Azed Competition No. 247 Azed Slip | ◀ 243 | 249 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | Dec 1976 | FLIVVER | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. Kirby | Is a battered rifle loaded with caps of Victorian vintage an ‘old banger’? | Vv in anag. |
| Second | Rev C. M. Broun | Noisy and liable to blow up, with little speed in it? Right! | f + v in live + r, & lit.; v = velocity |
| Third | Mrs E. Allen | This is a flop – not half! No good comes from revving up | fl(op) + revvi(ng) (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Plane in which the onset of repeated vibration is inevitable | v, v in flier, & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | No dice could be made to show 2 fives in quick train | V V in flier; n. d. = failure |
| VHC | G. B. Greer | Jerry Ford’s failure? | 2 mngs.; i.e. jerry-built; ref. Gerald F. and carmaker |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Patriotic gestures in the pilot’s mess | V, V in flier; ref. V signs |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | In this an airman might carry ten, if split into two parties | V V in flier, & lit; 10 = V + V |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Dud would need added range, I suspect, to compose ‘Fringe’ revival | comp. anag.; suspect adj.; ref. Dudley Moore, ‘Beyond the Fringe’ |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | It’s comparatively slow on the road – very, very fast in an express train | v v in flier; fast = fixed |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | What makes female enjoy life, having bottom pinched? Very short mini perhaps | f liv(e) ver(y); Mini car |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | Flop viva dropping vowels in flutter | v(i)v(a) in flier; flutter = gamble |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | I’ve almost knocked over Vicar following female learner’s tin Lizzie | f L + I’v(e) + Rev (rev.) |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | ‘Floruit 4 & 5 Qu. Eliz.’ might describe Morris Minor | Fl. IV V ER |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Flipping kite’s a flop! | 2 mngs.; kite = aircraft |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What a gamble holding a pair of fives could be? | V V in flier, & lit.; ref. poker |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Little volume and very little of value in an airman’s this! | v v in flier, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | Robin illustrates it aptly – even without verses inside | v, v in flier, & lit.; ref. Reliant R.; misleading ref. to Xmas card |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | The character leading visibly twice in an unfair start is a flop | v v in flier |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | For a banger about five foot long I’ve a short recipe | V in f l I’ve + r |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Maybe its pilot is stuck with signs of derision? | V, V in flier, & lit.; i.e. V signs |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | See five in a Tiger Moth, perhaps – that’s as much as this can take | v V in flier, & lit. |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | A twopenny runabout requires £5 ÷ 5 ÷ 50 | L and V in fiver; sum gives 2p |
| VHC | P. J. Woods | Airborne one’ll have limited velocities | v, v in flier, & lit. |
HCs in competition 247 awarded to: