Azed Competition No. 766 Azed Slip | ◀ 764 | 770 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 766 | Jan 1987 | GUBBINS | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. Campbell | Scrap deregulation of British busing | anag. incl. B |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | Bunter’s interest is awfully big buns | anag.; bunter = ragpicker |
| Third | E. Dawid | Clue 1 this month? ‘Thingumbob’s in as an alternative’ | comp. anag. incl. I, & lit.; in = popular |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | What’s turning nut and screwing bolt? | bug (rev.) + snib (rev.) & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | What’s produced by bib’s trimming, among other pieces? | anag. in guns, & lit.; g. = fish shavings, see Brewer |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | A device to fasten LEM to rocket | snib bug (rev.) |
| VHC | S. Goldie | What puts the throb in Heath Robinson? Cannily using bits and bobs for starters | anag. incl. b b |
| VHC | Ms J. Gore | A trifle big, buns crumble | anag. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Red and white wines | gub bins; red2 |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Something trivial stimulated origins of US board game now in British shops | anag. of first letters; ref. Trivial Pursuit |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Red or white wines | gub bins; red2 |
| VHC | G. B. Higgins | Broad’s opening batting contained by Aussie white men – that’s rubbish! | B in in gubs; ref. Chris B. |
| VHC | T. M. Humphries | Hold up wee catch, an insect or something | snib bug (rev.) |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Big buns, crackers, small beer | anag. |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Wee bar fly keels over? It’s nothing to boast about | snib bug (rev.) |
| VHC | M. S. Taylor & N. C. Johns | Gizmo brings gremlin uprising – bedlam follows ultimately | bug (rev.) + bin + s; ref. film ‘Gremlins’ |
| VHC | C. W. Laxton | Take discarded food containers, for example | g(r)ub bins, & lit. |
| VHC | A. N. Macdougall | Locking device, listening device, lifting device | snib bug (rev.) |
| VHC | L. May | A bit of gimmicky, undefined rubbish, new in | g + n in (r)ubbis(h), & lit.; g. in 1983 C. for first time |
| VHC | D. M. McCall | Eavesdropper lifts wee window-catch up a trifle | bug (rev.) + snib (rev.) |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Gizmo: first of gremlins, source of breakdowns and bedlam in America | g + b bin in US; ref. film ‘Gremlins’ |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Books among Penguins with authors not shown? Rubbish! | bb in (Pen)guins |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Small bowled big ’uns out – that’s the stuff! | anag. incl. b; ref. Gladstone S. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | White man oppresses black – with those in power something of little importance | B in gub + ins |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Refuse white wine in case overtopping the margin of safety should thereby result | gub bin s |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Black members of party in power inferior to white man? That’s rubbish | gub + B ins |
HCs in competition 766 awarded to: