Azed Competition No. 1818 Azed Slip | ◀ 1814 | 1823 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Apr 2007 | POISSO(N) D’AVRIL | Letters Latent | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | This wheeze? I hope AZ soIver wised up! | comp. anag. & lit.; up = in an excited state |
| Second | M. Goodliffe | Legumes drink fluid, a type of sap | pois soda vril |
| Third | A. J. Wardrop | One who’s had a drop of vodka spoils radio broadcast | anag. incl. v |
| VHC | D. Appleton | Trivial spoof one associates with special date – silly, not often funny | anag. incl. s, d less anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. E. Boot | Could be dubious spaghetti trees or unusual ravioli’s pods | anag.; ref. famous ‘Panorama’ spoof |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | Voilà! Pris! So … dupe at the 1st being ragged | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Gull avoids P&O’s liner at sea (only odd bits of neep thrown out) | anag. less n, e |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Batter should primarily avoid slip or he’s sure to be caught out by a fast one | anag. incl. s |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Ravioli’s ‘pods’ confused one taken in by spaghetti ‘trees’ | anag.; ref. ‘Panorama’ spoof |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Avoid slips or blunders to get a mark one’s been after in French translation | anag.; mark = suitable victim |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Rancid old pissoir, outside convenience left off annual urine extraction routine? | (l)av in anag.; i.e. taking the piss |
| VHC | L. M. Inman | Davro spoils one funny foreign joke | anag. incl. I; ref. Bobby D. |
| VHC | S. D. James | I fall into trap door via slips in performance | anag. |
| VHC | I. D. McDonald | Avoid slips or possibly one will be victim of spinner | anag. |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | Cuckoo solo is very rapid – a mark of Spring? | anag. incl. v; mark = suitable victim |
| VHC | R. Perry | Gauloise butt lawyer deposited in rickety old pissoir | Av. in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs L. J. Roberts | Spring fall, so violas drip, soused | anag.; fall2 |
| VHC | V. Seth | Perhaps spaghetti tree sap could be processed to make square ravioli pods | anag. incl. S; ref. ‘Panorama’ spoof |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Date 01/04 ends in leg-pull for this sap abroad | anag. of d 0 I 0 IV l r s sap, & lit. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | In France what is typically green clod very taken in by devious liar? | pois + sod + v in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Origins of spaghetti spoof, found in shredded ravioli pod? | s, s in anag., & lit.; ref. ‘Panorama’ spoof |
HCs in competition 1818 awarded to: