Azed Competition No. 366 Azed Slip | ◀ 362 | 371 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | Apr 1979 | MONKEY-SHINE | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | Hokes in NY me? Perhaps – when respelt! | anag. & lit.; i.e. hoax |
| Second | W. K. M. Slimmings | Boston’s semi-grand tea party … is it done to have a mug? | monkey shine; i.e. $500; have = deceive |
| Third | M. D. Laws | If it’s played, one may put Yank on and see him forgetting 1st of April! | anag. less A, & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Fools forgetting first, mostly backward, get taken in by me | (d)onkeys hin(d) in me, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | First of month, stupid! – penny drops – instruction to produce light is a trick! | m + (d)onkey + shine!; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Trick played on me, I think: yes, and it’s come off! | anag. less it |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | The roguish trick meant one noticing, initially, the bit inserted ‘… to furnish light’ | first letters + key + shine; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | M. Coates | Jonathan’s bamboozling is nonsense about clue, nothing less | key in mo(0)nshine; J. = American and AZ’s first name |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Trick solution hidden in nonsense – nothing less | key in mo(o)nshine |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Mess about with initial letters of sixteen horizontals indicating nothing eventually? It must be a hoax! | monkey + initial letters; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | One of the antics Jimmy Carter’s kind of nuts do | monkey shine; ref. J. C.’s peanut (monkey nut) farm; do = party |
| VHC | B. Greer | Azed’s involves nothing short of nonsense about set of answers | key in mo(0)nshine, & lit.; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | Dr J. F. Grimshaw | First of month? Forgetting day, fool starts to shuffle his initials – never expecting mischievous trick! | m +(d)onkey + initial letters; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | A dark blotch – swarm’s in sight, making hum | monk + shin in eye; swarm2, hum2 |
| VHC | C. W. Laxton | Imp’s work, making holy man brood about a bit of leg | monk + shin in eye2 |
| VHC | P. Machin | Shy ink, and one is involved in me | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Taking one in, initially, it could be all that malarky about a light | key in moonshine less o(ne), & lit.; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Gee, this makes a good rag for wax polish | monkey shine; monkey, wax = anger; gee4 |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | O my! Shin and knee dislocated by pulling of leg | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | Prank perhaps to have fool on | monkey + shine, & lit.; shine, prank = make great show |
| VHC | Mrs B. Simmonds | What precedes some other puzzles to shed light is a hoax here | monkey shine; i.e. monkey puzzle trees; ref. preamble |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | It must envisage some kind of butt to be a success | monkey shine; monkey, butt, liquor vessels |
| VHC | G. R. Webb | What tomfoolery is Azed up to? Nothing less than nonsense involving the clue | key in mo(0)nshine; ref. puzzle |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | What provides a big hit, with dash? Jonathan’s jest! | monkey + shine; J. = American and AZ’s first name |
HCs in competition 366 awarded to: