Azed Competition No. 740 Azed Slip | ◀ 735 | 744 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 740 | Jul 1986 | ESCADRILLE | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | Fleet Street I’d call chaotic – slipping time and time again | anag. less t, t; ref. printing of solution with puzzle, due to error ‘at the Observer end’ |
| Second | D. F. Paling | Learner in diesel car damaged part of a wing | L in anag. |
| Third | S. Goldie | Jet-set? Celles d’air sans souci | anag. |
| VHC | M. Barley | French flight l’escalier’d inaccurately render | anag.; ref. ambiguity of ‘flight’ |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Mirage formation? That’s to say stream seen in inner tract of desert | c-à-d + rill, all in (d)ese(rt); M. jet |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | French unit deploying aces high, endlessly trained | anag. + drille(d) |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Most of desert alive with lilac Mirages? | anag. incl. deser(t); M. jets |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Quite a few high-fliers cease to be excited about what is purely routine | drill in anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Feetenby | Flying ace after art that’s essentially French must accept training here | es (Fr.) + drill in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | In which flying aces of French frames stream | anag. + rill in de, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Flying Circus? Cleese, Idle are endlessly funny | anag. less final letters; ref. Monty Python, John C., Eric I. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | What could recoup ‘de caelis’, landing left and right? | anag. incl. l, r, & lit.; de caelis (L.) = from the heavens |
| VHC | J. I. & B. C. James | Flying officer entering this in the wars serves allied forces | anag. less FO, & lit. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Où se trouvent les Mirages en bloc? Ciel d’Arles orageux | anag.; orageux (Fr.) = stormy; M. jets |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Crazed by endless desert, all I see is … mirages? | anag. of deser(t) all I C; M. jets |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | French high-fliers get het up re cedillas | anag. |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | French fleet caught in stormy sea on exercise near Spain | c in anag. + drill + E |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Squadron using correct procedure for power in flight | escape with drill for P |
| VHC | T. W. Mortimer | Weak one could be undoing of Allied crews | anag. less w |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What’ll stage exercise representing power in flight? | escape with drill for P |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Aircraft involved in Celle raids? | anag. & lit.; German town |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | Ciel d’Arles could reveal it in formation | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | It’s produced by service training for power in flight | escape with drill for P |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Lightnings? Maybe French equivalent led ‘éclairs’ to be coined | anag.; éclair (Fr.) = lightning; ref. RAF L. jet |
HCs in competition 740 awarded to: