Azed Competition No. 900 Azed Slip | ◀ 895 | 904 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | Aug 1989 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) | Letters Latent | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | N. C. Dexter | Quack medicine? Crooked liar has bottles to flog | tan in anag. |
| Second | J. F. Grimshaw | Bottom’s taken aback when covered in monstrous hairs: ‘This is knavery …’ | natal (rev.) in anag.; ref. MND, esp. III.1.105 |
| Third | J. P. H. Hirst | What a liar at NHS might turn to | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | Wanton taking one in place of love is an exotic beguilement | harlot with a for 0 + anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | What’s a liar ‘working with NHS’ at? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Rain halts a game – the paying customers could feel cheated by it | anag.; game = crippled |
| VHC | M. Earle | A long train has to have a buffet? That may be a false assumption | anag. incl. l |
| VHC | F. D. Gardiner | Pretending to skills one doesn’t have, as in a harlot badly wanting love | anag. less 0 |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Humbug! What could make Ebenezer finally hail Santa? | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | Ms H. Grayson | A satin (not seconds) woven into flax fibres will produce a lot of flannel | anag. less s in harls |
| VHC | J. G. Hull | Mixing duck with it has rational results – quackery! | comp. anag. less 0 |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Ailment (a rash) should be treated without me | anag. less me, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | In Harley St as a phoney you could get done for this, yes? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | H. S. Mason | Bluff hard Australians whipped us out | H + anag. less us |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Endless great cheer all round, but second 900 perhaps is promising the impossible! | tal(l) rah (rev.) + (s)an + is; ref. AZ series |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Hey, suggestion of aureoles shimmering ain’t penned by Tusitala – that’s humbug | ha + a + anag. in RLS; ref. AZ clue to ROSE-LAURELS and pen-name of R. L. Stevenson |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | Hospital caught out in treatment of scarlatina – using unethical medicine? | H + anag. less c |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Empiricism? What’s ensured I’m so confused with it? Possibly, rationalism has! | comp. anag. |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | It shows a liar hasn’t abandoned advocacy of snake-oil | anag. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | A natural heartlessly treated in his unprofessional doctor’s practice | anag. less u in his |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Sham medicine – e.g. it might be ‘Art as Healing’ | comp. anag. |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Dress a rash with lint and a surface medicine | anag.; surface = superficial |
HCs in competition 900 awarded to: