Azed Competition No. 243 Azed Slip | ◀ 238 | 247 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | Nov 1976 | OLYMPIC | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. G. Millin | We have such champions, nearly all on water and ice | o(n) lymp(h) ic(e), & lit. |
| Second | C. O. Butcher | So-called sports imply running in elevated company | anag. in Co. (rev.), & lit.; sports vb.; Mt. Olympus |
| Third | L. May | Having purest serum, unapproachable, never ending once | o(f) lymp(h), ic(y), & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Such a dedicated type, covering a mile, admits no limits | m in holy pica less h, a, & lit. |
| VHC | D. R. Appleton | Heavenly moly prepared Greek character before Circe’s onset | anag. + pi + C; ref. Odysseus; see moly in C. |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Airline sacks myopic pilot – ’op it, out, out! | comp. anag.; O. Airways |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | Moscow’s beginning to get involved in intricate policy – concerning such matters? | M in anag.; ref. next O. Games |
| VHC | D. M. Duckworth | Set up this variety of a torch in a certain way and the result will be polychromatic! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs W. Fearon | Metric unit introduced in new policy to do with running business | m in anag. |
| VHC | H. Hancock | X’s successor gets complimented half crazily for setting of contests | Y in anag. of compli(mented); X = Ximenes |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | At historic summit, Smith’s No. 2 is absorbed in reformulation of policy | m in anag.; ref. Ian S., Rhodesia talks |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Description of sacred mountain-top elite, knowing no limits? | (h)oly M pic(k), & lit. |
| VHC | C. Loving | Polychromic O’s seen fluttering could bring —— cheers soon | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Originally of land containing Pisa, its meaning shifted around end of century | y in anag. of initial letters, & lit.; ref. city of Peloponnese |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | A ruinous policy: Jim’s latest this year could be so described | m in anag.; ref. J. Callaghan and 1976 Olympics |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Such was the success of Fox – a change of policy ending in reform | anag. incl. m; ref. Jim F., gold medallist in Modern Pentathlon and George F., Quaker |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Monopoly (sic) might make this rating soon | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. proliferation of ‘Olympic’ events |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Of sport in which politics may become involved – its one defect | anag. less its a, & lit. |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | I comply with regulation A | anag.; A = amateur; ref. IOC regulation |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Concerning games there’s nothing an old dog needs to gather (almost) | 0 lym pic(k) |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Concerning leap-years? | double mng. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | Policy shifts encompassing ultimate in fascism; such events are anticipated in 1984 | m in anag. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | It’s uncommonly heavenly love … not quite the best ambience for a little devil, we hear | i.e. ‘limb’ in 0 pic(k) |
| VHC | R. L. Vincent | Myopic, crazy, about fifty – hardly the qualifications for this team! | L in anag. |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Out of bounds sacred mountain-top best described thus? | (h)oly m pic(k), & lit.; out of = without |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Such a committee should have a fixed policy about lead in medals | m in anag. |
HCs in competition 243 awarded to: