Azed Competition No. 675 Azed Slip | ◀ 670 | 679 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675 | Apr 1985 | CONSTERNATE | normal | 30 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Cannot steer when sick render low | anag. |
| Second | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | What flag day will do to Aberdonian (embarrass Scot with a tenner)? | anag. |
| Third | P. J. Halse | Being beheaded concentrates wonderfully; but may —— you! | anag. less c |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Cat – one mewing and lashing tail gets put out | stern in anag. |
| VHC | W. G. Arnott | Pound Cantos: ‘Enter here, wreak hope’s abandonment’ | anag.; ref. Ezra P. and Dante |
| VHC | R. L. Baker | Dreadfully scare one with TNT? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | So upset one can’t rest? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Cargill | Steer cannot? Poor cow! | anag. |
| VHC | M. Coates | Take aback to the core and at once upset | stern in anag., & lit.; stern2 vb. |
| VHC | Mrs D. Foster | To dismay one, scare with T.N.T. exploding | anag. |
| VHC | O. H. Frazer | Those speaking against the Trinity at start of Easter cause dismay | cons tern at E |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | One can’t rest – blasted alarm! | anag. |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | ‘Appal’? Here you’ll see apple seller’s penning name new to English! | n in coster + n at E |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Prisoner’s on trial in connection with leaflets creating alarm | con’s ternate; trial2 |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Swerving? Can steer: not to worry | anag. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | Put out, put on, put back, put away | con stern ate; stern2 vb. |
| VHC | Rev W. P. Manahan | To disconcert those serving behind bars soak up neat rum | cons + ret (rev.) + anag. |
| VHC | D. McKie | Rest? One can’t possibly for dismay | anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Make one jittery with TNT scare? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | The effect of people having a taste of porridge on such as fairy-tale bears? To —— | cons ternate; ref. ‘Goldilocks’, 3 Bears; porridge = prison life |
| VHC | A. C. Morrison | There being no entr’actes in play will cause dismay | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Fitful rest one can’t disturb | anag. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Badly upset, one can’t rest properly | anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Upset – one can’t rest being so | anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | Entrances to works: and what pickets do to scabs there | anag. |
| VHC | L. Rogers | Alarm fitted to entrances | anag. |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | Alarm – off course – cannot steer! | anag. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Mess on street can make chaps fall | anag.; see chapfallen |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Navratilova’s first heavy slices cover England’s No. 1 in dismay | N stern in coat E; Martina N. |
| VHC | W. F. N. Wedge | So upset, one can’t rest | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 675 awarded to: