Azed Competition No. 572 Azed Slip | ◀ 568 | 576 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 572 | Apr 1983 | SNAKE-OIL | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. J. M. Scotland | I.e. no Salk shot? | anag. & lit. |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Duck in lake’s camouflaged: quack might draw your attention to it | anag. incl. 0 |
| Third | E. R. Riddle | Gets drunk, never works – like a son going to the dogs | anag. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Inadequate preparation is almost evident in what we plough | nake(d) in soil |
| VHC | R. Dean | Creep and ingratiate – it won’t do you any good! | snake oil |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Simple that doesn’t end in purge, perhaps? | nake(d) in soil, & lit. |
| VHC | H. F. Dixon | Standing almost starkers in manure will do you no good | nake(d) in soil |
| VHC | R. A. England | Pain I slake? No | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Feetenby | I slake no wound | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Quack’s root? Maybe one’s ail deteriorates swallowing it | k in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | B. Greer | Mix on sale quack’s behind, taking one in | I in anag. incl. k, & lit. |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | I.e. no Salk could prepare this? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Could be mixture of aloes and ink! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | I slake no ill | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | I slake no ill | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Product of Salk, that is? No! | anag. incl. i.e., & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | I slake no ill | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Lowe | Specific treatment for suckers almost fully exposed in the ground | nake(d) in soil |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Risk’s extreme in wild North Sea – maybe what’s found there’ll hardly make one well! | k in anag. + oil |
| VHC | D. J. Mackay | I slake no ill! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | I slake no fever | anag. & lit.; fever vi. |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | What a quack hawks produced by scattering ducks in lake | anag. incl. 0’s |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | Mounting pride must be used to conceal old hurt? Not an effective recipe for the suffering | ake in lions (rev.) |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | What quacks indicate is ducks in lake (Serpentine) | anag. incl. 0’s; indicate in med. sense |
| VHC | A. Scott | Spurious concoction of ink and aloes? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Is ankle receiving treatment? This will add nothing | 0 in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | M. G. Wilson | Quack medicine, i.e. no Salk compound | anag. |
HCs in competition 572 awarded to: