Azed Competition No. 161 Azed Slip | ◀ 156 | 165 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Apr 1975 | ANCON | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. G. Millin | I’ve got four short legs: one must get caught that side | an c on; on = leg side |
| Second | F. R. Palmer | One’s can, crooked, inebriate | anag. + on, & lit. |
| Third | J. R. Stocks | Can excruciatingly play up | anag. + no4 (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | E. Beddard | An opening for a sergeant, perhaps, involves an army movement controller | NCO in an; arm-y |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | I go a bundle on low-down joints when with a fancy bird! | i.e. Ancon(a) |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Joint, the sort drinkers use, is one with convenience attached | an + con. (abbrev.) |
| VHC | E. A. Clarke | What’s exercised, if one’s to imbibe? | an + con, & lit.; imbibe = con, study |
| VHC | M. Coates | Found within agrarian confines or the human construction? | hidden twice, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Coleby | A devious canon, one opposed to a member of the flock, is soon put outside the chapter | anag., an con, c in anon |
| VHC | G. H. S. Crosby | Upper bracket support for entry will get Tory in soon | C in anon |
| VHC | R. Dean | Woolly specimen – supporter or one against? | an con, 2 defs. |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | From Australian conflict we have that low body-line with short legs in the field | hidden |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | A bender: that’s what lifting it can lead to, one has to learn | an con; bender, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | I cannot become high with it lifted? Yes and no! | anag. less it, & lit. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | It might once have been described as an article in the American constitution | hidden; article = joint (obs.) |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | Creator of space in urban congestion | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | You may have caught on after a bit of nudging given by me | a n + c on, & lit. |
| VHC | F. Moss | For this one trick, one has something up one’s sleeve | an con |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Word of animal or human connections: either version could be grazed | hidden, 2 defs. |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | One trick we all have up our sleeves | an con |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | One born to cheat, a low-down creature, wanted for fleecing | a n con |
| VHC | W. Rodgers | It is raised in honour, yet is held in mean contempt | hidden |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | I’m naturally crooked… a born cheat | a n con |
| VHC | G. Snowden-Davies | One of the joints one has to have | an con; have = deceive, con |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | I take the field with four short legs and go for the ribs | 2 mngs.; ref. cricket; elbow in ribs |
HCs in competition 161 awarded to: