Azed Competition No. 538 Azed Slip | ◀ 534 | 543 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 538 | Aug 1982 | INGRAIN | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Whale | Like a tattoo artist that’s restricted by where it may be visible | RA in in gin; ‘gin and it’ |
| Second | C. Allen Baker | Free half going? I must get into the pub fast | gra(tis) I in inn |
| Third | C. J. Brougham | See where the cow is? Get Blue fast! | i.e. in grain; ref. nursery rhyme, ‘…the cow’s in the corn’ |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Getting last two out, Garner in one burst is fast and penetrating | anag. incl. I less er; ref. Joel G. |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Dyed-in-the-wool Tory head of government confronts ‘wet’ | in g rain; in = member of governing party |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Thoroughly set at the wicket, Randall’s opening secured by success? | in + R in gain; ref. Derek R. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Inveterate Tory – ‘Leading member of government’s wet’ | in g rain; in = member of governing party |
| VHC | G. P. Conway | Inveterate, gloomy old holy man – not finished! – leads troubled Iran | Ing(e) + anag.; ref. William I., ‘the gloomy Dean’ and Ayatollah Khomeini |
| VHC | R. Dean | One appointed to secure the Queen within must be extremely thorough | in + R in gain; in = member of governing party |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Soak rag in double dye | anag. incl. in in, & lit.; soak = beat |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Sporting rag tipped one horse, ‘Silver it’s not but it’s fast’ (though hopefully not running) | in + anag. + I + n(Ag) |
| VHC | J. J. Goulstone | Like a firm belief in spirit encompassing a deity | in + Ra in gin |
| VHC | R. S. Haddock | Colour deeply, wearing guilty smile about start of apology? | in + a in grin |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | An —— dye is one way of fixing e.g. Indian yarn | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Causing fall, cycling fast | i.e. raining cyclically |
| VHC | J. F. Jones | Not likely to run in the rain, wearing very little | G in in rain; G = G-string |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Do this before hockey starts, to get a blue perhaps? | i.e. in grain; hockey2 = harvest-home; in vb. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Make a lot of colour permeate through and through | gra(y) in in, in, & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | In forecasting rain-doctors give colour to yarns before manufacturing them | hidden |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Girl initially in half bikini ran off, deeply coloured | g in anag. incl. (bik)ini |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | Gin drunk with water can make you thoroughly saturated | anag. + rain |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Put endless colour in through and through | gra(y) in in, in, & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | At the wicket Gatting’s beginning to dominate once becoming thoroughly set | in + G + rain2; ref. Mike G. |
| VHC | A. Thomas | Dyed in the wool ‘wet’ ends up getting Northern Ireland – priorities reversed! | g N I (rev.) + rain; ref. Jim Prior |
HCs in competition 538 awarded to: