Azed Competition No. 1724  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1719  |  1728  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1724 Jun 2005MONEYBAGS normal25

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstT. J. MooreyI enjoy lots of mint sauce on my rump of lamb cooked with sageanag. incl. b; mint sauce = money
SecondJ. R. H. JonesPoor man’s bogeyanag. & lit.
ThirdR. J. PalmerRevolutionary socialist’s foremost bogeymananag. incl. s, & lit.
VHCM. BarleyObscure gnome, say, with billion banked?b in anag., & lit.
VHCJ. R. BeresfordDives may start to gather bones in a wreckanag. incl. g
VHCE. CrossFive hundred pounds, not a thousand, I claim makes you a wealthy personmon(K)ey bags
VHCR. Dean‘Ebony’ mag’s quite different – this one’s ‘Loaded’anag.; ref. adult magazines
VHCN. C. DexterMy bank, e.g.? So composed when a thousand’s withdrawnanag. less K, & lit.
VHCV. DixonDives in which you’ll get a drink in gorblimey trousersone in my! bags
VHCA. J. DornEnigmatic gnome, say, with billions invested?b in anag., & lit.
VHCC. M. EdmundsWell-endowed one, divine, synonymous with boobs, could so characterise ‘Playboys’‘bunny mags’; ref. the Rev. Spooner
VHCG. I. L. GraftonFlush one’s various bogs meanly, saving litresanag. less l
VHCM. J. HanleyRemixed song may be a great earner?anag.
VHCD. V. HarryIrish bay – One Thousand Guineas banker, perhapsanag. incl. M + gs; Irish (offensive) = ludicrous
VHCR. J. HooperGay after theatrical hit so went joke bygone Sam crackedanag.; ref. S. Johnson: ‘[The Beggar’s Opera] had the effect … of making Gay rich, and Rich gay.’
VHCW. JacksonSo many beg for regulation I never wantanag.
VHCS. D. JamesBillion hoarded by gnome, say, rolling he’s loadedb in anag.
VHCM. A. Macdonald-CooperGnome, say, with capital in Berne, rolling?anag. incl. B, & lit.
VHCD. F. ManleyLoaded individual buys – one mag possibly not suitable for all to see!anag. less U; ref adult magazine
VHCC. G. MillinPerson in a motor yacht a lot?one in MY + bags, & lit.
VHCC. J. MorseDrunken man goes by – he’s rollinganag.
VHCF. R. PalmerDives, the root of all evil (disreputable women)money + bags
VHCD. H. TompsettDoubled game by South – No Trump – that’s his style!anag. incl. S; double = fold; ref. Donald Trump, US property billionaire
VHCMs S. WallaceFat cat? Amazingly, moggy ate buns without bursting gutanag. less anag.
VHCD. C. WilliamsonGnome, say, shifting around capital to Bern?B in anag., & lit.
 

HCs in competition 1724 awarded to:

R. D. AndersonN. ConnaughtonJ. P. GuiverR. Perry
T. AndersonK. W. CrawfordM. C. HaugheyD. Price Jones
S. AnthonyG. CuthbertR. HeskethW. Ransome
D. AppletonT. J. DonnellyM. HodgkinD. R. Robinson
D. ArthurW. DreverJ. HumpstonM. Sanderson
A. BarkerW. DuffinF. P. N. LakeD. P. Shenkin
P. BerridgeA. J. DuncumM. A. LassmanN. G. Shippobotham
Mrs A. BoyesA. S. EverestJ. P. LesterP. L. Stone
C. J. BroughamC. D. S. & E. A. FieldJ. C. LeylandJ. R. Tozer
Rev Canon C. M. BrounA. G. FlemingMrs J. MackieA. P. Vick
E. J. BurgeDr I. S. FletcherG. MakerM. Wainwright
Dr J. BurscoughD. FrickerP. W. MarlowA. J. Wardrop
B. BurtonMs A. GallowayR. MayledG. H. Willett
C. J. & M. P. ButlerJ. GilliesP. McKennaD. Willmott
A. CallaghanM. GoodliffeJ. R. C. MichieDr E. Young
D. A. CampbellMrs E. GreenawayR. Murdoch 
B. CheesmanR. R. GreenfieldJ. Pearce 
M. CoatesG. GregoryM. L. Perkins