about crude defence | A(l)bion in gade |
| VHC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Faulty big end; ring A.A. It’s no insurance against a charge, these days | anag. incl. O |
| VHC | Mrs J. O. Fuller | One secure bank on a sector of defence | I bag (rev.) + on a de, & lit.; bank v.i. |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Go topless and have rude badinage about neat breastwork | (g)o in anag. |
| VHC | R. Greenfield | Sconce, perhaps, passed round in a bodega | anag.; sconce = earthwork |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | After Golombek’s opening, a bad one, I moved, finding defence against knights’ attacks | G + anag.; ref. Harry G., chess |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | What, when erected, may provide secure cover to aid one under attack | bag (rev.) + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | Basketwork bar becoming in a bodega | anag. |
| VHC | L. E. Lodge | Guard against grape fermented in a bodega | anag.; grape = grapeshot |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Begad – Ai collapsed with no defence against invaders | anag.; ref. Joshua 8 |
| VHC | T. A. Martin | Abandoning last bit of cover, reform brigade on a sort of rampart | anag. less r |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | A bottomless protection, round and worked in earth | a bi(b) O + anag., all in Ge, & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Bunker hill had a big one, with no end of earth, overthrown | anag. less h; ref. American War of Independence |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | One topless girdle without build-up supporting with uplift blowzy female’s breastworks | bag (rev.) + ad in I (z)one |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | System using reinforced earth could take a big anode in circuit | anag. |
| VHC | M. J. Suckling | Brighton and Hove lose league in old style defence | A(l)bion in gade |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | One would shelter in one with a big shot coming over perhaps | anag. + a ’d in one, & lit. |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Igloo an abode with no W.C. – dashed for baskets of earth (no seats) | anag. less loo |
HCs in competition 135 awarded to: