Azed Competition No. 887 Azed Slip | ◀ 882 | 891 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 887 | May 1989 | MONSTER | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Dr G. B. Greer | Some in Commons term Mrs. T. one, abusively | hidden, anag., & lit. |
| Second | A. Lawrie | I make strong men both stop short and tremble | anag. less g n, & lit. |
| Third | J. R. C. Michie | Demon doctor reconstructed man from butchered remnants | MO + anag. less anag. |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | ‘Dr’, new recipe set out, becomes ‘Mr’, on changing to one | MO + anag. incl. n r, monster with I for on = mister, & lit.; ref. Jekyll and Hyde |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | Hunchback or similar required: one to ring changes in large cathedral | minster with O for I |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Try ‘enormous’ reformulated … it could be your answer! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | One ‘getting away’ in stream, on being put around becomes ‘a whopper’! | anag. less a; ref. fishermen’s tales |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | ‘No end to mandate’, Mrs T resolved – it’s dreadful! | anag. incl. e |
| VHC | R. Dean | One that is deficient from aberrant enormities? | anag. less I i.e., & lit. |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | Product of a Modern Prometheus – hero made up this | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Frankenstein |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Mrs T one to Labour? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | B. Franco | Titanic – Monumental disaster – Most on board lost | mon(umental disa)ster |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Gorgon? Mrs T’s one in disguise! | anag. |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Oh, this is what no mothers ought to bear | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | No little creature in mass – ‘enormous-est’ brute! | m + anag. less mouse, & lit.; brute adj. |
| VHC | R. Jacks | Man with a heart made of stone, perhaps | anag. in Mr, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Sabbath tormentor’s two thirds solved in minute? Hardly! | anag. of S tormen(tor) |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Designation for man with heart of stone becoming horrible | anag. in Mr, & lit. |
| VHC | H. Massingham | Mutation in set norm? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Frightful tele ——, on Elm Street possibly | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Nightmare on E. S.’ |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | It requires some distortion to make Mrs T one | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Grotesque vision of ten more with Mrs T, no term in sight | anag. less term; i.e. years in power |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Stupendous composition of W. A. Mozart’s one that’s ignored by Ozawa, surprisingly | anag. less anag.; ref. Seiji O., conductor |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | A whopper as expressed in Commons terminology | hidden; ref. Churchill’s ‘terminological inexactitude’ |
| VHC | D. P. Shenkin | Mrs T, one for turning? It may seem incredible | anag. |
| VHC | J. P. Wheatcroft | Eton’s Mr Chips – one you’d be glad to say goodbye to! | anag.; ref. novel ‘Goodbye, Mr C.’ |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | I could be ET’s norm! | anag. |
HCs in competition 887 awarded to: