Azed Competition No. 439 Azed Slip | ◀ 434 | 443 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439 | Sep 1980 | LINGA | Printer’s Devilry | 36 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. H. Furnival | A nice axe is needed for sca/lps | |
| Second | W. J. M. Scotland | Evans the booze sells me the g/in fully priced | metheglin |
| Third | T. E. Sanders | Romantic sex to/y lines – the joys of youthful love | |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | Put carpet ro/ll on Tintometer – one strip | |
| VHC | J. M. Brown | The poker player made a fist, fu/mbling with cards | |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | What are secretaries at? Tending to fi/nd typing jobs in offices | |
| VHC | M. Coates | Transplant team is no good if it does not have the hea/rt | |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Damaged ’plane lands, with dang/er of oil on undercarriage causing anxiety | aerofoil |
| VHC | B. Franco | Though I’m luckier in love, he’s more success fu/mbling | |
| VHC | C. Frean | Cat saw star/light on bush, and pounced | |
| VHC | D. A. Ginger | Now a troubled world is cal/mer, I can store new hopes of peace | |
| VHC | J. B. Graham | Inventors, dea/d, get sand in their functions | |
| VHC | R. Gregory | ‘Purdy, when there’s danger? Cal/m bit!’ says Steed | Gambit; ref. TV ‘The New Avengers’ |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Crosswords circulated (as latest art?). Ru/m Azed tests devotees | ref. Centenary Test controversy |
| VHC | D. J. Hennings | You want to come into pri/ze dishonestly? Not advisable | ref. Azed comp |
| VHC | J. Hicks | The sharper I scare, fu/mbling with marked cards | |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Mens sana…? That’s nonsense – I’m fee/ble-bodied and feeble-minded | |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | We have the makings of a future – football genera/tes skill and flair | Eric Gates, Ipswich Town & England |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | ‘Letters for Ida?’ – Housemai/d dresses with zips to please postman | |
| VHC | E. C. Lance | Footballers fou/nd fighting ruined the match | |
| VHC | G. G. Lawrance | The postman cannot deliver unless he can see the mai/d dress | |
| VHC | W. H. M. Lemmey | How fee/ble to make epic verse scan! You want to write limericks | |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | After some chil/d vice, Scrooge became a reformed character | |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Carter and Reagan are hopeful, but is Anderson too fee/ble to succeed? | ref. US election: John A., independent candidate |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Bad fee/t, old hams, hocks hardened – sporting hacks! | ref. journalistic outcry at trouble at recent Oldham-Sheffield match |
| VHC | C. Pearson | Stea/k is so lovely, Missis! ’Scuse the poetry – utter bliss! | |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | In a gale, riding tandem’s very hard, but cyc/lone, it’s impossible | |
| VHC | Mrs B. Simmonds | You’ll find Pam’s ’ouse fu/mes of loo | pam, highest card in loo |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Pet ro/ll-on can slim – it strips a broad | |
| VHC | R. Stephenson | I love to see a baby’s mi/nd contented | |
| VHC | J. G. Stubbs | Star ve/nds nugget; parts in play with flute | ref. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ |
| VHC | M. J. Suckling | London cannot match the excitement, nor ma/y Paris | |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Wretched Sou/th – didn’t know King had fallen! | ‘Tell it not in Gath’ |
| VHC | V. C. D. Vowles | Did you notice the star/light on the church tower last night? | |
| VHC | M. R. Wetherfield | I can’t help Smi/thers, he’s miles back | |
| VHC | W. D. Wigley | I buy myself wine by the litre, my pet ro/ll-ons |
HCs in competition 439 awarded to: