Azed Competition No. 615 Azed Slip | ◀ 610 | 618 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615 | Feb 1984 | HISTORIETTE | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. S. Elliott | It is hotter, unsettled, over east. Rain, perhaps, is indicated | anag. + E; ref. W. S. Maugham’s short story |
| Second | W. K. M. Slimmings | Mrs T’s lot end on top, not wet, stopping turn to left. Brief writer’s work? | Tories with s to start + TT in hie; stop = plug |
| Third | D. Price Jones | It could be a fable. The tortoise, I suspect, ought to lose | anag. less 0; suspect adj., ought2 |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Novel – short title, i.e. 50 leaves? | anag. less L, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Short title, i.e. no long novel | anag. less l, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Brougham | I set the trio ‘bowling’ at sea | anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Three Wise Men of Gotham’: “If the bowl had been stronger, my tale had been longer.” |
| VHC | D. L. L. Clarke | Short title, lacking length, that is a little novel | anag. less l incl. i.e., & lit. |
| VHC | M. Coates | Tho’ terse, it, when unfolded, may captivate one | I in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | ‘Shortie’ little Decline and Fall with lines omitted? | anag. less ll, & lit.; ref. Waugh novel |
| VHC | M. Earle | Work about other times, its manuscript spare | anag. less MS, & lit. |
| VHC | O. M. Ellis | Short tale, i.e. it lacks a long rambling | anag. less a l, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Riot with test bats going in haste – a summary of momentous event? | anag. in hie; ref. Christchurch test |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Is it there to supply a quick read? | anag.; supply adv. |
| VHC | D. A. Grassland | I.e. short tale without substance? It could be written as such | anag. incl. t(al)e, & lit. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Romantic title, not long, i.e. short? | anag. less l, & lit.; romantic = wild |
| VHC | G. B. Higgins | Somerset, though without MS, hit it off | anag. less MS, & lit.; ref. W. S. Maugham |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Short title, i.e. not long novel | anag. less L, & lit. |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Spinner’s delivery, short of a length, ties hitter (0) in knots | anag. incl. 0 |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Man’s extremity contains elements of trite yarn typical of Maugham | anag. in his toe; ref. W. S. M. |
| VHC | J. D. H. Mackintosh | Potted version of ’Thirties to beginning of ’Eighties, perhaps | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | A little romance? Such fun with cryptic letters may show it is fourteenth | comp. anag.; ref. Valentine’s Day |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Version of Thirties to onset of Eighties | anag. incl. E, & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | That is, in short, title devised without length | i.e. in anag. less l, & lit. |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | To relate this I need uncomplicated exposition not taking one long | anag. less a l, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Orr | ‘World’ of Wells, perhaps; does it rise to the genre of O. Henry? | anag., 2 defs.; ref. ‘A Short History of the World’ by H. G. Wells |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. C. Prichard | Glum episode perhaps: it ties Ron almost in disarray embraced by Eth head over heels | anag. incl. Ro(n) in Eth (rev.); ref. The Glums in radio show ‘Take It From Here’ |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | I tire tots fabulously, in the time before dropping off? | anag. in (t)he, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Shields | E. Lit. theorist nonplussed with lack of length in such a work! | anag. less l, & lit. |
| VHC | R. S. Wilson | Angry Shiite retort! Resistance melts away: the story in brief | anag. less R; ref. US rapprochement with Iraq |
HCs in competition 615 awarded to: