Azed Competition No. 1611 Azed Slip | ◀ 1606 | 1615 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1611 | Apr 2003 | LEISLER | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. R. Gumbrell | It’ll need sonar to get about, fluttering and not going astray | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| Second | Mrs E. M. Phair | Strip willow of bark, see? Craft it right for a bat | anag. incl. willow less wow + r |
| Third | J. C. Leyland | Hammer Horror’s latest is Lee with his leading part in Cousin of the Vampire | anag. incl. r, L; ref. Christopher L. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Man typically sheltered by the French resistance is a night flier | isle in le R |
| VHC | W. G. Arnott | A chap learning to drive relies on wildly swinging the bat | L + anag. |
| VHC | D. Arthur | This bat and pad if together confuse a slip fielder | comp. anag. |
| VHC | M. Barley | With me, you could be playing leisurely round – Belfry’s where I hang out | comp. anag. incl. O; ref. ‘bats in the belfry’ and golf course |
| VHC | L. K. Edkins | Ill-seer, fluttering? | anag. & lit.; ‘blind as a bat’ |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Re spell brewed, one for bit of pelt? | anag. with I for p; ref. Macbeth 4, i, 15 |
| VHC | Mrs E. Greenaway | I’ll see badly, right? | anag. + r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | A tea-tray in the sky? I may be taken for one by nonsense versifier | Lear with Isle for a; ref. L. Carroll, ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat’; I = Isle |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Alice’s tea tray? What could be sillier English for one in flight? | anag. with E for I; ref. L. Carroll, ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat’ |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | ‘Fledermaus’? Bubbly is recalled with cad being taken away | anag. less cad; ref. last scene of opera |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | With high squeak and round bat’s tail, it gets mistaken for pipistrelle | anag. less pip and t, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | I’ll see poorly, right? | anag. + r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Confusing it with barbastelle confounds this bat and another | comp. anag. incl. bat, bat |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Poor lie troubled Els getting right flier at The Belfry | anag. + anag. + r; ref. Ernie E., golf course |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Belfry being traditionally troublesome riles Els no end? | anag. less final s |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Sellers, clipping heads of Spike and Secombe, is performing something truly batty | anag. less S, S; ref. Goon Show |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | I’ll see poorly and take no central part in Carroll – teller half dropped off | anag. + r, Le(w)is (tel)ler, & lit.; ref. dormouse’s ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat’ |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | With poor lie, Els strays right: is it in The Belfry crowd? | anag. + anag. + r; ref. Ernie E., golf course |
HCs in competition 1611 awarded to: