Azed Competition No. 1680 Azed Slip | ◀ 1676 | 1685 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 | Aug 2004 | PILLOW-CUP | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | What’s maybe downed before one’s about to get aloft? | pillow c up, & lit; downed = filled with down |
| Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Oil plc revised holding with top one for the sack? | w in anag. + up; ref. Shell overstating its reserves; one = a drink |
| Third | Dr E. Young | Double as you go off cushion and pot? | pillow cup; ref. snooker |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Alone at ten, this could become a tipple we all count on | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Ball’s in the air after ‘cow’ shot … and last drop of the day? | pill + anag. + up |
| VHC | L. W. Blott | On edge about depression after depression? One last drink’s indicated | lip (rev.) + low + cup |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Retiring creature, bear’s content with hole | pillow + cup; creature = alcoholic drink; bear = pillow-case |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Horlicks made by bore with yelp at golf hole? | pill ow cup |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Out of bed after medicinal one, heading for toilet? | pill o(ne) WC + up, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Punch perhaps, going round, that’s imbibed late before move aloft | low (qv) in clip (rev.) + up, & lit. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Bass and Trophy after lager, all but the ultimate in drinks? | pil(s) + low + cup; beer brands |
| VHC | A. G. Fleming | Doctor, with humble lot in life, left lacking something for retirement | pil(l) low cup |
| VHC | M. Goodliffe | Muggins almost takes wife up a cocoa? | w in pilloc(k) + up |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Cop will look silly in court as the mug having one last drink before crashing | anag. + up |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | A little Ovaltine after medicine and toilet, before heading bedwards? | pill + O + WC + up, & lit. |
| VHC | P. Long | It’s goodnight after this bumper; ball gets wicket in clever coup | pill + w in anag. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | This at the bed what tipple could be? Could be | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | A tot at bedtime, mostly lager with little vitality, about half a pint | pil(s) low cup |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Maybe bumper contents of slip adds up to what’s foremost in cluemanship | pillow + c + up; ref. AZ slip |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Out of bed, after badly needing to fill chamberpot, can result from this? | ill in po WC + up, & lit. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Nasty ball won trophy, the last one before drawing stumps | pill O w cup; nasty n.; one = a drink |
HCs in competition 1680 awarded to: