Azed Competition No. 809 Azed Slip | ◀ 805 | 814 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 809 | Nov 1987 | DOLCE VITA | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. Dean | Does cad love it? You can bet it! | anag. & lit.; ‘bet your sweet life’ |
| Second | J. B. Sweeting | Party (Liberal) active but in disarray. Swing-of-a-lifetime is needed | do L + anag. |
| Third | E. J. Burge | Oval cited for redevelopment. Is it the end of the swingers? | anag. |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | It’s lived at Como, happily, but without distinction | anag. less OM, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Bit of earth shifted back to show path with primroses | clod (rev.) + Evita; ref. musical; ‘primrose path’ |
| VHC | M. Earle | Luxuriation – six soggy cold tea bags | VI in anag. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Style to live, c.-à-d.? | anag. & lit.; live = enjoy life |
| VHC | S. C. Ford | Party plus naughty live act – it’s enjoyed by the hedonist | do + anag. |
| VHC | S. Holgate | To cad, evil is riotous self-indulgence | anag. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Not exactly cold life, roughly accommodated on boards! | anag. + Evita, & lit.; ref. musical |
| VHC | C. Loving | One forsaking Octavia led dissolute sort of life with Cleopatra | anag. less a; ref. Antony and C. |
| VHC | D. J. Mackay | Is it inhabiting old cave, wretchedly? Yes and no | it in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Social advancement: means this can start | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | Casanova’s skirts loved it madly! | anag. incl. C, a, & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Possibly dope circles associated with a rich and influential woman | clod (rev.) + Evita, & lit.; ref. Eva Peron |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | A great life for holders of lire as dollar meets active trading | dol. + anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | What’s laid out with ‘Vote Conservative’? | anag. incl. C, & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Effortless affluence in TV oil ad shattered, City’s reverse intervening | EC (rev.) in anag.; London postcode |
| VHC | D. Pendrey | What Calvinist does reject, sins being involved? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | L. G. D. Sanders | This life style could turn lad to vice | anag. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | ‘A-wine, a-women and a-song’, perhaps, exhaust Latin with active bent | do L + anag. |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | See one in oddly located rose garden | v I in anag. |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Retrograde in initiative, clodhoppers appreciate feather-bedding | hidden rev. |
| VHC | W. Woodruff | It might pervert lad to vice | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 809 awarded to: