Azed Competition No. 670 Azed Slip | ◀ 666 | 675 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | Mar 1985 | TURNIP-FLEA | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. D. Moore | Might it make rape nit-ful? | anag. & lit. |
| Third | Mrs M. P. Craine | The little pest to inhibit growth in different kinds of greens | nip in turf, lea |
| Third | G. Johnstone | Skipping runt I leap to ingest tip of cabbage-leaf | f in anag., & lit.; runt = cabbage stem |
| VHC | K. Aaronovich | What’s left rape unfit, ruined | anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | My routine is to leap and bite a leaf ragged | rut (rev.) + nip + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Verminous creature involved in something akin to rape following orgy of ale | turnip f + anag. |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Good jumper excited by flourishing crop could make punter fail | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | One eating at Savoy may give leap if this one does | i.e. turn ‘ip flea’ to ‘leap if’; S. cabbage and hotel |
| VHC | J. D. D. Blaikie | A little blighter, in excitement jumping, gobbles head of plantlets | p in elf in rut (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Part with fuel in bursts? Hopper in plant could do | anag. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Fault in rep’s cast – Savoy’s undoing? | anag.; S. cabbage and theatre |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Rotation’s over whether, with last of crop in, fallow follows … I go for swede or cabbage | turn + p in if + lea |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | True, F-plan works – if one tucks in. I could murder some cabbage, for instance | I in anag.; ref. diet |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | I adore leaf cooked under timer | turnip + anag.; t. = type of watch |
| VHC | J. P. Mernagh | Use neat purl if knitting jumper in all sorts of greens | anag. |
| VHC | Dr E. J. Miller | But compliance makes a little horror sanctimonious: ‘I adore cabbage!’ | i.e. turn ‘ip flea’ to ‘a elf pi’ |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | I often feel like a cabbage early on, waking up a trifle about noon | n in anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What gets lust to leap and bite part of cabbage (starting with bottom bit) | rut (rev.) + nip + leaf with f to start, & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | This, alas, if rampant, causes a plant’s failure | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | Renault if power required, otherwise Beetle | anag. incl. P |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | ——s? Plant rife with us could be spoilt | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs J. E. Townsend | Devastating jumper – fashion feat in purl | anag. |
HCs in competition 670 awarded to: