Azed Competition No. 1424 Azed Slip | ◀ 1419 | 1428 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1424 | Sep 1999 | HEIST | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. R. Palmer | Briefly, it’s forbidden to the believer, one constrained by ancient commandment | (’t)heist, i in hest, & lit., ref. 8th commandment |
| Second | P. W. Marlow | Leads to the security industry employing heavies if recurrent? | first letters rev., & lit. |
| Third | P. L. Stone | Slippery thieves may make Spain very shortly if mixed up with this | comp. anag. incl. E, v, & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | One featuring in ‘Stand and deliver’? | I in hest, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Sting itches terribly, wanting a bit of calamine | anag. less c |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Is he in trouble at t’ mill? | anag. + t; mill = rob |
| VHC | M. Casserley | Clue lost, see Slip no 1463 | |
| VHC | M. Cutter | Intensive police search is taking place for a robber | heat with is for a |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | This breaking and entering ending in porridge? | e in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. D. S. & E. A. Field | Smart robbery job – thief’s cunningly shaking force off | anag. less F |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Job? He knew no end of sorrow | he (w)ist |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Whip? Fetishist grasps it tightly in fist | anag. of (f)etish(ist) |
| VHC | N. J. Hitchins | Nick is in the rough | is in anag.; ref. N. Faldo |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | One who doesn’t believe in missing a crafty bit of thievery | (at)heist |
| VHC | C. Loving | He’s old J. James for example | he + I + St, & lit.; ref. Jesse J. |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Given toothache is treatable, find the filling that’s appropriate | hidden; appropriate vb |
| VHC | K. McDermid | Bungling this brought about the end of Bonnie and Clyde | e in anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | The mobile ringing is getting one steaming on trains for example | is in anag.; steaming, recent coinage for robbery, esp. on trains by gangs of youths |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | ‘He is one who believes in God’ – that’s your prig twice over | i.e. he is theist |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Early pieces taken from Hellas: Elgin initiated superior this? | first letters & lit.; ref. E. Marbles |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Thé dansant is held: a caper involving tea leaves? | is in anag.; rhyming slang for thieves |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Kelly? If it’s true, Shearer’s the one looking hard | i.e. if he is t, Shearer is starer; ref. Ned K. and Graham K.’s criticism of Alan S. |
HCs in competition 1424 awarded to: