Azed Competition No. 1871 Azed Slip | ◀ 1866 | 1875 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | Apr 2008 | FAIRY GOLD | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. A. Clarke | Cause of inflation unknown, government in collapse, money becoming worthless | air y G in fold |
| Second | C. J. Morse | What’s capital in El Dorado? Should I go for that, it might become faded glory | anag. with I for E D, & lit. |
| Third | T. J. Moorey | Sugar in withering form does love firing lady in cast | anag. incl. 0 less in; ref. Alan S. in ‘The Apprentice’ |
| VHC | M. Barley | Money changing ultimately into what’s dry and wrinkly (i.e. leaves) | y g in fair + old(i.e.), & lit. |
| VHC | J. G. Booth | False notes coming from loud and riotous goliardy | f + anag. |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Just yen, or funny money? | fair Y gold; or2 |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | This changes into dry foliage – no end of change? | anag. less e, & lit. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Luxuries like castles in Spain? Dago firmly condemned squandering money | anag. less M; dago, offensive |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | What use such money if a grand or £500 end in leafy withering? | anag. of if a g or LD y, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | It makes one mistakenly glory, taken in by a fleeting fancy | I + anag., all in fad, & lit. |
| VHC | A. G. Fleming | Following breeze, year’s first, good and early, windfall | f air y g old |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | This root of evil, dry foliage after transformation? | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Faldo dropping a shot admits Open golf prize proving elusive | airy G in anag. less a; NATO alphabet |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Specie that’s specious, turning dull with a capital D! | fair + logy (rev.) + D, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | If a ‘Del Boy’ hints of getting rich quick … could this be result? | comp. anag. incl. g r, & lit.; ref. ‘Only Fools and Horses’ |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Pelf, when penniless, or ——? | fairy + gold, & lit.; i.e. pelf less p = elf; or2 |
| VHC | P. McKenna | Blond Tory finally with good grip in ’Ackney means to come as a surprise | fair y g ’old; ref. Boris Johnson |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | This money, elfin initially, changes into dry foliage | comp. anag. incl. e, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Ogilvie | Ersatz bread, unpleasantly gray if past the sell-by date | anag. + old |
| VHC | D. Parfitt | Deceptively gifted scratch golfer with a ‘DIY’ swing, striking centre of green | anag. less e; scratch = cash |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Bligh’s heart pounding throughout mutinous day for Bounty, one imagines | anag. of (B)lig(h) distributed through anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Tidy yard or it could soon be all dead leaves | fair y gold; or2 |
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