Azed Competition No. 323 Azed Slip | ◀ 319 | 327 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323 | Jun 1978 | (C)U(C)KOO | Letters Latent | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Loving | What’s gouk on flying awa’ frae the Borders? | anag. of (g)ouk o(n), & lit. |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Cup licking for Scots – midfield selection daft | middle letters; ref. World Cup |
| Third | T. E. Sanders | Call being sent out from a gouk we as Scots say | (go)uk + oo2, & lit. |
| VHC | E. Akenhead | One of those singing their hearts out from our sky for joy | middle letters; cf. Wordsworth’s ‘To the Cuckoo’ |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | A proper fool, a bit wanting | U koo(k), & lit. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Putting our country first, the first of our opening bats | UK + initial letters |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | Some bird! Classy – a real stunner, what! | U KO O! |
| VHC | R. Cullinane | Hardy agreed with him about the weather this country loves | UK 0 0; ‘This is the weather cuckoos love – And so do I.’ |
| VHC | F. E. Dixon | Look up, not all there; look up: not all there | hidden rev. |
| VHC | B. Franco | Look up skyward. See it there? | hidden rev., & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Look up! What do you see there, ascending? It’s not the lark, silly | hidden rev.; ref. G. Meredith |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Bats 1 and 3 are out of luck getting ducks | (l)u(c)k + 0 0 |
| VHC | A. H. Harker | Bird you rarely see even parts of but know of | alternate letters |
| VHC | P. Holtby | Britain ducks the issue of immigrant fostering | UK 0 0 |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Take a look up: you could see me soaring in a high place | i.e. rev. in alp, & lit. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Type of usurper, primarily – also kind of oaf | initial letters & lit.; type = lettering |
| VHC | W. F. Main | Rough makes Rioch shout: ‘Find the centres, fool!’ | middle letters; ref. Alan Rough, Bruce Rioch, Scottish football |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | One unwanted by another bird with eggs? | (a)uk + O O, & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Unionist on strike, we hear – NUT? | U + ‘coup’ |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Bird, not one to sit on eggs | (a)uk + O O, & lit. |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Look up skywards – you might see me there | hidden rev., & lit. |
| VHC | J. B. O’Kane | Look up! there – hanging upside-down! Bats! | hidden rev. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Subject of letters in the paper of Top People, eccentric mostly | U koo(k); ref. ‘first cuckoo’ correspondence in The Times |
| VHC | G. S. Prentice | Bird – upper class circle admits stunner | KO in U O |
| VHC | H. L. Rhodes | Bats hook up, overturning what the wings enfold | hidden rev. |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Bird ejecting a different one’s eggs | (a)uk + 0 0, & lit.; i.e. duck’s eggs |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Bird’s call we hear after letter related to Top People? | U + ‘coo’, & lit.; ref. ‘first cuckoo’ correspondence in The Times |
HCs in competition 323 awarded to: