Azed Competition No. 991 Azed Slip | ◀ 987 | 995 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 991 | May 1991 | BRASH (or BRUSH) | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. F. Henderson | This word’s not right for ‘shy’! | i.e. brash less r = bash, & lit.; bash, shy = attempt |
| Second | R. J. Whale | Making brandy handy will render you this? | i.e. br as h, & lit. |
| Third | E. J. Burge | Forward head butting in for a time in bath? | ras for a t in bath |
| VHC | R. B. Adcock | Our race? No it is America’s instead | British with US for it is, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | Needing to be sat on – by caviare? | 2 mngs.; i.e. crushed ice |
| VHC | M. Barley | Bits of broken rock and shorn hedgerow | first letters & lit. |
| VHC | Dr P. M. J. Bennett | Rude burp – result of prune | 3 mngs. |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Bush’s heart restored … as right as rain | Bush with r as for us |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | Start of bloody day’s shooting, or bloody end to a day’s hunting | b rush; fox’s tail |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Boldfaced: Chambers styles me so, see? | comp. anag. incl. c |
| VHC | G. Cuthbert | Too ready to solicit? Run in! | r in bash |
| VHC | R. V. Dearden | A Stoic troubled with heartburn could bear this eructation | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Bushy tail disappearing once Ranter’s poked his head in | R in bush(y), & lit.; R. one of J. Peel’s hounds |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Branches axed in cuts to services, perhaps? Reduced rail network remains | BR + ash; service2 |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Plumping quick-sticks? | 2 mngs.; impetuous, hawthorn clippings falling |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Lots of chips will make you plump and full of face | 3 mngs. |
| VHC | G. G. Loder | Bad crash – dispatch rider thrown clear – broken bits found in empty sidecar, maybe | bad crash less ADC; sidecar cocktail |
| VHC | R. K. Lumsdon | Bed rocks as producer of Twin Peaks starts to screen humping | bra s h; ref. TV series |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Money’s short with hospital on the rocks, broken down, supplying bed occasionally | bras(s) + H; ref. NHS crisis |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | Loose clippings from hedge rows, slight attack and bold | anag. of first letters, 3 defs., & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Odd bits of hornbeams, having been trimmed? | anag. of odd letters, & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Bush trim? Nation relieved his heart is right as rain | Bush with r as for US, 2 defs. |
HCs in competition 991 awarded to: