Azed Competition No. 2118 Azed Slip | ◀ 2116 | 2122 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2118 | Jan 2013 | BLOKEISH | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Like mixing with the boys, rugged yet outgoing | anag. less anag., & lit. |
| Second | J. C. Leyland | If ——, leaders of synod poo-poo changes like female bishops | comp. anag. incl. s, p, f, & lit. |
| Third | W. Drever | I’m this when boisterous, like ‘himbos’ | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. D. Anderson | Typically male, he likes mingling with the boys, yet he’s somehow liberated | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | D. K. Arnott | Rather coarse, certainly not suitable for everyone | bluish with oke for U, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | ‘… Nothing Like a Dame’? Snatch of Hammerstein (Oscar) bass likes performing | anag. incl. H, O, b; ref. ‘South Pacific’ song |
| VHC | M. Freeman | Bilko? He’s crafty being pally with the men | anag.; ref. former Phil Silvers TV series |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Hot boys, expressing yen, like Nuts – being so? | anag. incl. H less y; ref. popular lad mag |
| VHC | P. Halse | Sporty student OK for university? One starts to see him as one of the lads | blue with OK for u + I + first letters |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Slightly vulgar, non-U but OK, most suitable for stag nights | blueish with OK for U |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Comradely Bolshevik after revolution doffs cap to Vladimir | anag. less V; ref. Lenin |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Like boys exuding heart who hobnob without women? | anag. incl. b(oy)s less w, & lit.; hobnob = at random |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Familiar slip containing what’s foremost in logodaedaly? Certainly | l oke in bish; ref. AZ slip |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | A bit of kindness gets ‘bolshie’ turning round to become ‘matey’ | k in anag. |
| VHC | R. A. Norton | Laddish prelate has work cut out circumventing restrictive passage | loke in bish(op) |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | For this sort there’s bosh like Nuts | anag. & lit.; ref. magazine |
| VHC | W. Ransome | Cultivated, so like highbrow at heart? No, the opposite | anag. incl. hb |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | How like bachelor riffling Sun for glimpse of whoppers | anag. incl. b, with S for w, & lit.; ref. page three girls |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Crafty Bilko, he’s in with the men | anag.; ref. Phil Silvers TV series |
| VHC | Mrs A. M. Walden | A bit gross, lacking a touch of urbanity? That’s about right | OK in bl(u)eish, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Like leading characters in heroic Boy’s Own stories, possibly | anag. incl. first letters, & lit.; ref. former boys’ magazine ‘Boy’s Own Paper’ |
HCs in competition 2118 awarded to: