Azed Competition No. 156 Azed Slip | ◀ 152 | 161 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | Mar 1975 | OMBROPHOBOUS | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Kirby | A wayfarer going into a desolate moor pub’s unlikely to want water! | hobo in anag. |
| Second | S. L. Paton | Broom bewitched – drink up around bum – much happier if dry | anag. + hobo in sup (rev.); ref. Sorcerer’s Apprentice |
| Third | A. H. P. Cardew | I’m allergic to rain or going outside doctor – there’s nothing the matter with a tramp inside | MB in or + 0 + hobo in pus |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Hobo – poor bum’s frowzy, not being overfond of water | anag. |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | Variety of broom, quiet rambler, American, unsuited to Manchester garden | anag. + p hobo US |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Disreputable pubs with room to accommodate tramp reluctant to take showers | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Poor bums huddled around another unable to endure heavy rain | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | Desolate moors – pub – enter tramp. Rain makes life difficult for such | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Bedraggled hobo – poor bum’s not happy in the rain | anag. |
| VHC | D. H. Curzon | Unable to endure rain boom, poor bush decomposed | anag. |
| VHC | R. Dean | New broom needed – matter involves moving worker unhappy in wet conditions | anag. + hobo in pus |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Poor bums, pie-eyed, beset another not disposed to soak | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | Rev S. W. Floyd | Poor boob hums out of tune? Unlikely to be ‘Singin’ in the rain’ | anag. |
| VHC | I. M. Gurney | Drunken, poor bums hang around tramp that can’t stand soaks | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Such an umbrella pine might pine for an umbrella | cryptic def. |
| VHC | Lieut Col D. Macfie | Oho! Rump and boobs entangled? This condition derives from over-precipitation I fear | anag. |
| VHC | B. Manvell | Poor hobo bums disconsolately. Hating the rain? | anag. |
| VHC | L. May | Lousy hobo – poor bum’s allergic to water? | anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Poor bums need changing – one wrapped up is unable to stand much wetting | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | Tramp finds shelter in pub’s room in storm – such can’t bear to get soaked | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Phair | Poor bums wretchedly tramp in, unable to stand the rain | hobo in anag. |
| VHC | J. A. Revill | Messy bum? Poor hobo’s intolerant of many showers | anag. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Poor hobo bums aimlessly around, enjoying the Costa Brava, perhaps | anag.; ref. ‘the rain in Spain...’ |
| VHC | P. C. Thornton | Shrivelled up broom? O bosh! Dry weather’s not what such plants object to | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | Preferring bed dryish and soft, vagrant American lies under wild broom | anag. + p hobo US |
| VHC | A. Wright | Elements of water in porous bomb ruined? Yes, by rain! | H, O in anag. |
HCs in competition 156 awarded to: