Azed Competition No. 1406 Azed Slip | ◀ 1402 | 1411 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1406 | May 1999 | CHASSEPOT | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hannam | Version of Athos’s piece that is rifled? | anag. less i.e., & lit.; ref. The Three Musketeers |
| Second | D. H. Tompsett | I could lay fire quicker than Brown Bess: can Mary Jane? | chassé + pot; can = dismiss, pot = marijuana |
| Third | D. Appleton | I got out of overturned post chaise and was carried in Sedan | anag. less I; ref. 1870 battle |
| VHC | R. E. Boot | Obsolete firing mechanism disrupts space shot | anag. |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | It was shot in France, with indecent poses punctuating dialogue | anag. in chat |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | ‘Top/second’ chase involved Arsenal man from France | anag. incl. s; ref. Premiership race, A. Wenger |
| VHC | B. Burton | Out-of-date firing device scuppered space shot | anag. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Obsolete French missile launcher misguides space shot | anag. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | It may have given a French infantryman less hesitation and increased stomach | chasse(ur) + pot, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | One on way to Winchester not repeating train cost (heaps) | anag.; ref. repeating rifle |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Obsolete missile launcher botched space shot | anag. |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Type of rifle distributed to chaps suppressing last traces of Paris Commune? | s, e in anag.; ref. events of 1871 |
| VHC | M. Jones | A deadly old arm put Capes’ shot | anag.; put = converted; ref. Geoff C., shot-putter |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Old French banger endlessly overtaken in Switzerland, climbing summit | (p)asse(d) in CH + top (rev.) |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | OTC phases out obsolete rifle | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | What would be supplied with shot, having chamber placed close to butt? | chasse + pot, & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Petit left out of top clashes lacking discipline, issue for Gunners in Europe | anag. less l; ref. Emmanuel P. |
| VHC | J. Mortleman | Revolutionary gun, loading in rear | ass in Che pot, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What might be licensed by the cops as an antique fire-arm? | anag. |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Sack outmoded tipple – Martini took its place | chassé + pot; ref. Martini(-Henry) rifle |
| VHC | A. Roth | OTC phases out old weapon | anag. |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | Can-can went with a bang in France | chassé + pot; can = dismiss, chimney pot |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | With Paris’s centre surrounded it could be brandished in ‘stop and search’? | anag. less r, & lit.; ref. siege of Paris |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | I got fired from post chaise suffering attack? | anag. less I, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Williamson | A poilu fooling around with this? Upshot’s alopecia, possibly! | comp. anag. & lit.; see etymology of poilu |
HCs in competition 1406 awarded to: