Azed Competition No. 1437 Azed Slip | ◀ 1433 | 1439 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1437 | Dec 1999 | MISTLETOE | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | Attachment to branches – uncommonly to ilex stem – yielding a kiss | anag. less x, & lit. |
| Second | D. F. Manley | New Morse title, Dexter’s last to emerge – get it for Christmas for a few smackers | anag. less r |
| Third | E. A. Beaulah | Changing times allow none within what was sacred to Druidism | let 0 in anag.; ref. Stonehenge |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Snatching smacker, set to, bursting with energy … under me! | mi + L in anag. incl. E, & lit.; me2 |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Moët? It’s the French bottled stuff attracting Christmas smackers | anag. incl. le |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | What may generate some smackers? Refurbished semi to let | anag. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | A seasonal excuse for ‘Brief Encounter’? A film on old-fashioned restraint, love and the essential character of the English | mist + let2 + 0 + E |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | Wanting a bit of a plonker? This could help make lips to meet | anag. less p, & lit. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Kiss under this could unite bird with former boyfriend | mistle to e(x), & lit. |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Hemi-parasite to elm when entwined | anag. incl. (para)site, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs S. D. Johnson | Settle? Moi? Better, I sponge off hosts and hang around for the season | anag. |
| VHC | M. Jones | Item lots drunkenly start to embrace under? | anag. + e, & lit. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | It’s what puts the ‘X’ in Xmas – so let it work when yours truly’s around! | anag. in me |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Fix this up top and you could find lips pout to meet! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Labour most elite: bussing’s sometimes beneath it | anag.; ref. John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott |
| VHC | J. Mortleman | A touch of embracing under spray of it melts amour’s heart | o in anag. + e, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Murphy | Exceptional semi to let – this should draw some smackers | anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | It’s no longer needed to pull a bird? Sounds like bird’ll do the pulling! | ‘miss’ll tow’ |
| VHC | R. G. Smith | Omelette is being whisked, but bit of eggshell needing removal: try a spoon under it | anag. less e |
| VHC | Dr I. Torbe | Parasitic growth got from foul toilets in Middle East | anag. in ME |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Diminutive spray, perhaps, seen over Noel with outer bits removed | i.e. mist-let + (N)oe(l), & lit. |
HCs in competition 1437 awarded to: