Azed Competition No. 169 Azed Slip | ◀ 165 | 174 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | Jun 1975 | THUGGEE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. L. Miron | What the strangling mugger, recognising no limits, might demonstrate | (m)ugge(r) in the, & lit. |
| Second | F. R. Palmer | It’s renewed by the mugger (bar the extremes) | anag. incl. (m)ugge(r), & lit. |
| Third | R. J. Palmer | Termination of a Hindu by heartless gang in the East? | u g(an)g in the E, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | The sides of the throttle getting well-nigh squeezed in | hugge(d) in t, e, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Bulman | Time, keep close to, surprise! That’s garrotter’s practice | t hug gee2 |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Unionist bomb thrown back in the sectarian killing | U + egg (rev.), all in the |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | The originators of this had unspeakably gruesome garottings esoterically executed | initial letters & lit. |
| VHC | J. J. Goulstone | Get e.g. heartless Hindu crook to perpetrate this | anag. incl. H(ind)u, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr G. B. Greer | In the East, what lies behind onset of mugger without hesitation? | (m)ugg(er) in the E, & lit. |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | A cut-throat convention – follow suit after lead of trump | t + hug gee5 |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Oval reacts with clamour all round after Thomson’s opener – it’s murder | T + egg (rev.) in hue2; ref. Jeff T., Aus. bowler |
| VHC | L. K. Maltby | Cross with vast following, including leaders of genius, extirpated pagan killing | T + g e in huge; T-cross |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Rope being pulled round Hindu’s head? Local fit of perversity | H in tug + gee4, & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | All in rugger in the form of holy terrorism | (r)ugger(r) in the |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Ritual murder requiring kind of bandage to go around neck | hug in T gee1; T-bandage |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | You see Ulster’s foremost urge reflected in the sectarian killing | U + egg (rev.), all in the |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Enormous cut in either side of throat. Golly! It’s the work of a cut-throat | hug(e) in t gee2 |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | This could have made Gurdwara’s head in grip peg out | G in hug in tee, & lit. |
| VHC | J. Revill | Pulling string – the sort some Indians used – round Hindu’s head? | H in tug gee3, & lit.; G-string originally worn by Amerindians, acc. to old edns. of C. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Get huge – that’s what comes of the fatal practice of going for gorges | anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Stocks | Villainy of a mugger’s precursor, ultimately eradicated, in remote parts of the Empire | hugge(r) in t, e, & lit.; cf. hugger-mugger |
| VHC | N. C. Wormleighton | In extremes of turpitude we have almost embraced homicidal practice | hugge(d) in t, e |
HCs in competition 169 awarded to: