Azed Competition No. 1801 Azed Slip | ◀ 1797 | 1804 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Dec 2006 | RUSE DE GUERRE | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | Using crude Greek horse deceptively? Shocking ——! | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Trojan horse |
| Second | G. H. Willett | Russia, greed and half Europe with England’s lead wrecked Bonaparte’s war scheme | Rus + anag. incl. Eur, E |
| Third | C. J. Morse | It’s running rings round enemy, as their leaders swallow practised English fiddle | used E gue all in r, r, r, e, & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Manoeuvre of usurper with greed for power and energy? | anag. incl. greed for p + E, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Ashes’ end augured: twice English err, sadly lacking a plan for victory | anag. incl. s, EE less a |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Deployment by Germany, for example, infiltrating Maginot’s folly from the east | use D e.g. all in erreur (rev.), & lit.; ref. M. Line |
| VHC | C. Boyd | Martial device employed after war’s end – devious Greek lure left King vanquished | r use + anag. less l, K; ref. Trojan horse |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Operation embodied in false surrender e.g. concealing half of guns in retreat | use in anag. less (gu)ns (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | E. Cross | Distressed drug user starts to experience extreme reaction, encountering phoney ‘horse’ perhaps | anag. incl. first letters; ref. heroin and Trojan war |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | For which, infantry au front being blocked, use a couple of guns derrière possibly? | anag. incl. gu(ns) less i, & lit. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Usurer, greed confounded by advocate’s final stratagem | anag. + e; ref. Shylock |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | One does see EU err with drug war strategy | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Military stratagem the French devised and employed, say, in error at Agincourt, being overthrown | used e.g. in erreur (rev.) |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Possibly Trojan Horse utilized, for example, in French way? Make a mistake getting taken in by this | err in used e.g. in rue |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Trick employed, say, by Ulysses initially to slip in soldiers? | used e.g. U err, all in RE, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What could be deployed, say, in Napoleon’s way with resistance by British army unit? | used e.g. in rue R RE, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | Subterfuge le leader tried out? Possibly, battlefield —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Stratagem Russia used with regret, almost, in the wars against the East | RU + anag. incl. regre(t) + E |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Learn this! All might well collapse as erreurs du général | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Usurer consumed with greed adopts a little extortion stratagem | anag. + e |
HCs in competition 1801 awarded to: