Azed Competition No. 735 Azed Slip | ◀ 731 | 740 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 735 | Jun 1986 | MALIGN | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | What a gremlin could be with regard to flying | anag. less re, & lit. |
| Second | P. F. Henderson | Foul lying may, repeatedly detracting the same character | anag. less y y, & lit. |
| Third | F. P. N. Lake | Wanting love (and how!), see me go roaming in gloaming | comp. anag. |
| VHC | K. Aaronovich | Blaming indiscriminately without a hint of benevolence | anag. less b, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Get nothing out of the gloamin’ roamin’? Old Lauder certainly didn’t | anag. less 0; ref. Harry L. |
| VHC | M. Barley | With reference to flying, could a gremlin appear as such? | anag. less re, & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Form ranks after the end of grim offensive | m + align |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Run down? Worse, lingam’s out of order | anag. |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmon | Cram’s in this race, which could result in injury | lig in man; cram = lie; ref. Steve C. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Knock Fell | 2 mngs.; Pennine peak |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Make false statements to break a person? | lig in man, & lit. |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Black African nation on the borders of Gabon | Mali + G, n |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Wrong start in Mexico, nought-one upset’s about ultimate in bungling | M + g in nil-a (rev.); ref. World Cup |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | McEnroe’s first to get in a row – and run down as a result | M + align; ref. John M. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Villain’s tying maiden to line! | M + align; villain adj. |
| VHC | E. Nicholson | Denigrate male dress as tending to go from bad to worse | m + align, 2 defs. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Cut a person with a crude lie? | lig in man, & lit. |
| VHC | Miss I. M. Raab | Devilish using Botham’s extremity to create a row! | m + align; ref. Ian B.’s cannabis admission |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Badly run down Cavalier with rear tray missing | Malign(ant); car make; tray = set of 3 |
| VHC | G. C. Rosser | What’s to be penned by Friday? Odd articles of lying slander | l i g in Man |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | The kind of effect on name a dam lie has | ma + lig + n, & lit. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Lam in slurs without a hit of goodness | g in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Mum’s first to dress wound, with action following words? | m + align; i.e. action for slander |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Mile line up run down | m + align |
| VHC | M. R. Whiteoak | Give a bad press? This taint could he produced by Wapping NGA militant | comp. anag.; wap v.i.; ref. printing disputes |
HCs in competition 735 awarded to: