Azed Competition No. 559 Azed Slip | ◀ 558 | 564 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | Jan 1983 | EMBASE | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. V. Harry | Ill-placed beams hit head on entry? Then stoop | anag. + e; stoop vt. |
| Second | B. Greer | Dishonour, since given a hiding in Ashes, after two conclusive losses | as in embe(rs) |
| Third | C. A. Clarke | Take down embassy flag having been expelled | embas(sag)e |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Ashes half gone while England’s leader’s humble | emb(ers) as E |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Bees excited with jam when top’s removed – there’s cause to go to pot! | anag. incl. (j)am |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Humble pie of deer’s entrails ma’s beginning to bake | anag. of (d)ee(r) ma’s b |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | British Airways seem in trouble – make private again, perhaps | anag. incl. BA |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | Demote can be clued as ‘Doctor involved in what comes from détente’ | i.e. MB in ease |
| VHC | D. J. Mackay | For lower case, compositor’s first going for his measurement book | case with em b for c |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Energised leader of Enterprise beams down | anag. incl. E; ref. Star Trek; down vt. |
| VHC | S. M. Mansell | Lower charge of H.E. loses gas on recoil | embassage less gas (rev.); HE, 2 mngs. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | Lower 5th and 6th in Assembly disturbing peace | m b in ease |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Ambassadors wanting to yield under pressure, and what Mrs T would do to them | embas(sag)e; ref. PM’s contempt for F.O. re Falklands, etc. |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Bring down last piece of tree decoration about 5th of January – end of Christmas | e + a s in MBE |
| VHC | J. J. Murtha | See Mab rock Bottom | anag.; ref. MND; bottom vt. |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | In translation ‘beam’ ’s the ultimate in bizarre – ‘lower’ ’s what the word means! | anag. + e; cf. lour |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | See Mab rousing take to what? Bottom | anag.; ref. MND; bottom vt. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | M. Foot – and what he would like to do to the Government | em base; Michael F. |
| VHC | G. Perry | To bring down Maggie’s last as well as first essential – Foot | e M base; M. Thatcher, Michael F. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | M. Foot says what he wants to do to the Government | em base; Michael F. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Space on the ground floor | em + base; floor vt. |
| VHC | L. M. Sturges | Bring about the end of one when held in honour | e + as in MBE |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Reduce in comfort, see the doctor | MB in ease |
| VHC | P. Thacker | Lower Case, capital replaced by half type | Case with emb(lem) for C |
| VHC | L. E. Thomas | Run down a bit perhaps, but one has still to ring the doctor | MB in ease |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Take down, as in a decoration, following end of Yuletide | e + as in MBE |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Space unit to mission-control – negative apply booster | em base |
HCs in competition 559 awarded to: