Azed Competition No. 1650 Azed Slip | ◀ 1648 | 1654 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1650 | Jan 2004 | SAPHENA | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. Connaughton | One’s on drip after clot in ——? | sap + hen + a, & lit. |
| Second | G. H. Willett | Sun has a page with girl endearingly adult: a big way to help circulation | S a p hen A |
| Third | M. Barley | Open has obscure American lifting old claret vessel | anag. + A less o; ref. Ben Curtis, little-known winner of US Open golf tournament |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Bell | Mischievous pasha keeps small space in vessel for tootsy | en in anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | What’s to drain red stuff, evacuating end of pin | sap he(n)na, & lit.; pin = foot |
| VHC | D. C. Clenshaw | After touch of phlebitis, man in hospital is given a tube to drain blood from foot! | p he in san + a |
| VHC | E. Cross | Quivering aspen has little square leaves, example of inferior venation, largely | anag. less s |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Element of network calf protects? That’s draining extremity of blood | n in saphea(d), & lit.; calf = stupid person |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | It has to drain, and starts to have effect near ankle | sap + first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | J. P. Guiver | Large vein is source of pyritic layer in rock | ’s + p hen in aa |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | A vein, shape distorted? That’s possibly this, i.e. with bit of varicosity | comp. anag. incl. v, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Tube happens to be transformed when power is ceded to American | anag. with A for P; ref. London Underground, Bob Kiley |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | England’s capital has plan for transport – but line’s sealed off in that bloody tube! | anag. incl. E less l; ref. London Underground |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Sun has a bird occupying half of page, a vital aid for circulation | S + a + hen in pa(ge) |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | American navy heaps adrift, bloody large carrier going into groin | anag. incl. A N; US spelling of groyne |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Drain man’s extremities of nourishing plasma? I help to do that | sap he n, a |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Name used in designation of what takes vital fluid to heart (two go from extremity) | n in sap hea(rt), & lit. |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Antithrombin’s ultimate in reducing clot here? | n in saphea(d), & lit.; reduce = become smaller |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Pheasant cut and cooked – a course for draining the claret? | anag. less t |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | In which vital fluid (red) drains extremity of haemoglobin | sap he(n)na, & lit,; drain = allow to escape |
| VHC | P. Thacker | Crural vein damage happens when pedal is active | anag. with a for P |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Possible site in a calf of thrombosis it experiences without warning? | SA + phen(omen)a |
| VHC | P. O. G. White | Happens after heart is strained – a burst blood-vessel | anag. less p incl. a |
HCs in competition 1650 awarded to: