Azed Competition No. 45 Azed Slip | ◀ 43 | 50 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Jan 1973 | NEMORAL | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. F. Leason | Learn manoeuvres clumsily with second lining of the brakes | mo in anag.; brake2 |
| Second | A. L. Dennis | Nightclub opening with topless ‘thighy’ displays of shady nature | n + (f)emoral |
| Third | E. R. Riddle | Trim form, lean but feminine. Twiggy, perhaps | anag. less f; but = except |
| VHC | E. Akenhead | Men put up covers near the mouth of a wood | men (rev.) + oral |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Shaw’s adjective is not disfavoured now – quite acceptable in fact | ne + moral; ref. Pygmalion, ‘not bloody likely’; shaw = wood |
| VHC | M. Barnes | ‘Within a Budding Grove’ – that’s our version of le roman | anag.; ref. Proust, ‘A la Recherche…’ |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | ‘Woody’ is normal England opener abroad | anag. incl. E; ref. B. Wood, cricketer |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Le roman en traduction: Within a Budding Grove? | anag.; ref. Proust, ‘A la Recherche…’ |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Look! – Soldiers, about half an army, coming up like Birnam Wood | ar(my) in lo men (all rev.); ref. Macbeth |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | Like places retaining the birch – not old-fashioned, merely principled | ne moral |
| VHC | A. J. Crow | Merry role-man of Sherwood? | anag. |
| VHC | E. R. Evans | Traduisez le roman forestier en anglais | anag. |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Bosky mean rolling more than half cut? Not right? | anag. incl. rol(ling); bosky = slightly tipsy |
| VHC | J. P. H. Hirst | It’s historically not a certainty what dryads were | ne moral |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Bosky, renders ‘Ole Man R’ off-key | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Adults worked up and vocal, like the pantomime kids at the Palladium | men (rev.) + oral; ref. ‘Babes in the Wood’ |
| VHC | D. McCallum | If otherwise, no realm of dryads | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Shooting men have spoken of a wood or an elm covert | men (rev.) + oral and anag. |
| VHC | W. G. H. Myles | Such surroundings caused the lone ram’s confusion | anag. & lit.; ref. sacrifice of Isaac |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Source of most of modern ethic? Shaw’s so described | ne(w) moral; ref. G. B. S.; shaw = wood |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Belonging to an orange grove? Strangely the answer’s a lemon, right? | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | E. J. Rackham | Concerning woodland, people must rise up and get vocal | men (rev.) + oral |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Shaw’s adjective – before the end of Victorianism not previously uttered | ne + m + oral; ref. Pygmalion, ‘not bloody likely’ |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Get hands up, before examination of shady character | men (rev.) + oral |
HCs in competition 45 awarded to: