Clues from Azed Competition 362

Azed Competition No. 362 Azed Slip | ◀ 358 | 366 ▶ | Other competitions |

No.	Date	Clue word	Clue type	Clues
362	Mar 1979	SEA-SOLDIER	normal	28

Award	Clue writer	Clue	Explanation
First	F. P. N. Lake	Do liars see fool in me?	anag. & lit.; “Tell it to the marines”
Second	C. Allen Baker	I’m jolly well disciplined: I do what’s said – or else	anag.
Third	C. J. Morse	I’m jolly worn out, society slacker admits	old in S easier
VHC	Mrs A. R. Bradford	I’ll be needed in the main to combine two units	I in sea solder, & lit.
VHC	M. Coates	Blue, an alternative to red and white (for workers), is jolly	sea soldier; ref. types of ant
VHC	Mrs D. Colley	’E’s a giddy harumfrodite, an’ ’e’s giddy Rose’s ideal	anag.; ref. Kipling, ‘Seven Seas’: “soldier an’ sailor too”
VHC	A. J. Crow	Is Lear (Ed.) so funny? Jolly!	anag.
VHC	J. H. Dingwall	Ideal to be lost to sight amid rambler roses? ’Twould be jolly!	anag.
VHC	J. D. Foster	Jolly boating? Water’s spiffing – head off from the jetty	sea’s old + (p)ier; old = wonderful
VHC	B. Franco	Does ’e sail when mobilised? Right!	anag. + r, & lit.
VHC	S. Goldie	Mer-man? See this one slide ashore with craft, not with fish’s tail	sea soldier, anag. less h, & lit.
VHC	I. F. Haines	Marine water gets ranker	sea + soldier
VHC	Mrs R. Herbert	Sea-lord! Is ’e drunk? No, just jolly	anag.
VHC	D. J. Macleod	Fighting tar and water amidships with red oil everywhere!	ea in SS + anag.
VHC	H. W. Massingham	Oils mixed with reseda – what Old Masters called green?	anag.; shipmasters; green = inexperienced etc.
VHC	M. Metcalf	Sailor? See him with foot on land in the wars	anag. of sailor see d, & lit.
VHC	N. O’Neill	Eros, ladies? Giddy harumfrodite!	anag.; ref. Kipling, ‘Seven Seas’
VHC	F. R. Palmer	Who’s easier fooled, tricked, taken in? You can tell his lot anything	sold in anag.; “Tell it to the marines”
VHC	R. J. Palmer	Who could be easier to have made to believe something, being taken in?	sold in anag., & lit.; “Tell it to the marines”
VHC	R. F. Pardoe	Pseudo sailor, see, with the heart of a swaddy	anag. incl. d, & lit.
VHC	L. Paton	One of old Prince of Denmark’s swell fantastic Lords, that is	sea + anag. incl. i.e.; P. of D.’s regiment early equivalent of R.M.
VHC	W. H. Pegram	What makes one jolly? Light ale does sir!	anag.
VHC	W. Rodgers	Sir, ale does make one jolly, if properly brewed	anag.
VHC	W. K. M. Slimmings	I’m jolly well tricked – i.e. taken in by catch. (A swell red herring.)	sold i.e. in sear
VHC	A. J. Spencer	Both Tommy and Jack as orderlies lacking heart for promotion	anag. less o
VHC	Mrs W. M. Sunney	Reputedly credulous serviceman sailors deem no end lubberly	anag. less m; “Tell it to the marines”
VHC	D. H. Tompsett	Whose indication might be the blue ensign?	sea soldier, & lit.
VHC	Mrs J. W. Welford	Do sails ever unsettle him around start of voyage?	anag. less v, & lit.

HCs in competition 362 awarded to:

Rev R. Bamford	C. R. Gumbrell	J. P. Lester	T. E. Sanders
Rev C. M. Broun	P. F. Henderson	P. Machin	W. J. M. Scotland
J. M. Brown	S. Holgate	W. F. Main	Mrs E. J. Shields
E. J. Burge	R. J. Hooper	C. G. Millin	Mrs B. Simmonds
R. S. Caffyn	E. M. Hornby	T. J. Moorey	E. W. Steel
Mrs M. J. Cansfield	J. G. Hull	H. B. Morton	F. B. Stubbs
E. Chalkley	M. Humpage	F. E. Newlove	L. E. Thomas
Mrs M. P. Craine	B. K. Kelly	P. Nicolson	R. Vanlangen
R. V. Dearden	P. M. Kelly	B. A. Pike	N. W. Ward
A. L. Dennis	N. Kemmer	M. Postlethwaite	A. J. Wardrop
D. M. Duckworth	M. Kissen	K. Reed	Dr R. L. Wynne
R. P. C. Forman	Dr D. R. Laney	A. Renwick
I. Gilmore	M. D. Laws	Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley
A. Golds	A. D. Legge	L. G. D. Sanders