Azed Competition No. 379 Azed Slip | ◀ 375 | 384 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | Jul 1979 | SCYTHEMAN | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | The doddery can’t shy me! | anag. & lit.; ref. Old Father Time |
| Second | H. L. Rhodes | Death – metaphorically, that is to say – Thy Name is Awful | sc. + anag. |
| Third | J. W. Bates | Many’s the hundred odd he’s clocked up at Lord’s | anag. incl. C; ref. Father Time figure at Lord’s |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Possibly the originator of most hay scent | m + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Bulman | Haymaker – man’s techy swing | anag.; cricket delivery |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Old-timer at Lord’s? Many’s the century re-created | anag. incl. c; ref. Father Time figure at Lord’s |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | He diffuses hay scent with start of mowing | anag. incl. m, & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | What finished off big stand at Lord’s – a daisycutter? | 2 mngs.; ref. Father Time figure at Lord’s and cricket delivery |
| VHC | B. Franco | I eschew modern mowers. My, can these cut bent! | anag. incl. thes(e); bent2 = dry grass |
| VHC | M. Furman | E.g. Father Time? (Close analysis holds `Thyme’ wrongly spelt) | anag. in scan |
| VHC | E. H. Furnival | He does the mowing without hiring newfangled machinery things | anag. less hiring, & lit. |
| VHC | O. Greenwood | He disperses hay scent with the beginning of mowing | anag. incl. m, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Harrison | See me wielding my snathe round about | c. in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Grotty chem; nasty maths: I get exercise in them | anag.; math = mowing |
| VHC | Mrs N. Jarman | Millet, for example, has been known to come under my stay | double mng.; ref. J.-F. M., painter of agrarian scenes, and m. grass |
| VHC | B. K. Kelly | Old Father Time? Beginnings of new year celebrations seem to mean his end, alas, in confusion | anag. of first letters |
| VHC | C. Loving | Mechanist with latest in hay making? Not I! | anag. incl. y less I, & lit. |
| VHC | D. J. Macleod | Many hectares’ cutting are involved for him | anag. less are, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr R. A. Main | Father Time, or possibly Thyme in one reading | anag. in scan |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | A —— does a swing as any death comes | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | One who works in midst of newmown hay scent | anag. incl. m, & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. Shenkin | He coordinates many Techs – he’s responsible for maths | anag.; math = mowing |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | One to leave nasty machine abandoned in shed | anag. less a in, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Simmonds | In ghastly hymns etc. a symbol of mortality | anag. incl. m, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr G. A. Styles | Many acres are cut with the combined harvester | anag. less are |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Ask me out to lay in haystacks, men! | comp. anag. & lit.; lay in = get in supply of |
HCs in competition 379 awarded to: