Azed Competition No. 827 Azed Slip | ◀ 823 | 831 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827 | Mar 1988 | MICKEY-TAKING | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | (M)urine-extraction? | 2 mngs.; ref. Mickey Mouse |
| Second | J. Horwood | Cartoonist’s favourite occupation | Mickey taking, & lit.; M. Mouse; military occupation |
| Third | J. B. Sweeting | It’s freezing in Calgary, with Finn leading. See the take-off! | Mickey taking; ref. Winter Olympics, Matti Nykänen, ski-jumper |
| VHC | B. W. Brook | In making game pie from e.g. cat, I’m kinky | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Needling: doing as the dopers’ victims do? | 2 mngs.; Mickey Finns |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | A mildly sadistic diversion in The Observer Magazine – I see clues for solution with perplexity! | ‘M’ I c key taking |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Guy of Irish extraction? | i.e. Mickey taking; M. offensive sl. |
| VHC | Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | Teasing strip hot in the kinky magic dancing | anag. less H |
| VHC | M. Earle | Kinnockite may start to groan, but no escaping devilish aim of Spitting Image | anag. incl. g less no; ref. satirical TV series |
| VHC | R. A. England | Here’s chaff, before the acquisition of corn | i.e. mickey (adj.) + taking |
| VHC | G. Gargan | Christy O’Connor for one not putting but chipping | Mickey taking; ref. Irish golfer; chip = tease; M. offensive sl. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Aiming pull to leg may get kick in googly | anag.; leg-pulling |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Irish the butt of me? That painful old persiflage! | Mick (m)e yt aking; M. offensive sl. |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Chaff associated with corn needs removal | mickey + taking |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | What may induce a nap? Teasing | 2 mngs.; i.e. taking a soporific |
| VHC | Rev M. R. Metcalf | Paddy’s plight from long ago? | Mickey taking; P., M., offensive sl. |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Josh, Pat, Kit and Angus dancing without us | Mickey + anag. less us; M. offensive sl. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Irish jokes, for example, getting Paddy and family in a flap | Mickey + kin in tag; P., M., offensive sl. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Pulling leg free from end of tights, one may get knicks in a twist | anag. incl. I less s |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Mike-grabbing Irishman’s attractive – and annoying | i.e. Mickey taking; ref. T. Wogan; M. offensive sl. |
| VHC | H. B. Morton | Tying a ‘Kick-me’ on the bum? | anag. & lit.; bum = spree |
| VHC | Mrs A. G. Phillips | Annoying dog running around stock chasing young bull, wild | mickey + kin in tag |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | What might irritate back of leg? Nicky-tam, i.e. with knot not left loose | anag. incl. g & k(not) |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | A way of baiting bull, with terriers set at head | mickey TA king |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Kinky act? I’m game, otherwise am act in burlesque | comp. anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | Method of baiting a mouse, characteristically, finds alluring | Mickey + taking |
HCs in competition 827 awarded to: