Azed Competition No. 1104  Azed Slip  |  ◀  1100  |  1108  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1104 Jul 1993BURYING-PLACES normal24

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstJ. C. LeylandHavens for those who’ve departed jumping bail, e.g. N. Cyprusanag.; ref. Azil Nadir scandal
SecondC. J. MorseAngry public revolts, wanting heads of English selectors. Ashes belong here!anag. + E, s
ThirdR. J. HooperWhere ‘lads and girls … come to dust’ (which also evokes girls and boys involved with a clean-up!)comp. anag.; ref. song from ‘Cymbeline’
VHCD. AshcroftSuperbly menacing spinning gets men out – and they keep the ashes down under?anag. less men
VHCM. J. BathPlaying ‘Bruce’s’ spin? At these grounds there are no quick deliveriesanag.; ref. current Test series
VHCJ. R. BeresfordGraves expert impresses by slurping extravagantlyace in anag.
VHCA. G. ChamberlainWhere bodies are lying, sub-crape, possiblyanag. & lit.
VHCD. B. CrossRev up Nigel’s car by the pits?anag.; ref. N. Mansell
VHCR. DeanWhere you’ll see bugs ripen with clay decomposing?anag. & lit.
VHCC. M. EdmundsCairns, e.g., left up by all in grief?anag. incl. I, & lit.
VHCC. E. Faulkner-KingThe last resort of most people suffering incurable gypsanag.
VHCR. R. GreenfieldTurning them up can be grisly one seesanag. & lit.
VHCJ. F. GrimshawNew version for replacing busy Chambers showing signs of decay?anag.
VHCC. R. GumbrellTurning which, Gray’s pen dealt with bucolic company passed overanag. less co, & lit.; ref. Gray’s ‘Elegy’
VHCMrs D. B. JenkinsonWhere passing bells are rung by special changesanag. &. lit.
VHCF. P. N. LakeLinger by us with cap offanag. & lit.
VHCD. F. ManleyWith GLC gone, the disposal of such could give buyer a snipanag. incl. GLC, & lit.; ref. Lady Porter’s sale of Westminster cemeteries
VHCC. PearsonThey denote interment, but scaling pyre (saving time!) is alternative arrangementanag. less t
VHCR. PhillipsOne Scotch with pills swells the pancreas and binds body-cavitiesyin2 GP in bur laces
VHCD. R. RobinsonForbidding Chambers, perhaps, cluing by Pears is hopelessanag.; ref. Pears encyclopedia
VHCD. H. TompsettHoards of Bones – badly bungles piracyanag.; ref. ‘Treasure Island’
VHCMs J. WardWhere variations on ‘Clay, be snug – R.I.P’ may be foundanag. & lit.
VHCI. J. WilcockRugby Special broadcast round northern pits, perhapsN in anag.
VHCW. Wynne WillsonMongrel curs begin play where bones are foundanag.
 

HCs in competition 1104 awarded to:

C. J. AndersonDr I. S. FletcherP. W. MarlowA. R. Rowlands
A. BrashH. FreemanP. J. McWeenyW. K. M. Slimmings
C. J. BroughamM. FreemanJ. R. C. MichieR. Stocks
B. BurtonS. GoldieE. MillerMrs M. Vincent
E. ChalkleyP. F. HendersonG. J. MillerA. J. Wardrop
M. CoatesR. HeskethT. J. MooreyR. J. Whale
Ms S. C. CockburnJ. HetheringtonR. S. MorseD. Williamson
J. R. du ParcqM. D. JonesF. R. PalmerDr E. Young
M. EarleC. LeesB. Pitt 
M. ErringtonC. J. LoweD. Price Jones 
C. J. FeetenbyR. K. LumsdonJ. S. Roberts