Azed Competition No. 332 Azed Slip | ◀ 327 | 336 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332 | Aug 1978 | NUT-CASE | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Fruit with skin could be called bananas | nut case |
| Second | F. R. Palmer | ‘Silly-billy’ orders cut in proceeds from North Sea | anag. in anag. incl. N; ref. Denis Healey’s nickname and tax increase on oil revenues |
| Third | D. A. Ginger | ‘Give me the Moonlight’ – with this I can become wildly enthusiastic | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. lunacy and song |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | With sort of bend for going round, one acts strangely | anag. with U for O, & lit. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Natural use can’t abuse | anag.; natural n. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Cake with fruit on the outside | nut + case; cake = madcap |
| VHC | M. Coates | That to which crackers may be applied | double mng. |
| VHC | Mrs S. J. Dodwell | Hatter maybe, or hat | i.e. nut case |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | What is cracked skin or chap? | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Covering for a seed cake | nut case |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Head needs examination – one has to be put inside | nut + a in CSE, & lit. |
| VHC | A. H. Harker | He’s a silly partner to bolt before court action | nut + case |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Hat or Hatter – perhaps | i.e. nut case |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Fruit covering cake | nut case |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | The hatter or the hat? | i.e. nut case |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | ENSA cut rude part of Crazy Gang | anag.; ref. WW2 era comedy team |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Zanies act unconventionally – I, standing on my head, am among that lot | hidden rev., & lit. |
| VHC | B. P. Jones | Block that’s screwed on – exemplary instance? Hardly, where he’s concerned! | nut case |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Where pie may be inferior to fruit cake | nut + case; pie2, i.e. printer’s case |
| VHC | C. Loving | Butterfly perhaps over Pinkerton affair? | nut + case, & lit.; ref. Madame B., b.-nut |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Whereon ‘crackers’ might be used with justification | double mng. |
| VHC | P. G. O’Gorman | Nero’s principal Latin as example | N ut case, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Unseat Conservative in landslide? Quintin thinks only I’d do that! | anag. incl. C; ref. Q. Hogg’s ‘bankers’ speech |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | In Chancery, can’t sue | anag. & lit.; in chancery = in litigation, predicament |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Hat or hatter? | i.e. nut case |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Who’s a natural one to make a head covering? A hatter perhaps? | nut case, 2 defs. |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Can’t use potty? Must be cracked! | anag. |
HCs in competition 332 awarded to: