Azed Competition No. 731 Azed Slip | ◀ 727 | 735 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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731 | May 1986 | STRING | normal | 25 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | R. K. Lumsdon | Pop-singer runs shows in support for bags of needy | r in Sting; ref. Live Aid etc.; bags = trousers |
Second | W. K. M. Slimmings | It can sound a bit tough on runners (and runners to be?) | 3 mngs.; runner beans |
Third | D. R. Robinson | What sets off resonance in fiddle | r in sting, & lit. |
VHC | S. Armstrong | This season sees start of training for Piggott’s first | spring with t for P, & lit.; ref. Lester P., jockey |
VHC | M. Barley | Common cheat’ll get run in, perhaps for fiddling | r in sting; s. adj. |
VHC | N. C. Dexter | It’s wound around wrapping-paper finally | r in sting, & lit. |
VHC | O. M. Ellis | To hoax, cheat and take in | r in sting |
VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Pop-eyed, one suspended here? | st(a)ring & lit.; hangman’s rope |
VHC | P. F. Henderson | What might be tight when bloke’s dispatched by gravity? | strin(gent) + g, & lit.; hangman’s rope |
VHC | R. J. Hooper | Bite for King to tuck into? | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
VHC | A. Lawrie | Some horses train for one type of course | 3 mngs. |
VHC | C. W. Laxton | Keeping things together, letting nothing fall out – that’s my job | st(0)ring & lit. |
VHC | C. J. Lowe | Sunday trading not in this day and age? Humbug! | S tr(AD)ing; humbug vb. = hoax |
VHC | D. F. Manley | Put King in pain | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
VHC | D. P. M. Michael | This has little King in pain, the cause of his death | R in sting, & lit.; ref. Belloc’s Henry K. |
VHC | F. Moss | One on the fiddle to tie up with street band | St ring, 2 defs. |
VHC | R. J. Palmer | Cheat, take in | r in sting, & lit. |
VHC | L. Paterson | Chasers, perhaps, could be keeping the round going | st(o)ring |
VHC | T. E. Sanders | A twist of grist having within limits a quite narrow measurement | n in anag., & lit. |
VHC | A. D. Scott | Hang from strap in train | 3 mngs. |
VHC | N. E. Sharp | Cheat, take in, hoax | r in sting |
VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Did it record end of Davis and tight gripping final for Johnson? | s + n in trig, & lit; ref. Steve D., Joe J., snooker |
VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Essential for starting straight the rows in neat gardens | initial letters & lit. |
VHC | M. H. E. Watson | If thong is strong, here’s thing to tie | i.e. thing is string |
VHC | Dr E. Young | Can take in do? | r in sting, & lit. |
HCs in competition 731 awarded to: