Azed Competition No. 874 Azed Slip | ◀ 869 | 878 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 874 | Feb 1989 | BLUESTOCKING | normal | 24 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. R. H. Jones | Got BSc unlike fluff? | anag. & lit. |
| Second | J. F. N. Wedge | —— got BSc? Unlike wanton? | anag. & lit. |
| Third | Dr J. Burscough | Who might show worsted in King’s College but no leg? | anag. less leg, & lit.; show vi |
| VHC | S. Armstrong | One ruling needed after Telecom, introducing an early form of STD, overcharge e.g. Girton girl? | lues in BT + o/c + king |
| VHC | D. A. Campbell | Has she got bulgiest conk about? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | M. Coates | Female it’s being wasteful to entertain merely for procreation | stock in blueing, & lit. |
| VHC | R. N. Cuff | Learned ‘handle’ because of First from Girton? | blue stock in G, & lit. |
| VHC | W. Davies | She’s no dummy so there’s suckling to be done | anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Buckles into work – getting ‘First’ at Girton? | anag. + G, & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Duckworth | It’s unusual for her to be stuck on bilge! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | O. Greenwood | OCE, but no silk sadly for her? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | She could have learned wisdom at Royal Holloway clink but goes on twisting | anag.; ref. prison and college |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | College beak with bust (?) in worsted (Miss Beale, possibly) | anag. less anag., & lit.; ref. Dorothea B., educational reformer |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | One from King’s College with legs in nothing but a worsted? | anag. of KG legs in 0 but a, less a, & lit. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | No leg trimmed with silk, but 100 for Latin – that’s me! | anag. with C for L, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Worsted guise, not black, may befit a —— | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | L. May | Athlete’s foot case for lady doctor, probably | Blue stocking. |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Murdoch’s one Tory intrusive boss at home with head of Government | Blue stock in G; ref. Iris M., Rupert M. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Clever girl sporting GCE but no silk? | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Name given by sportive university types to coterie’s first ‘queen bee’ long ago | Blues to c king, & lit.; see king in C. |
| VHC | T. W. Mortimer | On such a long-haired lady one can restyle locks into e.g. bun! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Superior Oxford or Cambridge type, making an object of ridicule | Blue stocking, & lit. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | A Chelsea-ite, maybe – but drabbly rigged out (club kit’s gone astray) | anag. & lit.; ref. arty district, football club |
| VHC | D. W. Shaw | A university sportsman keeping a female student tied up in guest block | Blue stocking, anag. |
HCs in competition 874 awarded to: