Azed Competition No. 301 Azed Slip | ◀ 300 | 306 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Jan 1978 | TROLLOPISH | normal | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | This is slapdash about hair and or making up | poll or (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| Second | R. J. Hooper | Posh? Rot! – ill groomed | anag. & lit. |
| Third | E. J. Burge | Disorderly characters seen in Soho trip’ll fit this description | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Being slack in stays reduces roll to ship on the turn | anag. + anag. |
| VHC | P. R. Best | What was Flanders like? Troops ill prepared … horrific! | anag. + H; old film certificate; ref. Moll F. |
| VHC | Mrs F. Blanchard | Polish? Right lot needed for reforming slammerkin | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Moving round, wiggling hips with nothing on – that’s not ladylike | troll2 + 0 + anag. |
| VHC | M. A. Cooper | As a pert schoolgirl, lacking elements of grace, could unfortunately become | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Duckworth | Mixed up with posh lot, girl loses head… and possibly becomes this? | anag. less g, & lit. |
| VHC | A. L. Freeman | What loose topless girls loth about work may be | op. in anag. less g, & lit. |
| VHC | C. P. Grant | Entice, with nothing above sinuous hips – like a Jezebel, perhaps | troll + 0 + anag. |
| VHC | A. A. J. Griffiths | All change in till, or shop becomes slovenly | anag. |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Untidy roll-top is hard on pencils; push up new lead from around the middle | i.e. t to start of roll-top is H |
| VHC | Mrs N. Jarman | Like any loose baggage moving round and round a tossing ship | troll2 O + anag. |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Oh I’ll sport wantonly, being thus | anag. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | To saunter toplessly round with wiggling hips would surely be this | (s)troll + O + anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Fish shop busy about one – as chippies usually are | troll2 + I in anag.; see chippy |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | Porthos ill becomes one, being promiscuous | anag.; p. = breviary |
| VHC | C. J. and R. S. Morse | The type that might make short love – not without pill | anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Like a pro, when Hill’s involved with sport, nothing interferes | 0 in anag.; pro = prostitute; ref. Jimmy H. |
| VHC | W. H. Pegram | The type a Soho trip’ll rouse? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. Rodgers | Hair standing on end, nothing on it, and in a ragged shirt – how like a slut | 0 + poll (rev.), all in anag. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | I have fish and chip shop to open about one. Like a bag? | troll2 + I in anag.; chip = chop up |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Of worn-down pro? This’ll fit | anag. incl. o’, & lit.; fit2 vi |
| VHC | Mrs B. Simmonds | Making up to allure the eye of customers with swaying hips | troll + o + anag., & lit.; eye = central spot |
| VHC | J. G. Stubbs | The crummy bit turns up with hair on end, the liberty of going out like a slattern! | ort (rev.) + poll (rev.) + ish |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Having left polish undone and refuse mounting up? | ort (rev.) + anag. incl. l, & lit. |
| VHC | D. B. Williams | Slovenly liberal joins left in division against Scottish issue | L l in troop + ish |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Posh? Rot! I’ll be damned if I am! | anag. & lit. |
HCs in competition 301 awarded to: