Azed Competition No. 146 Azed Slip | ◀ 143 | 148 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | Xmas 1974 | CHARADES | normal | 30 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr G. B. Greer | They may be made up by dear Azed each Xmas (deduction of first and second parts required) | anag. of (de)ar (Az)ed (ea)ch (Xm)as, & lit. |
| Second | J. R. Kirby | ‘Amateur Dramatics’, leads from which are used in sporting search for required word | A D in anag., & lit. |
| Third | D. A. Nicholls | Freeze? No, no place for that, but unions must help our problems | char Ades; ref. miners’ strike |
| VHC | R. B. Adcock | What might transport vulgar party? – acts with nothing censored! | chara + d(0)es & lit. |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | Techniques, said Torquemada, without question quite mad, can literally compose these playful puzzles | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Seasonal offering from arch-Sade! | anag. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | What solver could do on Sunday after absorbing the original and latest of Azed’s puzzles | A, d in chare S |
| VHC | J. Coleby | Puzzles that may involve a search, including the opening of a dictionary | anag. incl. d |
| VHC | R. Dean | Word puzzles from the dailies left one lost! | char(l)ad(I)es |
| VHC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Hostess might suggest these, having had races disastrously | anag. |
| VHC | B. Franco | With diversification, this strict pastime could produce capers at Christmas-tide | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. Gambier | Party games turn House of Commons upside down – rioting as a red succeeds | HC (rev.) + anag. |
| VHC | W. F. Goodman | Initially Chambers’s has ‘acted riddles’ as definition – enough said! | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | An intellectual game almost, in which unit follows unit sequentially | a rad in ches(s), & lit. |
| VHC | R. Jacks | In which to find tea and sin’s result in teasin’s | char + Ades, & lit.; teasings |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Party contest read about in Dickens, perhaps. At Eatanswill? More likely Dingley Dell | anag. in Chas.; ref ‘Pickwick Papers’, trial and Xmas party |
| VHC | Miss R. M. Kettlewell | Seasonal entertainment (?) provided by Arch-Sade | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Bomb scare had to cause diversions | anag. |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Sporting a card he’s acting at party level | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Drama in tea commercial – apes dropping a piano | char ad (a p)es; ref. PG Tips TV commercial |
| VHC | Miss G. M. May | Here’s something ‘To Mum at Christmas’. Guess what. Cash, dear, well wrapped up | anag.; mum2 |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Azed heartlessly in tortuous search for word plays | A(ze)d in anag. |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | May be riddles as heard after start of cracker-pulling | c + anag., & lit.; riddle vt. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | With puzzles like these Azed heartlessly interrupts the housework | A(ze)d in chares, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | In which a word, finally, is to be found in merry search | anag. incl. a d & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. Smith | Initially concealed herein, answers reappear after defining each syllable | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | L. H. Stewart | Developers, merging small plots into bigger ones for the purpose of speculation, had acres for reconstruction | anag. |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | After tea one has some in the salon, perhaps, about the end of December | r in cha a des (Fr.), & lit. |
| VHC | C. E. Williams | Party games after tea – Boston tea parties we hear | cha + ‘raids’; U.S. pronunciation |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Riddles are to be found in crashed crackers | a in anag. |
HCs in competition 146 awarded to: