Azed Competition No. 200 Azed Slip | ◀ 197 | 203 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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200 | Jan 1976 | The Extra Guest (minus CC) | Letters Latent | 29 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | R. M. S. Cork | He, the Sir at sea | (Sir Francis) Chichester; anag. & lit. |
Second | Mrs P. R. L. Heath | He flew over the drink | (John) Alcock; kola (rev.) & lit. |
Third | D. V. Harry | A right good party – eliminating Roman numbers gave me joy | Caradoc; a r A do |
VHC | R. B. Adcock | Clubman – the bird I abandoned in lodgings kicked back | Pickwick; k(I)wi in kip (rev.), & lit. |
VHC | C. Allen Baker | I’ll give you recipe put together with satisfactory conclusion | (Fanny) Craddock; r add OK, & lit. |
VHC | Mrs A. R. Bradford | Royal heir – ER plans change? | Prince Charles; anag. |
VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | He’d look with eye round about | Cyclops; lo in spy (rev.), & lit. |
VHC | J. A. Bulley | Ben? A high place, featured in more than one summit | Churchill; Hur hill; ref. Yalta, etc. |
VHC | G. H. S. Crosby | Former Harwell director approved opening of reactors frequently | (John) Cockroft; OK + r + oft |
VHC | A. L. Dennis | In play he made the first savage cut; a rousing appeal follows | Casca; a + SA; ref. Julius Caesar |
VHC | S. Goldie | Captain to be content with no roar at sea | Corcoran; anag.; ref. H.M.S. Pinafore, ‘And with you we’re quite content’ |
VHC | E. M. Hornby | Just a puppet, little power in State | Pinocchio; P in Ohio |
VHC | W. Jackson | A rebel like Lloyd George. Nothing more | Caradoc; a rad. 0 |
VHC | G. Johnstone | One who located many a divine fabulous bird. Popular? | (John) Crockford; rok Ford; ref. car, C.’s Clerical Directory |
VHC | N. Kemmer | She cooks a great fowl with a divine stuffing | (Fanny) Craddock; a DD in rok |
VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Rohan’s out: he made lots of big hits | (C. B.) Cochran; anag.; ref. R. Kanhai, cricketer |
VHC | J. R. Kirby | The French people, beginning to ebb, arose and united for him | (Georges) Clemenceau; le men + first letters & lit. |
VHC | A. D. Legge | Backwoodsman conditioned to trek | (Davy) Crockett; anag. |
VHC | H. W. Massingham | Feeling low pulse enlightened hospital nurse | Glumdalclitch; glum dal lit H; ref. Gulliver’s Travels |
VHC | C. G. Millin | Learned monarch, extraordinarily blue – reason: losing male heir | Beauclerc; anag. less son; nickname of Henry I |
VHC | C. J. Morse | Enticer’s victim? She was one | Lucrece; luree |
VHC | J. L. Moss | Marvellous mater – gossip about pater nearly all bunkum | (J. R.) Capablanca; pa bla(h) in ana; chess player |
VHC | F. E. Newlove | Henry invested in Algerian port; his young ladies had it all | (C. B.) Cochran; H in Oran |
VHC | H. R. Sanders | Shortly before I lean back, I look after the music | Cecilia; a I lie (rev.); patron saint of music |
VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Funny one with name: Half Hour King? | (Tony) Hancock; anag. of a n ho(ur) K, & lit.; ref. H.’s Half Hour |
VHC | C. C. D. Shute | Hey, what about this? A pair of spectacles, leg before. His cricket was a caution! | Pinocchio; pin + hi! in OO, Jiminy Cricket |
VHC | M. C. Souster | I worked in a circus ring, second to none | Coco; O o |
VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Brain-teaser; when confused, mutter ‘A drink!’ | Derrick Macnutt; anag.; real name of Ximenes |
VHC | G. A. Tomlinson | Enticement to leader from Etruria | Lucrece; lure + E, & lit. |
HCs in competition 200 awarded to: