Azed Competition No. 482 Azed Slip | ◀ 478 | 486 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | Jul 1981 | BODY-SNATCHER | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. J. Morse | Stiff collaring: that’s my trade – shows what can be done by starch | anag. |
| Second | Mrs A. R. Bradford | Hadn’t corpse by for dissection? He quietly would arrange that for you | anag. less p, & lit. |
| Third | J. P. H. Hirst | Death is treated with scorn by a resurrectionist | anag. |
| VHC | M. Coates | One used to collar stiff, freshly done by starch | anag. |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | Supply shady doctor with bones? I do so maybe | comp. anag. & lit.; supply adv. |
| VHC | B. Franco | Identify the felon by empty coffin, sod and earth disturbed | anag. incl. c(offi)n |
| VHC | G. Gregory | Today’s bench is disturbed by right to publicise perpetrator of grave crimes | anag. + r |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Disturb dry bones at church? If he’s clumsy he might | anag. incl. Ch, & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Dry bones at rest round church? Then I’ve been beaten | anag. incl. Ch, & lit. |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Astonishingly Drobny cheats and the hallowed turf is gaping as a result of his crime | anag.; ref. Jaroslav D., Wimbledon |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Pour the C.O.’s brandy – he’ll take a stiff one | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Nasty, he’d rob cemetery initially for dismembering | anag. incl. c, & lit. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | I may come to – put affectedly – nab thy dead corse | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | A person, brand of thief, seen in violated charnels long gone | body + t in anag. less l, & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | I disturb church yard bones, a short time interred | t in anag. incl. Ch, & lit. |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Ransacked chantry sod and the case of Burke might point to me | anag. incl. B, e; ref. Burke and Hare |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Dry bones strewn around at church – evidence of his activities? | anag. incl. Ch |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | One initiating traffic in church yard bones hugger-mugger? | t in anag. incl. Ch |
| VHC | A. R. Ritchie | Drobny cheats outrageously: his racket earned him money, but every frame he used was unofficial | anag.; ref. Jaroslav D., tennis player |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Loose sod by a trench could point to me | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | He soon vacated the shell – form prize by middle of term | body + snatch + (t)er(m); shell = coffin; body vb |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | I ‘released’ people caught in earthy bonds, malevolently | c in anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | British don’s treachery – failing the Queen – unfolds: he commits a grave crime | B + anag. less ER; ref. Anthony Blunt |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | I did collar stiff: pressed, boned and starchy | anag. |
HCs in competition 482 awarded to: