Azed Competition No. 1563 Azed Slip | ◀ 1559 | 1567 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1563 | May 2002 | SLYBOOTS | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | M. Bath | A tinker with the computer starts one learning some dodges | Sly boots; ref. ‘Taming of the Shrew’ |
| Second | R. Dean | One leaving Sibyl’s too confused to become a user of guile | anag. less I; ref. giver of ambiguous advice |
| Third | H. Freeman | One like TV’s Basil to Sybil – so silly, one must get divorced | anag. less I; ref. Basil Brush, ‘Fawlty Towers’ |
| VHC | M. Barley | ‘Artful Dodger’ fits into story about abandoned boy | anag. in slots; ref. ‘Oliver Twist’ |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Artful Dodger: the first to spy lost boy Twist | s + anag. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Nothing in lobby system is manipulated – spinning by me excepted | comp. anag. incl. 0, & lit.; ref. spin doctor |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | Boy with Twist pokes into pockets and bolts: Artful Dodger, perhaps? | anag. in slots |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Dodger? Term for Dawkins, boy that’s rifled many pockets | s + anag. in lots; ref. Artful D. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Covert gives advantage to old fox | sly boots |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Who’s devious – bit of a liar too – S. Byers, without hesitation? | anag. incl. l less er; ref. Stephen B., Govt. Min. accused of deception |
| VHC | D. W. Mackie | Naughty boy’s into sluts, admitting love for high-class foxy type | anag. in sluts with 0 for U |
| VHC | Mrs J. Mackie | Walrus, for instance: great in tears a-bolting oysters | comp. anag.; ref. ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Fox gets nothing by jumping up in fits in story | 0 by (all rev.) in slots; ref. Aesop |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Fox and Sky emptied OB slot for broadcast | anag. incl. S(k)y; ref. news channels |
| VHC | J. McGhee | Stallone kicks cute ass maybe? | Sly boots; ref. Sylvester S. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | The Artful Dodger, notoriously training boys to steal, if wanting a meal | anag. incl. s(tea)l |
| VHC | J. Pearce | Twist very nearly stole with boys for Fagin, say | anag. less e |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Extra in wicket’s arising from one that’s wide | by in stool’s (all rev.) |
| VHC | M. Sanderson | Illy whacker? His crooked cries take in tons | t in sly boos; Aus. slang |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | An artful dodger fits into a story about troubled boy | anag. in slots |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | The Cunning Little Vixen solos by Garrett, in fine fettle | anag. incl. t; in fine = finally; ref. Janáček opera, Lesley G. |
| VHC | A. P. Vincent | Weasel classified by stools | anag. |
HCs in competition 1563 awarded to: