Azed Competition No. 1984 Azed Slip | ◀ 1979 | 1988 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jun 2010 | ORWEL(L)IAN | Doublethink | 28 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. Mayhew | This mindset would give Winston remedial ‘correction’ | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. W. Smith, main character in ‘1984’ |
| Second | J. Grimes | Fan E. Blair won putting out book? | anag. less b, & lit.; fan vb. |
| Third | T. C. Borland | George O.’s now struggling with real crux of deficit | anag. incl. i; ref. G. Osborne, G. Orwell |
| VHC | D. Appleton | ‘New Labour is missing bus’ explodes follower of Blair | anag. less bus |
| VHC | D. & N. Aspland | No backtracking about criminal war lie told by Mr Blair? | anag. in no (rev.) |
| VHC | M. Barley | Novel with ‘E. A. Blair’ on could be such a book | comp. anag. incl. w and a b, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Barr | Devious lie on war – typical of Blair! | anag. |
| VHC | J. G. Booth | Troubled New Labour’s missing bus, needing leader of inspiration in style of Blair | anag. incl. i |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Such as Napoleon, say: one the French backed on war spreading round | I le (rev.) in anag.; ref. Stalinist pig character in ‘Animal Farm’ |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | ‘Blairite’ New Labour – it flourished, but has departed | anag. less but |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | —— novel could match E. Blair’s own, with British society suppressed | anag. less B S, & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | How to represent E. Blair now, after book’s come out? | anag. less b, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | With Mrs T’s offensive stricken miners lost war, sadly, after 1984? | anag. less anag.; ref. 1984-5 miners’ strike |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Characteristic of Blair, having fabricated lie on war? | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Blair’s New Labour – it flourished, but has gone? | anag. less but |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Alias Blairite? But this would confuse it with New Labour | comp. anag. |
| VHC | R. Murdoch | ‘Like Blair?’ exploded Brown, losing his head. ‘A lie!’ | anag. less B |
| VHC | A. Plumb | Lie on war motive – like Blair? | anag.; motive adj. |
| VHC | A. M. Price | Tortuous lie on war, in the style of Blair | anag. |
| VHC | W. Ransome | Living as down-and-out perhaps, wore out reversed collar | anag. + nail (rev.); ref. Orwell’s ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ |
| VHC | S. Saunders | Lie on war fabricated by Blair? | anag. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | We adored Animal Farm (famed —— drama/novel) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Fantastic opening for wannabe? A role in Big Brother fits that description | anag. incl. w; ref. ‘1984’ and TV show |
| VHC | L. D. Urquhart | They saw this could be a new reality show, like Big Brother, possibly | comp. anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Follower of Blair, mistaken on war and swallowing devious lie? | anag. in anag. |
| VHC | F. J. B. Wheen | No backtracking about devious war lie: that’s Blair’s style | anag. in no (rev.) |
| VHC | S. Whyld | Typical of Blair to engineer war on lie | anag. |
| VHC | K. J. Williams | Contrived war on lie, like Blair? | anag. |
HCs in competition 1984 awarded to: