Azed Competition No. 882 Azed Slip | ◀ 878 | 887 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 882 | Apr 1989 | DOSSIER | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. F. Manley | Second OED is out – the latest thing in computer gathering of reference material | anag. incl. s + r |
| Second | F. R. Palmer | Papers give sensational account of Miss P. Bordes (with British MPs involved) | comp. anag. incl. B; ref. scandal involving Pamella B. |
| Third | D. V. Harry | Arrangement using Do, Re … Si should include Sol in the collection of notes | S in anag.; Sol = sun |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Notes the ‘Branch’ built up? | dos + reis (rev.), & lit.; ref. Special Branch |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Arises in case bound with red around | is so in red (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | B. Burton | Advice for one at court: ‘One gets rich hanging around’ | I in dosser2 |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | Notes and more notes written up all about one | dos + I in res (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | This on Crowther’s working could expose the crossword senior | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. AZ! |
| VHC | S. C. Ford | One who rents his chambers carries one | I in dosser, & lit.; ref. barrister |
| VHC | B. Franco | Instructions given in case rice boiled over | do’s + reis (rev.) |
| VHC | B. Harvey | Stores reorganized, DTI’s involved, Tiny’s capital lost – that’s what the files show | anag. less T; ref. failed entrepreneur ‘Tiny’ Rowland |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Could ‘Let’s do Harrods swine’ be read from ‘The Rowlands ——’? Possibly! | comp. anag.; ref. ‘Tiny’ Rowland |
| VHC | A. W. Hill | Misuse of steroids? There’s no end of it in the papers | anag. less t |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Criminal desirous of higher society to escape? File needed | anag. less U |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | SIS forms filed by agent? | anag. in doer, & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Brief list of correct behaviour – etiquette initially seen in a gentleman | do’s + e in sir |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | The lists of secrets on one an agent has gathered, perhaps | s, s + I, all in doer, & lit.; list = border |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | One carries the papers in case one’s hanging about | I in dosser2 |
| VHC | T. W. Mortimer | Lacking in content potted case-history makes patchy one! | comp. anag. incl. p, d, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Do heads of the Secret Service have one on the Queen? | do S S + I + ER, & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | Record with everything on one side so end to forever turning over | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | G. A. Tomlinson | Without end to drill soldiers formed file | anag. less l |
HCs in competition 882 awarded to: