Azed Competition No. 1500 Azed Slip | ◀ 1494 | 1502 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 | Feb 2001 | GIT (on board ship) | Ship of Fools | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. F. Henderson | Reason running short aboard hoy! | SLOGITOP; logi(c) in stop! |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Circumnavigating globe, young woman’s on TV news | GALLEOGITN; O in gal leg ITN; ref. Ellen MacArthur |
| Third | R. J. Heald | Something capable of bolting down mast that is used to stop hooker capsizing | PIGITRATE; pig + tart (rev.) in i.e. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Regulars amongst cluers can’t wait to gather in celebration at university | CURRAGITCH; rag in c, u, r itch |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Company with an eccentric rig taking drink to excess on board | COGITOPER; co. + tope in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | Tar, half-seas-over, gets fishing-line round end of bowsprit | TRAGITMP; anag. + t in gimp |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Strike sail rounding island | SLOGITOP; I in slog top |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | The crew’s on it going to and fro in the sea | BRIGANGITTINE; gang it ti in brine |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | Pursuing vessel at Tobermory salt loses head | PIGITRATE; pig + (n)itrate |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | F-fool hiding in tub, curiously | GGITUNBOAT; anag. in g-goat |
| VHC | G. Cuthbert | Lading almost complete I must obtain passage right away | CARGITAVEL; carg(o) + I + t(r)avel |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Crazy person near heart of ‘vessel’ encapsulates the perfect answer | BUGITSS; it in bug (ve)ss(el) |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Scapa exactly astern of the ‘Snooty Sheila’ | GALLEGITON; gal + leg it on |
| VHC | R. Fishleigh | Block and tackle, just the job for me: | QUADRIGITREME; quad(rangle) rig it re me |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Heavy smack with one small platform at masthead | SLOGITOP; slog I top |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | One engaged in operation of tiller at rear of boat | COGITLLIER; cog + I in anag. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Goods on freighter in the main taken to island by smack | CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack7 |
| VHC | D. J. MacKay | Big old warship, one with unreliable tiller | COGITLLIER; cog + anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | One on board old warship, one used to the drink | COGITOPER; I in cog toper |
| VHC | G. T. McLean | Beginners in yachts always get into trouble with luffing | YAGITWL; first letters |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | After docking to load I sail a changed course | CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack |
| VHC | S. & J. Shaw | Narrow boat docked quite carelessly | BARGITQUE; barg(e) + anag. |
| VHC | P. A. Stephenson | One to release barque, we’re told, untied cleat | CORGITACLE; corgi + anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Big cat hauled about in readiness to sail east | TRIREGITME; tiger (rev.) in trim E |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Lighter docked with damaged kit | BARGITK; barg(e) + anag. |
| VHC | M. P. Young | Tramp with one sail | SLOGITOP; slog I top |
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