Azed Competition No. 249 Azed Slip | ◀ 247 | 250 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249 | Xmas 1976 | RUDOLPH THE REINDEER | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. B. Sweeting | I draw the red Noel rider – hup! | anag. & lit; draw = pull away |
| Second | W. H. Pegram | Tined helper our herd teased? | anag. & lit. |
| Third | A. J. K. Moult | Dancer’s company’s leading light tumbled on derrière – thud! Help! | anag.; D., one of Santa’s reindeer |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | At the present time he draws helter-skelter the open hurdle rider | anag. |
| VHC | R. M. A. Bourne | Naughty nude let heir prod her; perhaps he’d a seasonal ‘thing’ for her behind | anag.; Santa’s sleigh |
| VHC | D. A. H. Byatt | Dancer’s florid partner helped to ruin her tailor-made | anag.; D, one of Santa’s reindeer |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | No ruddier helper there is in a fog | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | There’s an animal of the Northern sky about, with redness always round | there in dolphin in rud e’er, & lit.; ref. Delphinus |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | As Blitzen, for instance, might say: ‘He lent our herd pride’ (with a bit of a shine) | anag.; shine = polish; B, one of Santa’s reindeer |
| VHC | B. Franco | Eh? Red under lip? Rot! He is quite different | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Free | Hero, he lit up redder’n stove | anag. & lit.; stove2 |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | He draws Santa Claus in red, entwined with the hurdle rope | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Red, he led per horrid tune | anag. & lit.; red = put in order |
| VHC | G. B. Greer | Character making Noel hit – he’d pure red conk? Right | anag.; conk = break down |
| VHC | H. Hancock | Strangely red-hued and leptorrhine, he’s the brightest member in the team | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Christmas song character in need ; ‘Hither, Page!’ louder ordered king | anag. incl. p + R; ref. Wenceslas |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Effulgent his hooter, lit red, hereupon herd chuckle | anag.; chuckle adj. |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | ‘Pride o’ the herd’ unreal but for a feverish child’s Christmas fantasy? | anag. less a |
| VHC | C. Loving | Red lit nose in the herd or up flying? Maybe it’s on ——! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | With nose of red, hurried to render help in a fog | r + anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | The peril under Herod spoilt Christmas’s friendly character for children | anag.; ref. slaughter of the innocents |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Stag party in the air? Office boss besieged by Deirdre, Ruth, Helen and little Penny, all furious | o in anag. incl. p; party = individual |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Presents he helped rider to run all over the place | anag. & lit.; presents, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Originally butt of mean herd, hero with red end of nose lit up | anag. incl. n, & lit.; originally = innovatively |
| VHC | D. B. Williams | Case of rhinitis? Dr. hurried – telephone out of order | anag. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | In fog, he erred? No, lit up herd! | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 249 awarded to: