Azed Competition No. 1355 Azed Slip | ◀ 1351 | 1360 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1355 | May 1998 | DIACATHOLICON | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Beresford | Versatile colonic aid that time forgot | anag. less t, & lit. |
| Second | H. Freeman | Cloaca it (honied) loosened (not a 90s drug!) | anag. less E (= Ecstasy), & lit. |
| Third | N. C. Dexter | Ingredients of a ‘no-ail’ chit doc concocted? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Would one with a tummy-ache swallow a couple of drops of this, of old? | a th(is) in ’d l a colic + on, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Terminally constipated? I act and loo-chain rattles! | d + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | B. Burton | In effect, it had a colonic loosening? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. Dean | Catch Aids in loo? Possible hint of salvation with this | anag. less s, & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. Ginger | This enters, and thereby you may find a constriction healed with treatment | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Exercising to get thin, with diet Coca-Cola, skipping etc – this is purgatory! | anag. less etc |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Do not part with this; it could be an old cathartic potion | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Had it a colonic’s outcome if drunk? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Harrington | It had a colon in spasm getting one caught short | anag. + I c, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Heald | A colonic aid, taste initially disguised with a drop of honey | anag. incl. t, h, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Jones | What you can get from a colonic, it had | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | From a cold to endless aching I constitute the answer | anag. less g, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Variety of ache treated with old medication? Could be this remedy which has no limits | comp. anag. incl. (r)emed(y), & lit. |
| VHC | R. Phillips | It had a colonic licked | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. G. Powell | Accidental whoopsies may be rendered as it sweeps out! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. Shenkin | My enteral —— is made with colocynth (inter alia) in mixture | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Sanitary cleanser, a remedy for everything nasty I’d catch in loo | anag. |
| VHC | R. S. Sullivan | A treatment for alcohol addiction might be this old panacea | comp. anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Having swallowed it, shortly I had a colonic spasm? | ’t in anag., & lit.; spasm vb |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | A ——’s forte might be as antidote for colic (mixed with a bit of honey) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. Williamson | It had a colonic licked! | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 1355 awarded to: