Azed Competition No. 774 Azed Slip | ◀ 770 | 779 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 774 | Mar 1987 | VICTORINE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. C. Leyland | Trevi – coin thrown – a comfort if cold shouldered? | anag. |
| Second | R. J. Hooper | Wrap it over chin if not hot? | anag. less H, & lit. |
| Third | N. C. Dexter | Neckwear in civet or fox? | anag. & lit.; fox vi. |
| VHC | J. D. D. Blaikie | Jam’s bound to take in some fruit | to r in in vice |
| VHC | M. Coates | Marks, say, on skin when it is no longer ripe | Vic to rine, & lit; ref. V. M., cricketer |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. Colley | Kind of peach put in jam or canned | or in tin in vice |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | Might a variety of citron be entered here, in clapped-out attempt to win a prize? | anag. in vie, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Foxy cover? Nit possessing one? | I in anag., & lit.; ref. animal rights campaign |
| VHC | H. Freeman | What’s yellow, put in a can and conserved in jam? | or in tin in vice |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Bush, perhaps, fed with nitro compound | anag. in Vice; ref. George B., US V. P. |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Sylvester? Fashionable leader of early band of distinction! | Victor in e; ref. V. Silvester (sic), bandleader |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | What’ll do for laying up, skinned, in jam? | (s)torin(g) in vice, & lit. |
| VHC | J. I. & B. C. James | Peach jam to take home bottled | to r in in vice |
| VHC | M. S. Taylor & N. C. Johns | Peach – cover it in trifle | anag. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Some stole – old screw shut gang quickly inside | to rin in vice; gang, rin vbs. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | Could it be Sylvester, being skinned, disguised? | Victor + anag. of (b)ein(g), & lit.; ref. cartoon cat, V. Silvester (sic), bandleader |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | I contrive elaborate cape a character might display! | anag., hidden ‘peach’, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Ban civil rioter – order going awry with exit of the unfortunate Blair Peach? | anag. less anag.; ref. campaigner killed in demo |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | A fruit split has one smothered in jam? | I in torn in vice |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Notice vair hanging loose? Could be a —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | See what’s yellow, when tinned, and stuck in sorbet? | v. + or2 in tin in ice |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Base of neck? I cover it extravagantly | n + anag., & lit.; b. = starting point |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | See nice trio playing something soft and sweet | v. + anag. |
HCs in competition 774 awarded to: