Azed Competition No. 610 Azed Slip | ◀ 609 | 615 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610 | Jan 1984 | DOUBLETHINK | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | By it ‘truth’ and ‘lie’ looked alternately interchangeable | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| Second | M. Barley | Apparently TT, hard drinker at heart: a novel form of split personality! | i.e. double T + H + (dr)ink(er) |
| Third | E. A. Beaulah | Policy advocated by this year’s Socialist party line: veering plusleftwards with Kinnocklead? | double + thin + K; heraldry, golf; ref. Neil K., Newspeak; this year = 1984 |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | East’s weakness, thinks West, bidding caution: ‘Before you ——!’ | 2 mngs.; ref. Communism, bridge |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Line judge required. Qualification – ability to accept simultaneously contrary opinions | double + think; double, heraldry |
| VHC | R. L. Chambers | Uh! rot set in, kind o’ funny going round saying yes and no to the same question | blet in uh in anag. |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | This might be exhibited by far left in 2000 – or now | i.e. thin in double K; thin, golf; K = 1,000; now = 1984 |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | Karate – this splitting in two leads to divided mentality | i.e. ka rate = double think |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Mental polarity could be what is needed at board level to finish design! | double think; i.e. at dartboard |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | This is shown by the Party in the UK Blair, expressing atmosphere, evolved | do + anag. less air, & lit.; Blair = Orwell |
| VHC | B. C. James | Party’s oddly blue and to the far left, taking Kinnock’s lead – exhibiting this? | do + anag. + thin + K; thin, golf; Neil K. |
| VHC | Miss T. Kennemore | Tight garment; measure king for ability to wear two things that rub | doublet + hin + K |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Line judge reckoning ‘in’ as ‘out’? That’s typical | double think; double, heraldry |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | State of tension in the head? In it there may be repeated thuds! | i.e. double sink lisped |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Power to hold two conflicting beliefs is due – link both, otherwise … | anag.; i.e. due in 1984 |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Kind that’s ‘Blue’ tho’ revolutionary shows it | anag.; that’s = that has |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Capacity to embrace opposing arguments, possibly both unliked! | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Line judge makes a habit of inconsistent opinions | double think; double, heraldry |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Party’s central point headed ‘the contrary must be held in conjunction’ | do + (h)ub + anag. in link, & lit. |
| VHC | K. Pearce | Simultaneously accepting contrary propositions general assembly of UN liked both! | anag. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | What’s curtailed uncertainty with force, embracing the curious ultimate of Newspeak? | doub(t) + anag. in lin + k, & lit.; lin2, force2 = waterfall |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | A trick to diminish Oldspeak ultimately? | double + thin + k, & lit.; ref. ‘1984’ |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Utter ambivalence left English in uncertainty and on the spot in Hong Kong, | l E in doubt + in in HK |
| VHC | M. G. Wilson | Being both Tory and Labour perhaps is uncommonly bold in the UK | anag. |
| VHC | L. C. Wright | Sophism – that’s bunk I held to stupidly | anag. |
HCs in competition 610 awarded to: