Azed Competition No. 406 Azed Slip | ◀ 404 | 410 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Jan 1980 | BOIL | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. J. Burge | McLaren’s a bit short about the round ball. Lancing object (rather sore)? | O in Bil(l); ref. Bill M., RU commentator and L. soccer school |
| Second | D. R. Robinson | Gathering steam | 2 mngs. |
| Third | C. Allen Baker | This upon the seat being doctored can give one unable to sit hope | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs E. Allen | Bursting this with pin’s no good – could lead to blood-poisoning | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Cook a bit of bubble and eliminate the squeak | b + oil |
| VHC | A. G. Bogie | End of Arab energy source – something that could matter a lot? | b + oil |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | What inflammatory matters may come to (or from) | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | R. Dean | Inflamed lump has its origins with nasty effiuvia from pores | BO + i l |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | Gum may get this; glue must | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | B. Franco | A raised lump? One must enter that here | I in lob (rev.) |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | Gathering storm | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | J. Gill | End of Arab fuel produces state of ferment | b + oil |
| VHC | B. Greer | I’ll be found amidst rising fish | I in lob (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | G. B. Higgins | Leads to bellowed ‘Ouch!’ if lanced | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Brouhaha just beginning over source of energy could erupt nastily | b + oil |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Leyland around turn of decade – ferment as liquidity decreases | 10 (rev.) in BL; ref. troubled carmaker |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | What trouter sees when fly almost has one caught | I in bol(t), & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | PM’s dwelling on the reverse in car company – it matters quite a lot | (No.) 10 (rev.) in BL; British Leyland |
| VHC | Dr R. G. Monk | One product of eruption. With storm possibly that of Stromboli | comp. anag. |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | It spells infinite suffering on man’s bottom | bo + il(l), & lit. |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | A gathering storm | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | A plague on the Egyptians, as law-giver’s spoken | ‘Boyle’; ref. Exodus 9, 941; Boyle’s Law |
| VHC | Mrs L. E. Pimlott | Disturbance created by Albion, having both wings sent off after foul | anag. less A, n |
| VHC | B. F. Russell | Most bitterness is about nothing, agitation on the surface | 0 in bil(e) |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | I should appear with rising fish around | I in lob (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Stromboli throwing much sulphur up activated eruption | anag. less mort S (rev.) |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | The Gathering Storm | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | W. Woodruff | Bubble gum one expands in the mouth | 2 mngs. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Boycott opens, well content to reach a hundred by degrees | B + oil; content of wells |
HCs in competition 406 awarded to: