Azed Competition No. 375 Azed Slip | ◀ 371 | 379 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | Jun 1979 | SPREATHE | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | To chap ’ee wi’ t’ sharp wind | anag.; wind = twist |
| Second | R. J. Hooper | ‘Asperate’ gives one this, not ‘aspirate’, silly! | i.e. anag. incl. H less a, & lit. |
| Third | F. R. Palmer | What sun and wind will make you (get out west for a bit of patois!) | s + wreathe with p for w, & lit. |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | Get into rough from the tee and par’s hard, you’ll find | anag. incl. h; rough n. = rough state |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | There’s Pa with a switch; rough for some! | anag.; rough v. |
| VHC | W. Barrow | Chap, broadcaster, translating the German to English | spreader with the for der |
| VHC | D. P. Chappell | Cornish chap must have yen for well cooked pasty here | anag. less y |
| VHC | Mrs D. Colley | A hepster is incorrect term for ‘country’ chap | anag.; ref. country music |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | Chap starts to sweat and pants. Heater requires adjustment | s p + anag. |
| VHC | Dr J. F. Grimshaw | Local chap spelling for bee in whisper | breathe with sp. for b |
| VHC | G. B. Higgins | Blown peter has chap in Dartmoor | anag. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Somerset chap? Arguably, he set par for puzzling | anag.; ref. Ximenes’s middle name |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | What can thicky icy blast do? Rasp thee cruelly | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Chap in Devon? Rapt, he burst out with: ‘End of bowls first; Spain afterwards!’ | s + anag. + E; ref. Sir F. Drake at Plymouth |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | What a petersham inside out might do? | anag. of (a) petersha(m), & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Chap with no children has not begun to live | s.p. + (b)reathe |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Hideous past and here is chap en route for Dartmoor | anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Somerset chap? That’s me disguised with abbreviated smock | comp. anag. incl. smoc(k) |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Pier that is cast in sea by the rough south-westerly | p(i.e.)r in sea + the |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Chap from Devon mixed with dissolute company in Thorpe case | comp. anag. incl. co.; ref. Jeremy T., Norman Scott |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | What’ll do this? The asper winds | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Miss I. M. Raab | Thee’ll ’ave ter wraxle wi’ rasp ter doen thicky | anag. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Make rash – with pee around tot’s rear? | t in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Chap, if nursing broken cuit, needs therapeutics badly | comp. anag. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | With outlying villages neglected, Dorset, perhaps, cut up rough | anag. less dorps |
HCs in competition 375 awarded to: