Azed Competition No. 404 Azed Slip | ◀ 401 | 406 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | Xmas 1979 | CANDLE-HOLDER | Spoonerisms | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. P. H. Hirst | To aim inside head of club and look sideways might help us sink our putts | in power cuts; hold in c and leer |
| Second | F. P. N. Lake | Elland Rd. echo surges – Leeds fight to a man – so does this supporter! | feeds light; anag.; so = thus |
| Third | C. J. & R. S. Morse | Light verser bound over for naughty Noel card’s contents | server; held (rev.) in anag. |
| VHC | R. Brain | Test bowler (West Indian) by artificial light – a bonce scarer | sconce-bearer; candle + Holder; ref. Vanburn H. |
| VHC | M. Coates | ‘Bear wax up’ appears. My function might be described | where ‘backs up’; double mng. |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Tin, old, held out, with hesitation – bummer’s ploy? | plumber’s boy; can + anag. + er |
| VHC | D. M. Devine | He incites brawl: aching head’ll drone terribly after onset of concussion | law-breaking; c + anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Lord C. healed struggle with Nkomo’s front: his work brings pax to the war | wax to the paw; anag. incl. N; ref. L. Carrington, Rhodesia talks |
| VHC | D. M. Duckworth | One who would burn lined tie each end. Droll? Extraordinary! | turn blind eye; anag. |
| VHC | S. P. Flitton | He carries fluttering game hen, corded, all agitated | guttering flame; anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Free | When abutting olden arch led to cave in | one abetting; anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Green | Who may burn a lined tie with firework in his hand? | turn a blind eye; 2 mngs.; i.e. Roman candle |
| VHC | S. Holgate | Test eggs on West Indian paceman who’s lacking bite | backing light; candle + Holder; ref. Vanburn H.; ’s = has |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Keeper can lead astray forward without a back swearing job is his | wax-bearing; can + anag. less a + holder |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Dip pen for a letter with bite | abettor with light; candle holder |
| VHC | J. R. H. Jones | Mummer’s plate, for instance, held back in discordant end carol | plumber’s mate; held (rev.) in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs M. Kissen | Produces hand-rolled cigarette – no filling – bally packer! | pally backer; anag. incl. c, e |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | One with wit lacks a bit of creativity – he’s brought back in quirk of droll dean | lit wax; c + he (rev.) in anag.; ref AZ’s re-use of old themes |
| VHC | L. E. Lodge | A tight lender, not so keen about one caught in arrears | light-tender; an + held (rev.) in colder |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Born into rough old cradle, He? I’d have been brought by sight to knee | night to see; n. in anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | He gave Leeds men bite, making Elland Rd. echo | bedesmen light; anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | A mummers’ plate, perhaps, recalling former times – a tin receptacle passed round | plumber’s mate; eld (rev.) in can holder |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | One to think with left? He’ll be cooler, with greater age, about revolutionary thought | link with theft; held (rev.) in can older |
| VHC | Miss I. M. Raab | Melon’s fate – tinned, we hear, by the French farmer | felon’s mate; ‘canned’ + le + holder |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Melon’s fate – any left unfinished gets kept around in chiller | felon’s mate; an(y) + held (rev.) in colder |
| VHC | M. C. Souster | I’m reckoned to sing lieder. I’m less enthusiastic about arrangements of Handel | second to ringleader; anag. in colder |
| VHC | P. H. Taylor | Claim farrier might make and cheer old sorrel’s end | flame-carrier; anag. incl. l |
| VHC | G. R. Webb | Store held back by senior assistant – clearly not one to show a mass gain | gas main; can + held (rev.) + older |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | A kiss plumb on the mug is the reverse of restrained – more familiar | accomplice; can + held (rev.) + older |
HCs in competition 404 awarded to: