Azed Competition No. 930 Azed Slip | ◀ 926 | 934 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 930 | Mar 1990 | SABULOSE | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | H. W. Massingham | Gravelly rendering of a blues with Satchmo pouring his heart out | anag. incl. S(atchm)o; ref. Louis Armstrong |
| Second | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Resort suitable when it is so? | anag. with so for it, & lit. |
| Third | R. F. Naish | Carpenter was so blue, discounting suggestion of walrus such was the beach | anag. less w; carpenter vb. |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | As boules ground? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Boule’s agitated after it gets word concerning Pylos | SA + anag.; ref. Athenian Council, Homeric epithet for P. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Sandy’s sad … spent penny leaving nothing in purse! | sa(d) + 0 in bulse |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | ‘It’s so blue, with waves …’ (Contrived description of seaside feature?) | SA + anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Gritty youngster in control of jumbo starts to land on single engine | Sabu + l o s e; ref. S. the Elephant Boy |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Gritty South African black gets universal following once free | SA + B + U + lose2; ref. N. Mandela |
| VHC | J. Grimes | Gritty SAS blow up enemies? It wipes men out | comp. anag. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | As sign of times, perhaps, South African black unity’s dawning – Nelson, unbounded, free! | SA + B + u + anag. less N, n; sands of time |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | As boules ground? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Ground base for foolish soul’s housing? It’s revealed to be such | anag. in anag., & lit.; ref. Matt. 7:26-27 |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Such grains I’d mixed – in promoting subsoil’s drainage | comp. anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | What oases may become, with endless expanse encroaching | bul(k) in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Brothers finally getting censure all round look like fakes | s + lo in abuse; ref. Fayed bros.; fakes = sandy shale |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Such as boules pitches | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. A. Mostyn | It’s what a beach should be – let’s play boules on it | SA + anag. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Like many of our beaches – sea so polluted with endless rubbish dumped in it | bul(l) in anag. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Like gran, moving about less with passing of time | anag. less t; gran = granulated sugar |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Suitable for petanque and as boules pitch | anag. |
| VHC | Dr I. Torbe | Gritty, out of form, Seb labours, losing literally his last run | anag. less b r; ref. S. Coe |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | As boules pitch? | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 930 awarded to: