Azed Competition No. 1273 Azed Slip | < 1268 | 1277 > | Other competitions | 
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1273 | Oct 1996 | SIPOREX | normal | 21 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. Gomersall | Figure with hole in. It might have been carved by Hepworth | pore in six |
| Second | R. J. Palmer | Some artists get me to model: one may arrange me, see, in sexier pose | comp. anag. |
| Third | C. J. Morse | ‘DI IN SEX ROMP’ could furnish material for artist with twisted mind | comp. anag. |
| VHC | M. J. Bath | Prince’s ex and lothario’s hind quarter cavorting – such is used in fabrication | Pr’s ex io anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | I put in dreadful Prose – and bad mark ensues: in construction work I often go to pieces! | I in anag. + X |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Pose Rix displayed in farce? Walls possibly showed early use of it | anag.; ref. Brian R., Tom W., farceurs |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Stone artificially created central characters for ‘Nixon’ (including Pres.) with make-up | anag.; ref Oliver Stone biopic |
| VHC | L. J. Davenport | Rix pose found to be out of order, ‘breezy’ material | anag.; breeze3 |
| VHC | V. Dixon | What’s intrinsic to gossip or expatiation? It’s more airy than concrete | hidden |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Were pix we snapped so naughty? Some saw this as artistic stuff | anag. less we |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Artists employ me for modelling; I have little to drink and appetite is lacking | sip orex(is) |
| VHC | A. Hodgson | Insubstantial concrete is winding up stolid royal | is (rev.) +po rex; ref Prince Charles’s aversion to modern materials |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Material initially coming from mixer, semi-spongy after moulding? | anag. less m & lit. |
| VHC | P. W. Marlow | Opera having dropped amateur is converted into big hit and material of artistic value? | anag. less in six |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Pornography containing elements of indecency and prurience or ‘artistic’ material? | i, p or in sex |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Could be displayed by exciting Hirst expo (rejecting his extremes!) | anag. less H, t, & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Soak mostly is cut from appetite for particular brand of hard stuff | sip(e) + orex(is) |
| VHC | J. B. Sweeting | Hard stuff – and could be cut to make a joint. Sample cautiously – appetite is lost | sip orex(is) |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Rope is abandoned by vote – it could do much for the standing of the House | anag. + x |
| VHC | M. H. E. Watson | Bit of rump I expose, no end wobbly – builders’ stock-in-trade | anag. less e |
| VHC | D. Williamson | Block’s constituent perhaps rigged proxies | ref. block votes |
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