Azed Competition No. 718 Azed Slip | ◀ 714 | 722 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 718 | Feb 1986 | FLO(GG)IN(G) | Letters Latent | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | S. Holgate | Batting collapse – power missing at the crease | flo(P) in |
| Second | A. D. Scott | Orbilius’s answer if no learner shaped | anag. incl. L; ref. Horace’s ‘flogger’ |
| Third | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Six from Quelch? Fat Owl’s in squirms when swishing taws is rested | anag. less anag.; ref. B. Bunter |
| VHC | S. Armstrong | What becomes tart, if French law rather than English is used? Chastisement! | flaws with loi (Fr.) for law |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Whacking try if threequarters only carelessly tackled! | if onl(y) anag. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Wapping: where info’s processed with minimum of labour | anag. incl. l; ref. newspaper printing at W. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Almost total collapse at the wicket is what tourists are likely to experience | flo(p) in; ref. current cricket tours and souvenir vendors |
| VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | Warm with tingling glow perhaps following | comp. anag.; warm n. = a beating |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Length in a swordthrust, a requisite for fencing | l in foin; i.e. illegal selling and buying |
| VHC | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Selling Plate is entered by starters on long odds | l o in fin; S. P. type of horse race |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. Colley | Punishment given by foreign law for one in ‘cooler’ | fan with loi (Fr.) for a |
| VHC | D. A. Crossland | If Leon (after first of embarrassing leaks) has proved deceitful, there should be harsh punishment | anag. less e; ref. L. Brittan, Westland affair |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Wapping factory’s opening areas of new production (though Sun doesn’t appear) | f + loin(S); ref. printing dispute |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Aim of drummers in LPO: loud, not soft, playing | anag. with f for p; drummer = commercial traveller |
| VHC | E. Hornby | A foot applied to backside is what the lazy schoolboy should get | f + loin |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Whereby to make a couple of bob, if short of a bit of readies? | flo(r)in, & lit. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | For a good hiding place see inside cod-piece! | lo in fin |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Use of ad with this to get rid of stuff, a dubious sales activity | i.e. of ad with flo in = offload |
| VHC | Dr W. I. D. Scott | Some force applied to lower back, with added glow following spasmodically | f + loin, comp. anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. P. Shenkin | Fine reins, no use for dead horse | f loin; see reins in C. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Heading for fence, taking bits of loot once illegally nicked | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | M. R. Wetherfield | Here’s a strapping hindquarter of beef, cut from the back! | f + loin |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Wapping strikes? Potential of nil! | anag.; ref. printing dispute |
HCs in competition 718 awarded to: