Azed Competition No. 300 Azed Slip | ◀ 298 | 301 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Xmas 1977 | SLINK-BUTCHER | normal | 28 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | B. Greer | He offers terrible chunks without hesitation in a shambles | anag. less er, & lit. |
| Second | C. J. and R. S. Morse | Club thinks afresh about back – he doesn’t mind what calves he hacks! | anag. + re (rev.) |
| Third | A. Naysmith | His joints might even make the curs blink | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs A. R. Bradford | One quick to unload tough innards? | butch in slinker, & lit.; slink = miscarry |
| VHC | M. A. Cooper | What’s my line? Product of keb, mortling and such – but not mog! | anag. less mog, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Dean | Having bastard child put to death, my flesh is crawling! | slink butcher |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | What kitchen tables might I supply with meat? Rum ones! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | B. Franco | Think clue’s b—— awful? Right! I must resort to slips to deliver the goods | anag. + r; slips = acts of slipping |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Somehow he is from the sick runts able to make eats | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Sqn Ldr A. J. Holdstock | Dealer in calfskin slipper with tough lining | butch in slinker, & lit. |
| VHC | S. Holgate | He cashes in on early fallers, but after slip ’chaser loses heart | slink + but + ch(as)er |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | His seasonable offering may cause complaint: awkward b——, cluers think! | anag.; s = to be seasoned |
| VHC | Mrs N. Jarman | Jogging club’s rethink, a chopper for undeveloped calves | anag. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | I’m in luck, – berth’s free! Lousy joint? I’ll sink my hook in it anyway! | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | He’ll make sick stirk be lunch for us | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. Laxton | Sound quality’s lacking in his scales – he’d make e.g. Bluthner sick | anag. |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Sirloin’s capital joint, but dear au charcutier: don’t buy from him! | S link but cher |
| VHC | C. Loving | I saw a measly hand that’d make Culbertson, I think, pass on it! | anag. less on it; ref. bridge writer |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | ‘You wouldn’t like my meat’, blurts chicken to cook, but its head’s chopped off | anag. less c |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Mincemeat from him could make us blink and retch | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | With meat beginning to hum I can provide for cooking at humbler kitchens | comp. anag. incl. h, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | A —— could make lunch time be a risk | comp. anag. incl. t, & lit. |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | Loins cut from stillborn kine – such I might provide | anag. less loins, & lit. |
| VHC | E. G. Riley | Kirtles bunch artfully, calves appearing forwardly? Just my meat | anag. |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | He may push ham when bad cast prematurely spoil show | slink butcher |
| VHC | J. Webster | Some disorder may supply the ends of lamb he trucks in | anag. incl. l, b, & lit. |
| VHC | C. E. Williams | Chewing his wares could make us blink and retch | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Schubert’s left unfinished in his pieces one gaining from a premature end | link(s) in anag.; ref. Unfinished Symphony; links (Ger.) = left |
HCs in competition 300 awarded to: