Azed Competition No. 956 Azed Slip | ◀ 952 | 961 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 956 | Sep 1990 | SPEAR-SIDE | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hooper | Dies out after a person’s popped off without male issue | anag. less son + anag., & lit. |
| Second | R. R. Greenfield | Dispraise agnates? So you snarl against us! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Third | D. F. Manley | A record’s climbing and rides high – see it in the pop charts? | a EP’s (rev.) + anag.; high = drunk |
| VHC | M. Barley | Line of men is deployed in readiness, with President wanting end of Hussein | anag. + P less n |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Foolhardy pas desire fathers’ race | anag. |
| VHC | D. Buxton | Those who get hopelessly pissed are barred from being in the club | anag.; in the club = pregnant |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Successors to title S. Edberg’s first round despair abandoned | anag. in S E; ref. S. E.’s No. 1 ranking before defeat in first round of US Open |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Son not occurring? Awful despair – end of line (i.e. this) | s(on) + anag. + e, & lit. |
| VHC | S. Holgate | Pistes read mistakenly – time lost in line of descent | anag. less t |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Descent of man – dies having erred and eaten fruit | pears in anag. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | The males are perilously near their end when embraced by unsated black widow? | anag. + s, all in spide(r) |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Air introducing a tenor’s manly strain | Pears in side; ref. Peter P. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Press aide twisted Maggie’s line? Never! | anag.; ref. M. Thatcher |
| VHC | A. C. Morrison | Changing air speeds rashly can bring about a man’s descent | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | On the surface rape’s wrong – that’s the male line | anag.+ side |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | With this line you might find peers in, ladies out | comp. anag. & lit.; hereditary peerages passed through male line |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | Air speed’s cut for line of descent missing spindle tree | anag.; see spindle side |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | I hold kings and jacks but no queens: playing spades to East I must enter with king | I and R in anag. + E |
| VHC | A. J. Shields | A son’s pedigree could be represented on this (e.g.) | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | All men despise Iraq ignoring its borders and mobilizing | anag. less I, q |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | The men in trees? | pears in side, & lit.; men = team members; in vb |
| VHC | G. A. Tomlinson | Pace primarily features in team. You’ll find no spinners here | p ears in side; see spindle side |
HCs in competition 956 awarded to: