Azed Competition No. 744 Azed Slip | ◀ 740 | 750 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744 | Aug 1986 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE | Right and Left | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. G. Millin | Sizzling hot skin tan peril – ghastly shade of brown – peculiar seaside affliction of the madder type | anag. incl. h; coffee + anag. |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Fried dish, Spooner’s gem in the examination, transposing initials of ‘dried fish’, see – i.e. case of the blight drinkers dread | i.e. pearl in the scan; anag. incl. d f; ref. also drinkers’ mumbling |
| Third | J. I. & B. C. James | Sizzling model in her silk pants – Sun wanting to leave off clothing of female I’d see excitedly is a blight | anag. less S; of f + anag., all in cease |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | This could devastate Brazil – out of condition English team, making comeback in end, thwart their plan and slip away at wings – sizzling! | off E + side (rev.) in cease; anag. in skin |
| VHC | M. Barley | Oatmeal over a fire? Could it be a thin sprinkle of meal is effective in stopping blight? | anag.; of feed is in cease |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | Sizzling links in heat – par for this course? A supply of nutrient’s in to stop blight | comp. anag. & lit.; of feed is in cease; supply v. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Curling rink plan hits English – produces audible accompaniment of ‘What’s cooking?’, ‘a growing curse,’ ‘cease!’, ‘off!’ … (English ‘side’ must be upset!) | anag. incl. E; anag. incl.E |
| VHC | C. J. & M. P. Butler | Fungoid infection ravaged side of face – see cracking results if you treat rent skin with phial | anag.; anag. |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Lank tripe and shin fried? I.e. café feed’s so foul large scale malady results | anag.; anag.; scale = leaf |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Edinburgh’s sizzling plan – rethink is involved in event where foe defies changes that’ll affect blacks and whites alike? | anag.; anag. in case; ref. Commonwealth Games, S. Africa |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Scottish range noise silent? Hark! Pin breaking quiet after company’s loud and regular delivery is a sign of blasting to come | anag.; co f feed is ease |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Rejected Foreign Office stooge is sent in to stop threat to SA’s export trade? Sounds likely to fizzle – this ado could produce no apartheid links | FO (rev.) + feed is, all in cease; comp. anag.; S. Africa / America |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | See brand of beans cooked by side of cafe, see mushy peas and thin links (run for seconds) sizzling | anag.; anag. with r for s |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | Cooking hint: Sprinkle a sizzling feed of fricassee (French poached) with ginger! It could produce malaise in Café Guadeloupe | anag. ; anag. less Fr |
| VHC | S. M. Mansell | Crackling strangely in sink, her plant, with seed-case off, dies in the middle, wilting from leaf-blight | anag. ; anag. incl. (d)ie(s) |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | If Defoe ceases to stir, I’ll check output of Brazil, Fry, then Spark, even bits of O’Neill I fancy | anag.; anag. incl. alternate letters; ref. Angela B, Christopher F., Muriel S., Eugene O’N. |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | See side of café crumbling (the result of rust) – a thin sprinkle disperses in fry-up | anag.; anag. |
| VHC | C. Oliver | English café by polluted seaside provides unwholesome sort of mushroom fry-up and a thin sprinkle with capers | anag. incl. E; anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Noise made by bangers perhaps – risk thin panel repaired by stuff one’s put in to stop rust | anag.; of feed I’s in cease |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | Sizzling heat? Sprinklin’ freely, a ton of fodder is free from leaf blight? | anag.; C of feed is ease |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | ‘Sizzling runner’? Take hint, with panel beaten finish: aged stuff is hiding rust | ski r + anag.; of feed is in cease |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | Their plan getting skin oiled, sizzling tan colour by seaside abroad. Madder types can’t resist it | anag.; coffee + anag. |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | Plain thinkers cooked fatty meal, see, so I fed face with abandon – a cause of wilting | anag.; anag. |
HCs in competition 744 awarded to: