Azed Competition No. 500 Azed Slip | ◀ 495 | 504 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Nov 1981 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) | Extra Letter | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. Ashcroft | Admass imperative: get fund at others’ expense | amass, fun; imperative form of ‘am ass’ |
| Second | D. A. Crossland | Dodd, live comedian | do; be fool; ref. Ken D.; do = cheat |
| Third | A. R. Chandler | Impersonate a comic (Dodd) | do; be fool; ref. Ken D.; do = cheat |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | Old comedian lived before drag | live, rag; be + fool |
| VHC | J. Cordery | To make appear less sanded befits a kitchen stool where the ends are just stuck together | sane; bef … ool |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Diddle, fiddle of boddle | bole; anag.; sv. bodle |
| VHC | R. A. England | Take a rise out of piddling funds in BL | piling; oof (rev.) in B el |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Diddle be-diddle | idle; be-fool |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Kidd’s fighting voyagers loved nothing above a spot of lolly! | kid, love; BEF 0 0 l; British Expeditionary Force |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Stuff tummies with D Dinner food – no end of Azed stories coming out | inner; foo(d) in bel(lies); ref. AZ dinner |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Duped dazed solver, for instance – before the game’s up! | dupe Azed; bef. + loo (rev.) |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Be natural: DAZ manages to do this, competitors’ powders fail! | AZ, powers; be + fool; washing powder brand |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Have noise measured with necessary rising din! | measure, in; oof (rev.) in bel; oof, necessary = money |
| VHC | A. Renwick | Have lived and flourished with eggs for dinner portion | live, inner; be + O O in fl. |
| VHC | Ms E. Sale | Diddle and do | idle; 2 mngs.; do = cheat |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Dodd’s causing a riot in Bootle following appearing there instead of having the premiere in Toxteth | do; anag. with f for T; ref. Ken D.; do = cheat |
| VHC | Mrs I. G. Smith | To bamboozle, follow half beer with toddy | toy; be(er) + fool |
| VHC | J. G. Stubbs | Dollars, for example, go up in noised measure. What may the guilder do? | noise, guiler; oof (rev.) in bel |
| VHC | J. Walton | Deluded initially by deft feat of outstanding legerdemain | delude, eft; initial letters |
| VHC | D. B. Williams | Lived for endless love and left, infatuated | live, infatuate; be fo(r) 0 l |
HCs in competition 500 awarded to: