Clues from Azed Competition 384

Azed Competition No. 384 Azed Slip | ◀ 379 | 388 ▶ | Other competitions |

No.	Date	Clue word	Clue type	Clues
384	Aug 1979	OUTSPREADING	normal	29

Award	Clue writer	Clue	Explanation
First	Dr E. Young	As girt done up loosely?	anag. & lit.
Second	R. J. Palmer	Puts a girdle on tight – must shed pounds – if figure’s this?	anag. less L; tight = drunk
Third	S. Goldie	How the Empress kept her figure, doing rambles round rough pasture	anag. in anag.; ref. Wodehouse’s E. of Blandings
VHC	C. Allen Baker	Getting fat? That’s duff or spud-eating	anag.; duff adj.
VHC	F. D. H. Atkinson	Characteristic of middle age – can lead to stupor in aged	anag.
VHC	M. Barnes	Sickly pseudo-grin at appearance of famous chestnut	anag.; ref. Longfellow: “Under the spreading c. tree”
VHC	J. M. Brown	Like antlers, in proud English stag, extravagantly displayed	anag. incl. E
VHC	Mrs M. J. Cansfield	Various points argued in broadcast	anag.
VHC	A. J. Crow	I’m bulging – bit of paunch – on diet – sugar’s out	anag. incl. p
VHC	A. L. Dennis	Eating spuds or putting away seconds possibly produces this sort of figure	anag. less s
VHC	N. C. Dexter	Like an old chestnut or aged pun – it’s corny	anag.; ref. Longfellow: “Under the spreading c. tree”; corny = tipsy
VHC	P. Drummond	Country rates and taxes 50% up with town sprawl	outs + (u)p + Reading; outs n. = payment of rates
VHC	E. A. Free	Extending our span with diet – adding bit of girth, that is?	anag. + g, & lit.
VHC	H. Hancock	Like a tree pigs eat round freely	anag.
VHC	J. A. Holden	Unfolding, airing, folding a bedcover	spread in outing
VHC	W. Islip	Big spanner’s feature does grip a nut awkwardly	anag.
VHC	D. F. Manley	Honey’s ——: is she pregnant do you fancy?	comp. anag. & lit.
VHC	D. P. M. Michael	Stretching the marge	double mng.; marge^1,2
VHC	C. G. Millin	Diet with the minimum of protein, and no sugar, reduces such a figure	anag. incl. p
VHC	T. J. Moorey	Growing adipose grunt horridly	anag.
VHC	C. J. Morse	Expanding pound’s a tiger let loose	anag.
VHC	D. A. Nicholls	Pound is great abroad: going even further	anag.
VHC	H. Rainger	Wrestling grip used to an increasing extent	anag.
VHC	H. L. Rhodes	That which is grandiose, put all over the place	anag. & lit.
VHC	D. R. Robinson	Welcoming arms are – having a guest drop in on the hop	anag.
VHC	Mrs E. J. Shields	Sound pair get runs – producing such a field?	anag.
VHC	B. D. Smith	Blow-out in the middle of a day trip? That’s just like a spare tyre!	spread in outing
VHC	Mrs J. Welford	This canopy needs well-hammered pegs around it	anag.
VHC	M. G. Wilson	Broadcast praise unto God without love? That can’t be right!	anag. less 0

HCs in competition 384 awarded to:

Dr K. W. Andrews	O. Greenwood	H. S. Mason	A. J. C. Saunders
A. Bottoms	B. Greer	R. G. Massey	Mrs J. Saunders
Mrs A. Boyes	A. A. J. Griffiths	H. W. Massingham	W. J. M. Scotland
Rev C. M. Broun	J. F. Grimshaw	L. May	Mrs J. Seville
E. J. Burge	A. Hall	A. J. McLean	S. B. Sidney
E. Chalkley	Mrs P. C. Hawker	J. J. Moore	F. B. Stubbs
M. Coates	E. M. Holroyd	R. S. Morse	J. G. Stubbs
Mrs D. M. Colley	R. J. Hooper	R. A. Mostyn	M. E. Ventham
L. J. Davenport	J. I. James	F. E. Newlove	S. B. Webb
R. Dean	Miss E. H. C. Jenkins	Dr J. D. Ogilvie	C. E. Williams
Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh	P. Jubb	L. W. G. Oxley	D. B. Williams
C. M. Draper	M. D. Laws	N. O’Neill	G. Willmott
O. M. Ellis	C. W. Laxton	F. R. Palmer	Dr L. Wynne
J. S. Fowlie	C. Loving	M. L. Perkins
F. D. Gardiner	Mrs S. M. Macpherson	A. Rivlin
M. Graham	A. E. Mann	T. E. Sanders