Azed Competition No. 644 Azed Slip | ◀ 640 | 649 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 644 | Sep 1984 | EASY STREET (or STAPELIA) | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. D. Moore | You’d find here a little alien after you’d worried about rates, yes? | anag. + ET, & lit. |
| Second | C. J. Brougham | Star not right? Uncertain, I pale… a bloomer, and a stinker! | stapelia; sta(r) + anag.; ref. error in competition |
| Third | E. Dawid | Rosy estate mine – in other words, I’m on —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | Where what consumers do can net new stereos for nothing a year | anag. with y for O in eat, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | ‘Affluent circumstances’ here required – yet see star, misplaced … Aye, setter’s bungled! | anag., anag.; ref. error in competition |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | Tars see t’ye properly in a comfortable berth | anag. |
| VHC | P. R. Clemow | One with bizarre petal is stinker | stapelia; anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. Crossland | Definition’s no hardship, yet star – see – is out of place | anag.; ref. error in competition |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Where there’s a high rate set? Yes | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Drummond | Flower with scent pleases? It can’t possibly! | stapelia; comp. anag. |
| VHC | P. S. Elliott | Eye star set wrongly for place Azed desired – and his poor solvers | anag. & lit.; ref. error in competition |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Without question, nice corner ensconced in peace! | (qu)easy + tree in st, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Hobbs | Moving into —— can produce state o’ serenity | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Result of limitless bets involving a system always coming up? | a syst. + e’er (rev.), all in (b)et(s), & lit. |
| VHC | M. Jones | In a puzzle, Plate is a flower of S.A. | stapelia; anag.; ref. R. Plate |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | It’s pale, a wild flower of the veldt | stapelia; anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Disastrous year with tests, English given a hiding, Lord’s grousing etc? | E in anag.; grouse v. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Address worth more than one star – yet see, star is misplaced! | anag. & lit.; ref. error in competition |
| VHC | J. J. Murtha | Rest, sate ye carelessly – not where you’d dine with Duke Humphrey? | anag.; ref. Brewer |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | Ill-trained eye set star where nothing’s lacking | anag.; ref. error in competition |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | The rich live here on prime piece of real estate – yes? | anag. incl. r; on = getting drunk |
| VHC | B. D. Smith | A blooming stinker gets Lamb after second knock | stapelia; s tap + Elia; ref. Allan L., cricket |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Making merry on this, you could have eaten oysters | comp. anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 644 awarded to: