Azed Competition No. 1715 Azed Slip | ◀ 1711 | 1719 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1715 | Apr 2005 | RELEASE / RASPING | Right and Left | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. R. Greenfield | A spring cuckoo’s strident note anticipates end of April: relief, relief! | anag.; re l ease |
| Second | J. R. Tozer | Relative comfort in respite from a sore throat? Soluble aspirin’s good for one | rel. ease; anag. with g for I |
| Third | C. M. Edmunds | Harsh Government cancelled miserly relief on loan | (g)rasping; re lease |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | See real wild and loose guy putting drive in rough | anag.; spin in rag |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Irritating husky on short lead one finally set free | 2 mngs.; re leas(h) + e |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Political slant in newspaper badly playing issue about rent | spin in rag; re lease |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Winding reel on heaving sea, catch pike with swivel, round fish with rotating bait – brassy, perhaps? | anag. + anag.; spin in gar (rev.); brassy, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | M. Coates | Encompassing a new Spring is the sound of cricket fields constantly echoing about delivery or a catch | a in anag.; leas in e’er (rev.), 2 defs. |
| VHC | E. Cross | See Lear, exasperated, surrender, hoarsely uttering damnation of ‘parings’ | anag.; anag.; ref. King Lear, 1, 4, 190 |
| VHC | R. Dean | Harsh slant in tabloid on rental issue | spin in rag; re lease |
| VHC | C. D. S. & E. A. Field | See Lear deranged, delivery strident putting Regan’s and Goneril’s heads in a spin? Quite the contrary | anag.; a spin in R, G; ref. King L. |
| VHC | J. P. Guiver | Always bending back pulling grasses in loose gravelly stone covering drive | leas in e’er (rev.); spin in rag |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Right wing facility issuing strident paper full of distortion | r el ease; spin in rag |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Harsh kind of slant in newspaper about polite word Prince omitted to deliver | spin in rag; re + (P)lease; ref. P. Charles in Klosters |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Catch loose iron grating and trip catching rib | 2 meanings; spin in rag2, 2 defs. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Exodus from prison – about 50 loose: one inside sprang faulty grating | re L ease; I in anag. |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Grinding pars out in German Open could make Els era end in style | anag. + in G; anag. + e; ref. golf, Ernie E. |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Rough? Dissolve aspirin – it’s good for one – to deliver relative comfort | anag. with g for I; rel. ease |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Harshly speaking, hack goads Prince – with broadcast code lifted, see real ground for publication | anag. less anag.; anag.; ref. P. Charles in Klosters |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Irritating paper contains biased presentation of news about charter to disclose information | spin in rag; re lease |
| VHC | F. J. B. Wheen | With date changed for start of election, worried leaders authorise publication of harsh policy, given a favourable slant in downmarket paper | anag. with e for d; spin in rag |
HCs in competition 1715 awarded to: