Azed Competition No. 397 Azed Slip | ◀ 393 | 401 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | Nov 1979 | BIJOUTERIE | Misprints | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. R. Palmer | Refuse tips unacceptable – rising indignation over energy waste products? | paste: jib (rev.) + out + ire (rev.) + E |
| Second | A. Lawrie | Kings etc? Roughly their job is to rule us without hurt and loss | rings; anag. less hurt loss |
| Third | D. C. Williamson | Bricks thrown in jubilee riot missing sovereign | tricks; anag. less L |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Rickshaws start rolling up to one in the Far East | kickshaws; jib (rev.) + I in outer E |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | Kings, among other things, long to leave wild jubilee riot | anag. less l |
| VHC | D. P. Chappell | Milk up? Mac’s inclined to shudder clutching not quite ten bawbees | bawbles; jib2 (rev.) + te(n) in ourie |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | Sail up into the open lake for precious pisces | pieces; jib (rev.) + out Erie |
| VHC | Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | Duck à l’Ecosse almost consumed in one mouthful – recipe that’s for wee gums! | gems; jou(k) in bite + r + i.e. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Ile de France | ice; cryptic def.; ice = jewellery |
| VHC | M. G. Elliott | Small Gauls may get un jouet messily covered with fromage blanc | gauds; I + jouet (anag.) in Brie; jouet (Fr.) = toy |
| VHC | R. A. England | Joyeux: engagé dans joie et bruit sans fin | joyaux; anag. of joie et brui(t); joyaux (Fr.) = jewels |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Face up to bouncer and die headless, neckless, etc. | necklets; jib (rev.) + outer + (d)ie; outer = chucker-out |
| VHC | P. A. Hay | Face-lift is needed with exterior that is revealing poor-quality gums | gems; jib (rev.) + outer i.e. |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Surface covered by mounting refuse – in other words, trippery | frippery; outer in jib (rev.) i.e. |
| VHC | Dr R. A. Main | Today’s elegant social circle – present company excepted – babbles | baubles; today’s bijou coterie less today’s Co. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | One to carry around unfortunate Job in the womb? Name isn’t given – Jewess? | jewels; I in anag. + uteri(n)e; ref. Job, 3,10 |
| VHC | Rev M. R. Metcalf | Sail reverses, that is, round outside bends, etc. | beads; outer in jib (rev.) i.e. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Tourneyer losing heart, that is, after double gets cut and mounted | gems; bi- + jou(s)ter + i.e. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Maybe leads wild jubilee riot, having left fifty behind | beads; anag. less L |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | True, I get job – unfortunately that’s offering just bawbees | bawbles; anag. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Finely tempered jibe about ‘round bellies’ | finery; O uteri in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Refuse tipped in error on lake – waste products, possibly | paste; jib (rev.) + out + Erie |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Perhaps bungles shy in the wrong direction – a poor shot, that is | bangles; jib (rev.) + outer i.e. |
| VHC | E. R. Riddle | Waste collection? That’s the sequel to tipping refuse on an untidy route | paste; jib (rev.) + outer + i.e. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Turning shy in society before embracing one gets the doodahs | doodads; jib (rev.) + out + I in ere; out = in society |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Gets Unionist in Ireland to face undergoing revolutionary change | gems; U in Eire to jib (rev.) |
| VHC | M. G. Wilson | Face up to thoroughly weird headless bears for instance | beads; jib (rev.) + out + (e)erie |
HCs in competition 397 awarded to: