Azed Competition No. 1831 Azed Slip | ◀ 1827 | 1836 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | Jul 2007 | MARGINALIA | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr E. Young | Messages by text spell an end to posting airmail | anag. incl. g; spell = enchant |
| Second | M. Barley | Anagram & lit. unfinished, one needs solution and notes beside | anag. less t, incl. I |
| Third | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Lara, aiming cut, evoking observations from commentators? | anag.; ref. cricket, Brian L. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | What might fill gutters, badly alarming those who calculate insurance premiums | anag. + IA |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Problem nun takes spirits with a lot of beer and stuff on the side | gin al(e) in Maria; ref. ‘The Sound of Music’ |
| VHC | B. Cheesman | Making a hash of ‘anag. & lit.’ (almost), I mar the annotations alongside | anag. less t |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | They could give a reading, at the sides, in Lamia, perhaps | anag. incl. r, g, & lit.; ref. Keats poem |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Lollobrigida? – in Andrews Sister role? In a skirt, script notes | Gina L. in Maria; ref. Julie A. in ‘The Sound of Music’ |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Result of editing à la main – pieces of red ink, generally? | anag. incl. r i g, & lit. |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Damage mothers’ ruin brought to a person lying endless minutes in the gutter? | mar gin a lia(r) |
| VHC | Ms S. B. Hart | Anagram & lit. I resolved with no time for scribbling on the side | anag. less t |
| VHC | M. Hodgkin | Letters of anagram I scrawled either side of slip’s central text? | li in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs S. G. Johnson | Ailing Marat, losing last drop of claret, collapsed writing on edge of sheet | anag. less t; ref. David picture |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Bits on the side denoting a ‘girl mania’ complex | anag. |
| VHC | J. R. H. Jones | In writing fever, muddles left and right (having drink taken), and scribbles on either side | gin in malaria with l, r switched |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Rain 1 a.m., gale blowing east veering a few points laterally | anag. less E |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Baffling anagram? I left it lacking time as scribbles at side of paper | anag. incl. I l i(t) |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Imagine Arsenal matches seen being played with these additions to the side! | comp. anag. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Mrs Simpson, we hear, at start of abdication trouble retorted, ‘More than a bit on the side!’ | ‘Marge’ + in a + ail (rev.); ref. cartoon family and Wallace S. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Sideline commentary from Milan/Cagliari playing after sending off odd characters in ‘calcio’ | anag. less c l i; ref. Italian football |
| VHC | V. Seth | Great man’s familiar puzzles: Fermat’s these? | comp. anag. & lit.; F.’s last theorem originally written as m. |
| VHC | Mrs A. Terrill | Editorial comments, perhaps, in ‘Mail’, a rag needing editing! | anag. |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | WS? The bard’s selected —— could be what are inscribed at MS edges all untidily | comp. anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 1831 awarded to: