Azed Competition No. 657 Azed Slip | ◀ 653 | 660 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657 | Dec 1984 | SILLY-BILLY | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. H. Pegram | Charlie, doting on William? | silly billy, & lit.; ref. Prince Charles |
| Second | R. V. Dearden | Clot close by – bad for heart | silly + ill in by |
| Third | W. K. M. Slimmings | Butt, am I? Very close – butter | silly + billy |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Basil FawIty? His wife goes about cross, heartless lady | ill in Sybil + l(ad)y; ref. TV series |
| VHC | G. Clyde | Sybil accepts with difficulty Basil Fawlty’s extremes – foolish person! | ill in Sybil + l, y; ref. TV series |
| VHC | D. M. Duckworth | To be pitied once, and in succession, can, perhaps lead to one being prone to folly | silly + billy |
| VHC | Dr J. Foster | Close, hoping for a catch, bowled badly sometimes. The man’s a fool! | silly + b + illy; ref. Brian C. |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | What can lead to dope? Misfortune in society’s fringes can | ill in s, y + billy |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Charley’s Aunt, perhaps, (one standing in for the other one) a close companion | Sally with I for a + billy |
| VHC | C. Hobbs | What makes Sybil yell ‘Basil’? Antics of base —— | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. ‘Fawlty Towers’ |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Close and Illingworth must accept (if all but opener go!) Boycott for one bats | B in silly Illy; ref. Brian C., Ray I., Geoff B. |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | One bats badly after opening for Surrey … bowled by Illingworth? | S + illy + b + Illy; ref. Ray I. |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Standing very close to striker in Bilston Glen, mate, is stupid | silly + billy; ref. Scottish colliery, miners’ strike |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | What can suggest him? Bottom with one end of donkey can | sill + y + billy; ref. MND |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Bottom appears before fairy without beautiful pan (bit of an ass) | sill + (fair)y + billy; ref. MND |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Close bowled rarely amiss – and never a wide one | silly + b + illy; ref. Brian C.; wide = astute |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | Close bowled Illingworth in short spell? He must be foolish | silly + b + Illy; ref. Brian C., Ray I. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | ‘Cake with nuts on ——’? No good entering that! | silly + ill in by; by, on = near; ref. prize-winning clue to MADCAP in Ximenes comp |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Who’d get close in field with goat? | silly + billy, & lit. |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | It is absurd having Budd in jerk | silly + Billy; ref. ‘Billy B.’, Zola B. |
| VHC | L. G. D. Sanders | Old to be pitied, rendered ill by clot | silly + anag. |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Will he be close to bats? Will, frequently! | silly + Billy, & lit. |
HCs in competition 657 awarded to: