Azed Competition No. 1866 Azed Slip | ◀ 1862 | 1871 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 | Mar 2008 | BINGE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | V. Dixon | What meanders in Germany’s capital Berlin, cutting its centre? Spree! | anag. of G Be(rl)in; ref. River S. |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Government nationalise finally, propping up northern bank nearly bust | bin(k) + G + e; ref. Northern Rock |
| Third | M. Hodgkin | Lift end of pen and get last forgotten pig out | nib (rev.) + ge(t) |
| VHC | T. Anderson | ‘Gorge Bungie Jumps’ (Horseshoe Falls notice) | anag. less U |
| VHC | M. Barley | See Jag, being faulty, have blow-out and crash, killing rookie driver | anag.; bing(L)e; jag2 |
| VHC | T. C. Borland | Where you might go crazy on case of Glenmorangie | bin + G, e, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Boyd | Get run out of banger I renovated – not a Jag | anag. less r, a; jag2 |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | A lot of wine leads to gross excess – this? | bin + g e, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Jag being serviced … big end mainly needing repair | anag., anag. less d; jag2 |
| VHC | R. Dean | Imbibing excessively? That’s only part of it! | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | M. Goodliffe | Drunken bum imbibing eight bottles | hidden; bum2 = spree |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Be lying about in gutter – out of it, say – the outcome of this? | in g(utter) in be, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Jag’s big end damaged – diesel’s beginning to escape | anag. less d; jag2 |
| VHC | P. Heffernan | Initially big in Newcastle, Gazza epitomised drunken excess | first letters; ref. Paul Gascoigne |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Person downs repeated quantity of beer in this | being with e moved to end, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. H. Jones | Have a quantity of wine and then throw up for example? | bin + e.g. (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | See big meal lead to poor ’Enry perishing – lamprey one? | comp. anag. incl. p, & lit.; ref. Henry I’s ‘surfeit of lampreys’ |
| VHC | P. Lloyd | To —— duly makes you get blind drunk | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Blind date departs to escape casual bedding | anag. less d d |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Imbibing excessively, that’s part of it – and grabbing eats | hidden twice, & lit |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | What features a ‘clink’ at the start and ends in big headache? | bin + g e, & lit.; bin = jail |
| VHC | N. G. Shippobotham | Sporting star with this Jag could be at Sebring | comp. anag.; jag2 |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | A drunk lobbing empty bottles | hidden; drunk = drunken bout |
HCs in competition 1866 awarded to: