Azed Competition No. 229 Azed Slip | ◀ 225 | 234 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | Aug 1976 | METRICATE | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. O. Butcher | To me losing inches is far from simple: we must, if we must | me + (in)tricate |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Switch to Olympic distances satisfied – i.e. track shortened and remade | met + anag. less k |
| Third | D. F. Manley | Make English treat 1 cm as new unit? | anag. + E, I, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | To base one’s workings on X can get one in a list of merit, etc. | a in anag.; X = ten, Ximenes; list4 |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | Convert to cm, litre et al. but not to pounds | anag. less to l, l & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | What we must do to lose inches? That for me becomes difficult | me + (in)tricate |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | Re mile; act this way, with it having to end up as a kilometre | anag. incl. m with final e, & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Order mile to be in French (one badly drafted Act involved) | anag. in m être, & lit. |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | To convert the acres into hectares, I must have the tractor in the yard converted | I cat in metre |
| VHC | B. Franco | Change system for one abolishing bob? I react wildly | met(hod) + anag. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Get rid of unwanted inches; set a limit to fat meat and rice | anag. incl. (fa)t; set = arrange |
| VHC | D. Hawson | Carte: item given in order to get feet under French table | anag. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | How to standardise EEC Mart? It’s chaotic | anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Start to mimic the French and heartlessly insist acre is abandoned | m + et + anag. incl. i, t, & lit. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | —— and make every transaction really involved, causing all to err initially | initial letters & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Impose some outlandish measure about one foregoing ounce, for example | I cat in metre, & lit.; forego, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Change the system. Following Monsieur, create it anew | M. + anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Get rid of pounds? Tea-time’s out and beginnings of calorie regulation are in! | anag. incl. c r |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | To bring in new measures, Foot etc. going for irregular act re time | anag.; ref. Michael F., guillotine bills |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Create a lot of time for change then scrap Imperialism? | anag. incl. tim(e); i.e. Imperial measures |
| VHC | D. C. Pleece | Go dotty – bound to involve confusion of semi-articulate | anag. of artic(ulate) in mete, & lit.; dot = decimal point |
| VHC | H. L. Rhodes | Cite a term contrived to convert the acres to hectares | anag. |
| VHC | A. Rivlin | Create introductions of measurements in tenths for a change | anag. incl. m i t, & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | In team game, English nearly all cheat: surely that’s ‘to cast stones etc. …’? | E tric(k) in anag.; game = crippled |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Tartar emetic (salt is out) drunk to get rid of the stone, perhaps | anag. less tar |
| VHC | P. C. Thornton | I act drastically in matter of feet – abolish them completely | anag. in metre |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Base answer around ten, and you’ll have ‘mile’ to remove, perhaps | m + e(X)tricate, & lit. |
HCs in competition 229 awarded to: