Azed Competition No. 1806 Azed Slip | ◀ 1804 | 1810 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | Jan 2007 | INEBRIANT | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. S. Morse | What’s drunk as ——? A Ribena isn’t! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Second | R. J. Whale | What’s in it? Largely what suited Bacchus and co. before | nebri(s) an. in it, & lit. |
| Third | M. Barley | Is abuse of such big in ‘Binge Britain’? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | This recipe in cocktail renders brain inert | comp. anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Causing intoxication at inn with ‘bier’ when abroad | anag.; bier (Ger.) = beer |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Double in the bar, without a modicum of H2O, could be this | anag. less H, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | It maybe makes one conk, merry or stoned, maybe doesn’t | I neb riant, & lit.; stoned anag. of doesn’t |
| VHC | W. Drever | Ghastly —— could give stag labyrinthine troubles | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Fuzz ban niterie doling out Ecstasy that’s mind-blowing | anag. less E |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Popular ethyl that’s imbibed bottled in bar? | in + anag. in Et, & lit.; ethyl = ethyl alcohol |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Climbing mountain peak in thin air awfully hard going – and awfully exhilarating | ben (rev.) in anag. less H |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | What’s provided by bar and tinnie when getting drunk? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | A tinnie with beer contents poured out being drunk perhaps | anag. incl. b(ee)r, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Stimulant abuse leads to toxic effects in brain | anag. incl. t e |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Bein’ awfully merry, dancin’ in rain – bet that could get one soaked! | anag. + riant; anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | A tinnie abroad containing brown ale for example | br. in anag. |
| VHC | C. Ogilvie | Source of drunkenness, i.e. bar getting out of hand in pub – time to close | anag. in inn + t |
| VHC | D. J. R. Ogilvie | Batting first for England, Close clipped it hard | in E Brian ’t; ref. former Yorks & England cricketer |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | What lush downs may be seen when hibernating, essentially, is done | anag. of (h)ibernatin(g) |
| VHC | V. Seth | Left a binge – inert, legless, staggering – because of this? | ang. incl. l less leg |
| VHC | D. A. Simmons | Lack of restraint in Bear Inn? It is going to one’s head | anag. |
| VHC | I. Simpson | Special Brew in a tin could be this, along with whiskey | comp. anag. incl. W, & lit.; ref. Carlsberg product |
| VHC | Mrs A. Terrill | Edna often had one in bar? Ten, I suspect | anag.; ref. TV play ‘Edna the Inebriate Woman’ |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Deviant orientation of bi trannie? Half-and-half, perhaps | anag.; i.e. bisexual transvestite, mixture of beer and stout |
HCs in competition 1806 awarded to: