Azed Competition No. 1615 Azed Slip | ◀ 1611 | 1619 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1615 | May 2003 | RUGATE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Tozer | Dramaturge wanting a stiff drink, struggling with lines | anag. less dram |
| Second | D. Harrison | Possibly wicket is after a game! | RU + gate, & lit.; ref. cricket |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | Covered in creases? Pity iron’s broken! | gat in rue; iron = gun |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | It’s what skin can become if you’ve worried away | i.e rugate less ate = rug, & lit.; e.g. bearskin rug |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | ‘Wrinkly’ class the old loathe being put in | ug in rate |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Put away by wig with wrinkles, regret carrying gun | rug + ate, gat in rue; wig = judge |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Creased with laughter – with L. Henry going mad! | anag. less L H; ref. Lenny H. |
| VHC | D. C. Clenshaw | Having sunken lines, lowly Japanese fishes with no nets around | eta gur(nets) (all rev.) |
| VHC | R. Dean | Wrinkly needs to use innards in frugal stew | (f)ruga(l) (s)te(w) |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Showing – sadly enough – initial signs of ageing? True! | anag. incl. ag, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Class the old loathe being put in like prunes? | ug in rate; prune, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | W. Duffin | Sale could have attracted this crowd that’s gathered | RU gate; Sale rugby club |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Tabloid term for Carling cover-up, possibly prompting complaint about press? | i.e. RU-gate; analogy of Watergate, etc.; ref. Will C., England rugby captain |
| VHC | M. Goodliffe | Rugby to punish schoolboy with many lines? | RU gate |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Urge to move seizing characters heading to America, going west like old Auden | t A (rev.) in anag.; ref. Auden’s emigration, and his face in later years |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | The guise Nora Batty contrives in —— hose! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. N. B.’s crumpled stockings in ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Moggy scratching head close to home on mat – characteristic of old puss? | rug + (c)at + e; puss2 |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Wrinkly’s great tum going pear-shaped, tips of many toes not visible! | anag. less m, t |
| VHC | W. Murphy | In need of face-lift perhaps to camouflage most features of true age | anag. less final e |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Attendance at Twickenham, perhaps, is showing signs of decline | RU gate |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Being this, disguised true age getting face finally lifted? | anag. less e |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Wrinkly whips up the urge – he goes for Viagra finally | anag. with a for he |
| VHC | C. W. Thomas | Such could be true about grandma’s extremities | g, a in anag., & lit. |
HCs in competition 1615 awarded to: