Azed Competition No. 1398 Azed Slip | ◀ 1394 | 1402 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1398 | Mar 1999 | PERMETHRIN | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. I. L. Grafton | One means to create ‘no-fly’ zone, exercising naval force in the radius involved | PE + RM + anag. incl. r; ref. naval exercises in Adriatic and Gulf |
| Second | R. K. Lumsdon | Emergent thrips can be put down as this gets working | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Third | N. Connaughton | Bugs this’ll reduce in number e.g. thrips | comp. anag. & lit.; reduce = resolve itself |
| VHC | W. Anderson | With ease this could make ephemeras inert | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | After an onset of nits I’m the right spray | per + anag. incl. n, r, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | By means of this, miner is wiped out, destroyed | per + anag. less is, & lit.; miner insect |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | How this, sprayed, makes hornet whimper! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | What’s devastating near Hemiptera, last one eradicated | anag. incl. nr less a, & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Touch of rose-blight? Then prime spray with this, perhaps | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Dorn | According to Scottish play, after first three characters vanish, Macbeth is at heart a potential monarch killer | M(acb)eth in per rin; ref. m. butterfly; rin (Scot.) = run |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | To make hemipterans rare, scatter areas with this | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. Jacobs | A sip, and this could be R.I.P. hemipterans! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Bugs take me then … RIP | anag. incl. r, & lit.; bug = irritate |
| VHC | M. Jones | So this might be sprayed on mere thrips? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Lowe | First sign of raspberries? Ripen them, spraying a bug-killer! | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | This will do for endless Hemiptera with borders to ruin | anag. incl. r, n, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | It takes a second to do for thrips near me | comp. anag. incl. a s, & lit. |
| VHC | H. L. Rhodes | Aphides met horrid end: somehow had ——, so died | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Bug fixer: he’s busy with printer close to millennium | anag. incl. m |
| VHC | L. Ward | He (Mr Pinter) gets involved in rewrite – it helps the plot dramatically? | anag.; garden plot |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What, when sprayed, makes Hemipteron right for nothing | anag. with r for 0, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Exciting mirth: preen – have I left flies undone? | anag. |
HCs in competition 1398 awarded to: