Azed Competition No. 426 Azed Slip | ◀ 423 | 430 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 426 | Jun 1980 | MISL(E)ADING | Letters Latent | 33 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. J. M. Scotland | Naughty gals with mini skirts had little not showing clearly! | ’d in anag. |
| Second | E. A. Beaulah | Promising the unattainable left Midas frenzied because of touch of gold | anag. incl. l + in g |
| Third | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Seducing in a sports car is romance with a capital R | is Ladin in MG; i.e. Romance language |
| VHC | T. Anderson | Dim signal might be so construed | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Intelligence service gets faulty signal about the start of Doomsday, causing false alert? | MI + D in anag.; ref. Pentagon computer failures |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Signal with dim light could be | anag. & lit.; light = frivolous |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Taking up the garden path for ‘crazy’ conversion, man digs vestiges of lawn in | anag. incl. l i; ref. crazy paving |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Azed’s constant aim: bending infinitely agile minds | anag. incl. agil(e) |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Dim signal could be this | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. Dromey | What dim signal could be | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Is pulse rising at the bat in sports car causing distraction? | is dal (rev.) in in MG; bat = speed |
| VHC | B. Franco | Many such cases are bound to fail almost before a charge is entered | mis(s) lading; ref. A. P. Herbert’s ‘M. Cases’ |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | This claim ultimately discredits slimming ad | anag. less m, & lit. |
| VHC | R. B. Harling | Dim signal could be this | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Cryptic? See heartless Azed smiling deviously | anag. incl. A(ze)d |
| VHC | Mrs S. Hewitt | Is chap at home in sports car not to be trusted? | is lad in in MG |
| VHC | G. B. Higgins | Getting wires crossed, dials in M.G. read incorrectly | anag. |
| VHC | J. P. H. Hirst | Seducing in a sports car is one sort of Romance | is Ladin in MG |
| VHC | Miss H. Kimble | Deceptive knave swearing about missing tart | lad in (pro)mising |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Glamis uneasy about noise? Apparitions’ statements proved this | din in anag.; ref. Macbeth IV, i, ‘What noise is this?’ |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Mixing a gin with mild’s likely to catch you out! | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | What dim signal could be | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Married lives drag on, filled with discord, fostering misunderstanding | m is + din in lag |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Dreadfully dismal batting; with one scored, gone, making one mistake | anag. + in + g(one); mistake v.i. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | What dim signal could be | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Motorway sign vandalized (youth involved), causing errors | M1 + lad in anag. |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Deceptive: dodging M. Ali’s punch? | anag. + ding |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Phair | Dim signal could be —— | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | Like Viola, slim in drag, transformed, if casting right | anag. less r; ref. Twelfth Night |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Descriptive of slimming ad if madam’s bottom is not seen differently? | anag. less m, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | Confusing minds with a lig? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. J. Wagstaffe | Heartless Azed, smiling outrageously about taking one up the garden path | anag. incl. A(ze)d |
| VHC | Dr R. L. Wynne | Dim signal flickering like Will-o’-the-wisp | anag. |
HCs in competition 426 awarded to: