Azed Competition No. 221 Azed Slip | ◀ 216 | 225 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | Jun 1976 | PADDY-WHACK | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. E. Sanders | Ire-lander? | paddy whack, & lit.; lander = heavy blow |
| Second | M. Woolf | It’s madness to swipe – you’ll get a ruddy duck | paddy whack; r. d., meaning in OED |
| Third | D. F. Manley | What could get you l.b.w. for a ruddy duck?! | ‘paddy’ whack; i.e. pertaining to pad; r. d., meaning in OED |
| VHC | R. L. Baker | Likely Ballymena forward in a temper – try follows | paddy + whack |
| VHC | A. J. Bulman | After a couple of days in the money wallop makes Irishman high | d, d in pay + whack; wallop, high, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Strike of nurses? Minister may be entering into pay deal | DD in pay + whack |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | M’Ginty’s blow – result of someone getting his goat? | i.e. Paddy whack; ref. song |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | Take the mickey out of this large Irishman and you’ll get hit | i.e. paddy-whack less Paddy = whack |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | Rugby forwards gathering round a centre in middle – not clear why – evincing rage | (mi)dd(le) + anag., all in pack |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | A portion of soggy rice? What Nanny gave us if we wouldn’t eat it | i.e. paddy whack |
| VHC | W. Islip | Divine in pay strike. Hence saeva indignatio? | DD in pay + whack; ref. Swift, who refused pay for poiltical writings, and his epitaph |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Milk pudding in prospect? Blow on it, and you’ll get a slap from Nanny | paddy + whack |
| VHC | C. W. Laxton | Why Dad, perhaps, set about striking the child | anag. in pack |
| VHC | H. MacRae | Helping of rice, or what Mary Jane was perhaps given instead | i.e. paddy whack; ref. A. A. Milne, ‘Rice Pudding’ |
| VHC | Dr E. J. Miller | Why Dad popped inside The Hounds: hiding from Nanny ! | anag. in pack; popped = burst |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Take the mickey out of me and it’s a clout I’ll be giving you | i.e. paddy-whack less Paddy = whack |
| VHC | C. Oliver | What Mary Jane didn’t want, it seems – and what she deserved | i.e. paddy whack; ref. A. A. Milne: ‘Rice Pudding’ |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | It’s very private in Aberdeen – could be why Dad’s in Paisley? | anag. in pack3; Ian P. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | Having finished trifle, children sing this hit in nursery | i.e. ‘(knick-knack) paddy-whack’ |
| VHC | H. L. Rhodes | Nanny’s spanking tot’s behind softly – along of it setting on potty back to front | p + add + whacky with y to start; along of = alongside, on account of; setting on = employing, sitting on |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Paisley is one, a reverend, in his extremes, put with violence | a DD in P, y + whack, & lit.; Ian P. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | What tot – why so naughty? – may have in store | add + anag. all in pack, & lit. |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | Paisley’s pattern in which you could see red | i.e. Paddy whack; whack = manner; ref. Ian P. |
HCs in competition 221 awarded to: