Azed Competition No. 388 Azed Slip | ◀ 384 | 393 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388 | Sep 1979 | ALEXIPHARMIC | normal | 28 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Palmer | With this elixir a chap gets restored having swallowed a bit of monkswood | m in anag., & lit. |
| Second | D. P. M. Michael | Answer to unknown quantity in a phial – crime thwarted? | x in anag., & lit. |
| Third | Mrs E. J. Shields | With this admitted freely one might follow Mithridatic example A.D. | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. King M. V of Pontus d. by poisoning |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | What is lexical I hamper – resort to me for that | comp. anag. & lit.; re-sort |
| VHC | D. R. Armitage | Maybe draught, one with power against bane, taken in to cut off poison | ale + I P harm in (to)xic, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. K. Aronson | Drink unknown quantity of Harpic? I’m a mixture you’ll need | ale x + anag., & lit.; brand of bleach |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | Such trivets did rightly make placid Mithridates VI, Rex | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. King M. of Pontus, father d. by poisoning |
| VHC | M. J. Ball | There’s mischief in a law I choose incompletely preventing poisoning | harm in a lex I pic(k) |
| VHC | Mrs F. Blanchard | Elixir a champ needed when nobbled | anag. |
| VHC | Miss N. M. Brown | Rash pa, I exclaim frantically, not arsenic! Counteract its effects with this | anag. less As. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | The unknown quantity in devious crime – a phial. Poison container? | x in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | Chemist’s answer to drug problem? ‘Funnily enough, I mix chap ale with a dash of rum’ | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Elixir a chap needed when mad enough to hold mamba’s head | anag. incl. m |
| VHC | R. A. England | Bitter kernel of toxin I mostly remove without damage | ale x + harm in I pic(k) |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Sandy has one arm restricted by a jagged chip – needing a jag of this? | Alex(ander) I + arm in anag. |
| VHC | J. P. H. Hirst | One’s after the answer to something with power to injure one, in Guinness perhaps | x + I + P harm I, all in Alec, & lit.; ref. actor |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Beverage to cap Harpic mix drunk? | ale + anag., & lit.; brand of bleach |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | India pale, perhaps, at first – then team cheer up in after-lunch period, getting 99 against venomous attack | ale XI + rah (rev.) in p.m. + IC |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | Brew Eleven and Harp drunk, then half a Mickey – antidote needed | ale XI + anag. + Mic(key); beer brands |
| VHC | C. Loving | Murder a la Crippen? Mix he kept away from jug! | anag. less pen, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | What’s your poison? I’m anti that ‘unreal’ Harp! I exclaim | anag.; beer brand |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | With this, a brew of ilex has little power to hurt one, see | a + anag. + P harm I c |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Sandy hair flying conceals P.M. in charge of counter-measures against snakes | Alex + anag. incl. P + M i/c |
| VHC | M. Postlethwaite | Mithridatic mixer a caliph concocted | anag.; ref. King M. V of Pontus d. by poisoning |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | It reaches those parts that need reviving. ‘Harp!’ I exclaim, wrongly | anag.; ref. beer brand and Heineken ads |
| VHC | B. F. Russell | Baffling poison: broken phial complicates crime with ax | anag. |
| VHC | P. J. Woods | For a toxic arm I help – turn to me | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Poisoning cure – to mix a phial get this out | comp. anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 388 awarded to: