Azed Competition No. 679 Azed Slip | ◀ 675 | 683 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 679 | May 1985 | ESTOVER | Printer’s Devilry | 30 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | ‘Dry’ minister organizing party left-win/ger | |
| Second | P. B. Macdonald | Desert reclamation could transform these redun/dant landscapes | |
| Third | D. Riley | Fall, com/mon tin, copper and gold! | |
| VHC | J. D. D. Blaikie | Veterans who got in vit/ally needed support late in the day | VE rally |
| VHC | Mrs A. L. Boorman | Don’t blame th/e prim and the good for nothing, C.O.– O.K.? | |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Liverpool? My footb/all team is Everton! | |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Veteran go/allie’s kept now for forty years | VE rallies |
| VHC | Mrs P. Edwards | Engineer got out second b/all. Swore. His first pair though | |
| VHC | Mrs S. M. Felton | Within vit/ally important celebration for the old, soldiers will not be missed | VE rally |
| VHC | Mrs C. Firmin | Scaling up an old Baltic maple, a gu/st’s worried me! | versts |
| VHC | M. Freeman | I’m a loud pianist and I always play pieces that are m/y forte | mesto |
| VHC | T. D. Freestone | Fort/night stay in hospital is required | |
| VHC | S. Goldie | To supper? (Nod eagerly) Conduc/t, I go | Pernod |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | During break he’s potted his b/alls, going round the pockets | |
| VHC | J. B. Hallissey | When promenaders come tor/ture can begin | |
| VHC | E. L. Hayward | With ribbons, and memories as old, I err, I d/ally gloriously | VE rally |
| VHC | Mrs R. Herbert | Are nuns impecunious? Go to the poor – clar/ify the matter | |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | One on country picnic: ‘Go/d – ant-hill!’ | |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Spring turns a spent re/d ant green | |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | So, Meo n/ear win – do win! – for ‘downer’ White (with rag) ’e’s potted few, remains on seat | Tony M., Steve W., snooker |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | A tour bargain! A taste of everything from Thebes to Fal/mouth | |
| VHC | T. W. Mortimer | Tourist in Italy – go/on! Athens tops for sightseeing | |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Eiffel Tower, vibrating in high wind, will give, will i/t? I go prone! | |
| VHC | R. Phillips | Every time my French mistress com/bs, I get tense, muddled | |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | In a gu/t, grumbles must be disconcerting! | |
| VHC | Rev E. H. Pyle | Go, win! Try car/nal bliss. Give way | |
| VHC | D. L. Roberts | Nud/ge rare Jezebels | |
| VHC | Mrs I. G. Smith | Much neglected in kitchen, Ma – d/usty and unhygienic | |
| VHC | Mrs J. Waldren | Whoever Go/d undoes, remember those who perished in battle | Verdun |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Dropping in plate some rude lin/gerie merged with collection |
HCs in competition 679 awarded to: