Azed Competition No. 234 Azed Slip | ◀ 229 | 238 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234 | Sep 1976 | HOROSCOPIST | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr R. L. Wynne | I might read poor Scot his weird | anag. & lit. |
| Second | R. J. Whale | Perhaps one holding a ball in which Scorpio’s movements can be seen? | anag. in host, & lit. |
| Third | W. J. M. Scotland | Sort, initially, that can report on several interesting points of one’s house structure | anag. of first letters, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen | Give me a guinea and I will spell out useless house prognostics | anag. incl. Ho. less gn., & lit. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | I write lots the Observer has no room for. Pooh, cross it out | anag.; no horoscopes in Observer |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | One who would get excited about Scorpio’s changing form? | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | Heavenly bodies inspire me. Take care of torso and hips and model them for me | anag. incl. c/o |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | He might cast a nativity play with Scorpio in the role of innkeeper | anag. in host |
| VHC | Capt D. A. Craddock | A lucky press forecaster may make a scoop or hits! | anag. |
| VHC | R. Dean | In advance of the year I could make scoop history | anag. less y, & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Free | He hunts for romance among heavenly bodies. Coo, his sport is swinging | anag. |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | I’m Scorpio, flighty, needing a crowd around – according to him, perhaps | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | G. B. Greer | Person who’s involved with the zodiac – that’s the one chosen for cluing when Azed composed | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Prophet unproven possibly or is post hoc … his justification? | anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | One who may provide comfort to inspire a worried ‘Scorpio’ | anag. in host, & lit.; inspire = draw in |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | I predict reduced crops with it so hot – there’s no end of drought | anag. less t; ref. summer heatwave |
| VHC | T. A. Martin | Your past determines your future, he says – or ‘post hoc …’ is wrong | anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Whose work concerned planets before Scorpio unfortunately displaced Libra, and after | Holst with anag. for L; ref. Planets Suite |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | He forecasts trouble for Scorpio in the press | anag. in host; press = crowd |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Scorpio occulted by sun – I’d get excited about that | anag. + S in hot, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | One who would take you in about configuration of Scorpio? | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | One who has many a worried Scorpio at heart | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | I make predictions involving Scorpio in press | anag. in host |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Her trade is laying bare the shape of things to come. Soho Strip Co? – no, much different | anag. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Excited about Scorpios, is he? So must they be | anag. in hot, & lit. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | I offer one interpretation of Scorpio, amongst many | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | P. Thacker | Soothsayer can be prosaic without a sooth | anag. less a |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Man whose business is houses with signs, in which Scorpio’s involved, for one | anag. in host, & lit. |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | With crops so withered in heat, one should engage a diviner | I in anag. in hot; ref. summer heatwave |
HCs in competition 234 awarded to: