Azed Competition No. 430 Azed Slip | ◀ 426 | 434 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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430 | Jul 1980 | TEGULA | normal | 28 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | C. G. Millin | What the fiddler might have played on, in the film | gu in tela, & lit.; ref. Fiddler on the Roof |
Second | Mrs D. M. Colley | Thatcher’s first rule – right’s going for what’ll keep wet out of house | T + (r)egula |
Third | R. Dean | Scale of wing needs volunteers to hold glider up | luge (rev.) in TA |
VHC | W. Anderson | An insect’s scale is what sticks for the most part in the web | gu(m) in tela |
VHC | R. P. Brown | Old model. Even Rolls Royce omitted to give top cover | T + (R)egula(R) |
VHC | C. A. Clarke | Thatcher has no use for this endless legal bickering with Trade Union | anag.: lega(l), TU; bicker = quiver |
VHC | A. J. Crow | It could be made from gault, protecting top of edifice | e in anag., & lit. |
VHC | R. V. Dearden | Gaulter provides ingredients for this – no recipe needed | anag. less r, & lit. |
VHC | N. C. Dexter | Get climbing on hall if there’s one missing from top | get (rev.) + (a)ula, & lit. |
VHC | P. S. Elliott | Small scale version of Vulgate Vatican vetoed | anag. less V |
VHC | J. Grainge | A rooting tile ends in dust beside grating, one dislodged from top of hall | last letters + (a)ula |
VHC | B. Greer | Bit of tiling, say for top of hall | aula with t e.g. for first a, & lit. |
VHC | C. L. Jones | Roofing tile made of English gault | anag. incl. E |
VHC | D. F. Manley | Informal bit of grub and ale with leaders of trade unions? Thatcher does without it | anag. incl. g, TU |
VHC | C. J. Morse | Fiddle wrapped in tissue: Nero must have had one loose! | gu in tela |
VHC | W. Murphy | The purged scourings of healthy-bowelled birds land on me! | t(h)e + (r)egula(r) |
VHC | D. S. Nagle | What can let in ugly weather? Why – er – this if broken | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | P. G. O’Gorman | ‘Thatcher doesn’t need me.’ Ted’s cut throat | Te(d) + gula; ref. T. Heath |
VHC | F. R. Palmer | Getting at glue, you’d appear to have one loose | anag. & lit.; ref. glue-sniffing |
VHC | R. J. Palmer | An appendage turning up at base of wings of tsetse? | t, e + a lug (rev.), & lit. |
VHC | D. R. Pitcher | Fancy tile? If it slips, the answer could be ’at glue | anag. |
VHC | M. Postlethwaite | It may be made of English gault | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
VHC | C. P. Rea | Pull up when there’s drink around – more than one gives footing for riotous behaviour! | lug (rev.) in tea; ‘on the tiles’ |
VHC | D. R. Robinson | A slide shortening the ascending scale | a luge t’ (rev.) |
VHC | T. E. Sanders | Secure a bit of cover over ’ead – glue ’at on! | anag.; on = tipsy |
VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Sickly gateau – long for one overlapping small plate? | anag. with l for a |
VHC | R. J. Whale | To be seen by anyone – nearly everyone, from below, get up on this | get (rev.) + U + al(l) (rev.), & lit. |
VHC | Miss J. Wight | Put up a sleigh-t? More like a slate | i.e. a luge-t (rev.) |
HCs in competition 430 awarded to: