Azed Competition No. 508 Azed Slip | ◀ 506 | 513 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508 | Jan 1982 | POSTURE-MAKER | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Miss I. M. Raab | Tumbler, nuts, smoke, rapture! | anag. |
| Second | R. J. Palmer | Who could make toes rake rump? | anag. & lit. |
| Third | N. O’Neill | Must rear poke out, in one affecting the Grecian bend? | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Trouper? Ask me to adopt unorthodox pose | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | I supply rack joints, mince or English rump steak | anag. incl. E; supply adv. |
| VHC | Rev C. M. Broun | May not he have to put arms or knee in unusual positions? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Pokes rear and tum into unnatural positions, he does | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | You want acrobatic trouper? Ask me | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Drummond | Proteus is literally an assumer of strange shapes | i.e. anag. of posture |
| VHC | M. Earle | He may order us to keep arm touching back of ear | anag. + r, & lit. |
| VHC | B. Franco | Meet our park’s screwball – Yogi | anag.; ref. Y. Bear |
| VHC | E. J. & S. D. Griew | What makes a bear garden of remote US park? Yogi? | anag. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Start of overpricing in rotten supermarket – I’ll be bending over backwards to make ends meet | anag. incl. o |
| VHC | R. Hooper | P. E. makes route to career for me | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | See me twist and double over in troupers’ variety? | me (rev.) + ka (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Rev W. P. Manahan | Proteus? | i.e. anag. of posture, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Proteus? | i.e. anag. of posture, & lit. |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Foot scraping back his power: fresh spur to a meek party-centre? | anag. incl. r; ref. Michael F. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Rod’s clutching unruly star Emu, one with flexible body | anag. in poker; ref. R. Hull and puppet |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | Rum pose-taker, oddly positioned | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | What makes him could be a stumer if set about by a stiff person! | anag. in poker, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | I train rum pose taker | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Without English chop or rump steak, my attitude is: get knotted! | E in anag. |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | Proteus? | i.e. anag. of posture, & lit. |
| VHC | H. Tillier | Silly me to ask Rupert to become a contortionist. Rupert has no time | anag. less t |
| VHC | V. C. D. Vowles | Rum pose taker? Very rum! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | To speaker rum is disastrous – he’ll tie himself in knots | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Mr Speaker out dancing – he makes members do the twist | anag. |
| VHC | M. Woolf | For all to see – Pom streaker running around – one could have dislocated neck! | U in anag.; ref. incident at Twickenham |
HCs in competition 508 awarded to: