Azed Competition No. 456 Azed Slip | ◀ 454 | 460 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | Jan 1981 | BALADINE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Allen Baker | One like Barnum and Bailey, endlessly pranking | anag. less y; prank = dance; ref. P. T. Barnum, hoaxer |
| Second | T. Anderson | Who makes a silly dial in mischief? | anag. in bane, & lit.; buffoon |
| Third | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Alma or Belinda a go-go? | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Involved in a tricky deal, after the Baptist’s head: Salome? | B + in in a + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | To get a meal from the edge of the lake – quack! (calling for a feed?) | Bala + dine; charlatan |
| VHC | D. A. Crossland | Dancer in live panto’s no central character | Ala(d)din in be; ’s = has |
| VHC | P. Drummond | Mountebank supplying bride with a sort of romance for free | bride with a Ladin for rid |
| VHC | M. A. Furman | Concoction produced by this quack (out with him!) is unable to aid | comp. anag. & lit.; charlatan |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | The end of Southern – I.B.A. deal topples provider of public entertainment | anag. incl. n; ref. broadcasters |
| VHC | C. H. Hudson | See me perform – let off ballet, I end with a jig | bal(let) + anag. |
| VHC | A. Johnstone | I could be a live belly-dancer cleverly wriggling away | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Such as plugs sales in endless spurious patter | ad in ba(d) line, & lit.; charlatan |
| VHC | L. May | Pranking, I, and able to move freely round | anag. in anag., & lit.; buffoon |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Twister possibly anyone might see as an old mischief, lying about a racket | a din in bale; charlatan |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Fool from Albi – ‘âne d’Albi’ translated | anag.; French town; buffoon |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Exponent of playful badinage, changing gravity to a bit of laughter | anag. with l for g, & lit.; buffoon |
| VHC | J. J. Murtha | Spring in bed à la Nana? | anag.; spring = explode; ref. Zola novel |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Show-biz type to make deal with Bani? | anag.; ref. R. Reagan, B. Sadr, Iran hostage crisis |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | Appearing in live pantomime – no mean dancer | Ala(d)din in be, & lit.; mean3 = middle |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | E.g. —— might render ‘le badinage’ | comp. anag. & lit.; charlatan |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | He’d create a hubbub – a bit of by product from hopping about? | a din in b(y) ale, & lit. |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Could she, having energy, develop la bedaine? Oddly, yes | anag. less E, & lit.; bedaine (Fr.) = paunch |
| VHC | G. Wilson | This public dancer’s gyrations make Laban die | anag.; founder of dancing school |
HCs in competition 456 awarded to: