Azed Competition No. 97 Azed Slip | ◀ 95 | 100 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Jan 1974 | TREBUCHET | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. L. Miron | ‘… slings … arms … no more … perchance … the rub …’ etc. | anag.; ref. Hamlet’s soliloquy |
| Second | D. V. Harry | A large spinner once restored the determination of Robert the Bruce | anag. incl. t; spin = send hurtling |
| Third | C. G. Millin | Sends block soaring – besieging threat’s reduced without one | cube (rev.) in anag. less a, & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Pitcher – ancient English pitcher, not very good, but unusual | anag. incl. E less pi |
| VHC | T. Anderson | It was a dreadful butcher and imported from France | anag.+ et, & lit. |
| VHC | J. W. Bates | I’m not to be put in a glass house; much better shot miles away | anag. less m |
| VHC | Dr J. G. Booth | This reinforced early bombardments upon castles, having elastic tension initially | initial letters, & lit. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Apprentice mounted – he, included in weight allowance, could get stones off! | cub (rev.) he in tret |
| VHC | A. E. Danher | One of the slings of O.F.? Ay! there’s the rub etc. – outrageous | anag.; O.F. = old French / outrageous fortune; ref. Hamlet’s soliloquy |
| VHC | J. H. Dingwall | Almost tetchy, distraught, about unfinished puzzle, my shot was a bit rocky | rebu(s) in anag. of tetch(y) |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Baron, in violation of the truce, might bring this out | B in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Wooden structure comprising a pivoted device turning round about the top of a tower | c. in hub (rev.) in tree + t, & lit. |
| VHC | A. D. Legge | Painful teeth-curb once coped with the problem of projection | anag. |
| VHC | J. P. Lester | Was used to pepper yet upset the b—— cruet | anag. |
| VHC | D. M. Macarthur | Weapon Cuthbert abandoned about start of engagement? | anag. incl. e; C. = one evading battle |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | One could chuck up rock and curb teeth decay | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Traces of early bombardment in ruins of Utrecht? Made by this, perhaps | e b in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | D. S. Nagle | Note upset youngster – he is got round by abstainer offering a large sling | re + cub (rev.) + he, all in TT |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Palmer | Slinging the first bit of boulder from this may leave the truce broken | anag. incl. b |
| VHC | Mrs B. Simmonds | Strange brute, with cow’s head, allied to the wild onager | anag. + c + anag.; onager = siege-engine |
| VHC | S. E. Woods | B—— the truce! Blast that – I’d hurl things at the enemy | anag. |
HCs in competition 97 awarded to: