Azed Competition No. 696 Azed Slip | ◀ 692 | 701 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 696 | Sep 1985 | ANTIMNEMONIC | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. R. Robinson | ‘Un Macon intime’ drunk with no indication of good breeding could be this | anag. less U, & lit. |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Nice man Tom’s excited about Northern Ireland – reducing chances of rapid recall! | NI in anag.; ref. Tom King |
| Third | D. P. M. Michael | Kind of effect Lotus had on me Mini can’t supply | anag.; supply adv. |
| VHC | M. Barnes | Elephants are immune to this disorder in man; not mice | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | I am a submariner (leader of ‘Nautilus’) engaged in bizarre action likely to end in oblivion | I’m Nemo N in antic; ref. ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Such are lotos fruits strange inaction grips seafarers stuck on them | MN em in anag. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | One leader of morris men experiencing volte-face over performing in grotesque pageant – I’m opposed to knotted handkerchiefs, I shan’t ring any bells! | I m + men (rev.) on, all in antic |
| VHC | D. A. Ginger | Rule these —— drifts, otherwise Lethean course imminent | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Screwed up memo in tin-can – hardly an aide-memoire! | anag. |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Do this for commendation in cluing, perhaps. (Too like ‘rosemary’? Oh, no!) | comp. anag.; ref. AZ comp. No. 635, rosemary ‘for remembrance’ |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Minim one can’t change, contributing to fugue? | anag. |
| VHC | B. Harvey | Agent inclining to forgetfulness, ‘If using scrambler can I mention M?’ | anag.; ref. James Bond |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Male’s among men in action abroad – serving in Foreign Legion, perhaps? | m in anag.; ref. traditional reason for joining F. L. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Could be I’m not amnesic? No, not so | anag. less so, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Such as would undo a man omniscient? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Haydn’s last Tema in C minor, endlessly varied, leading to fugue | anag. less r |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Mention Cecil’s first main blunders – that should prevent recall | anag. incl. C; ref. Cecil Parkinson |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | Like the lotus, holding married men up a dreamy inaction | m + men (rev.), all in anag. |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | Contort me in manic knot (except head) – it’s like the effect of the lotus | anag. less k; ref. yoga position |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Like the Foreign Legion? Dashing men in action, the ultimate in romanticism | anag. incl. m; ref. traditional reason for joining F. L. |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | The onset of senility leaving omniscient man befuddled? | anag. less s, & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Con men fiddled over million dud coin – yet getting amnesty! | anti + anag. + m + anag. |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | I’m not an amnesic, fuzzy as this makes one | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | This can change man into amnesiac (AA’s not needed) | anag. less AA’s, & lit. |
HCs in competition 696 awarded to: