Azed Competition No. 835 Azed Slip | ◀ 831 | 840 ▶ | Other competitions | ordStats
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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835 | May 1988 | PROSAICAL | normal | 27 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | P. F. Henderson | Such works are nothing special (never entertaining English) | anag. incl. O less E, E, & lit. |
Second | M. Barley | For shortened form of it in Chambers, look up ‘workaday’ | pro SA i’ C. + la (rev.), & lit. |
Third | T. J. Moorey | Mill or Pascal, I like works without rhyme (but with reason) | anag.; mill = grind |
VHC | S. Armstrong | Diamonds missing, a Police car is mobilised. Just routine! | anag. less ice |
VHC | D. Ashcroft | Streetwalker’s one I mostly describe as drab | pro’s a I cal(l) |
VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | Stop racial riots time’s short, as a matter of fact | anag. less t |
VHC | E. J. Burge | Get duck in April (start of cricket), as badly prepared? Not having feet in line? | 0 in anag. incl. c; metrical feet |
VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Put plainly – a first in clue slip or A’s rotten | anag. incl. c; A = Azed |
VHC | C. J. Feetenby | Let loose from Calliope’s art in composition | comp. anag. & lit. |
VHC | H. Freeman | Not how lines are run in P & O with Calais in turmoil | r in P O + anag. |
VHC | D. A. Ginger | No escaping from tremulous soprano, one not fully composed, uninspired | anag. less no + cal(m) |
VHC | I. A. Herbert | One lascar joins P & O – working flexibly – not striking at all | anag. incl. I |
VHC | R. J. Hooper | A la scrip o’ novel? | anag. & lit. |
VHC | D. G. Hopkins | Commonplace social parvenus, loveless and dissipated! | anag. less Venus |
VHC | R. Jacks | I’m not striking, working P & O Calais run | anag. incl. r |
VHC | A. H. Jones | Like Monsieur Jourdain’s speech, ‘pas clair’, muddled, with zero content? | 0 in anag.; ref. Molière, ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ |
VHC | J. C. Leyland | Dry? Sip a cola on the rocks with a dash of rum in | r in anag. |
VHC | H. W. Massingham | Avoiding ice, a police-car is involved with pedestrian | anag. less ice |
VHC | H. B. Morton | Not striking, restoring P & O Calais run shortly | anag. incl. r |
VHC | D. S. Nagle | Flat pie rose inside before long | Rosa in Pica + l; pie3 |
VHC | R. J. Palmer | One engaged for money on Calais run? Definitely not striking! | pro + anag. |
VHC | A. D. Scott | Flat cap sailor sports | anag. |
VHC | D. P. Shenkin | Government office monkey about with afternoon luminance – likely to remain dull | PRO + sai c. a. L; ref. British Summer Time |
VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | A crisp loaf once cut turns dry | anag. incl. loa(f) |
VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Ruins of acropolis one lacking love finds unromantic | anag. incl. a less 0 |
VHC | J. P. Wheatcroft | Flat cap sailor sports | anag. |
VHC | D. Williamson | To wax this on an acropolis would be unfitting | comp. anag. & lit.; cf. wax lyrical |
HCs in competition 835 awarded to: