Azed Competition No. 961 Azed Slip | ◀ 956 | 965 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 961 | Oct 1990 | WAVESON | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. L. Stone | Particular motion’s directed towards floating constituents when the tub is thumped | wave’s on |
| Second | Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | Hail falling amid melting snow spoils bobbing | ave in anag. |
| Third | Dr E. Young | Beachcomber’s cut? | wave’s on, & lit.; on = getting drunk |
| VHC | F. E. Flannery | A sea view that is taken after wreckage will show this | anag. less i.e., & lit. (?) |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Refuse in sound? See that bob about | ‘waive’ + s on, & lit. |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Lost assets in offshore flotation? One was done out of third of savings | v in anag. |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | What wrecks leave sea-strown – this relates | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Odd bits of wood near vessel in a wrecked state? | anag. of alternate letters, & lit. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Woven as elasticated swimming trunks etc? | anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Beethoven’s last quartet was relaxed after say ‘Tempest’, lightish stuff in the main | anag. incl. (Beeth)oven; ref. B.’s Piano Sonata No. 17 |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | As things are coming up round a half-sunk ship, this is what you see | a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | H. B. Morton | Encourages to advance wobbly views I omitted on a matter left drifting | waves on, anag. less I + on |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Drift created by swirling snow with hail in it | ave in anag. |
| VHC | G. Perry | What’s presently coming up with a ship half submerged? | a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | It could come from ’old in wrecked snow | ’ave in anag., & lit.; snow2 |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | What’s current picked up around a ship cut in two? | a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | G. A. Tomlinson | Violent waters scatter this litter | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What’s seen after ship goes down: birds diving in as things are coming up | aves in now (rev.) |
| VHC | M. G. Wilson | Saw oven exploding spread pieces of liner? | anag.; ref. oven liner |
HCs in competition 961 awarded to: