Azed Competition No. 1360 Azed Slip | < 1355 | 1363 > | Other competitions | 
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1360 | Jun 1998 | BOG-ASPHODEL | normal | 20 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. Johnstone | Behold, gapo’s flowering – with this? | anag. & lit. |
| Second | J. R. Tozer | Investigating re —— growing wild, you’d probe galoshed? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| Third | D. F. Manley | Toilet soap held with difficulty? It’s blooming alive in the water! | bog + anag. |
| VHC | D. Appleton | This may try and flourish in good peaty land by marsh | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Verse penned by John (Poet Laureate) has upset Slough inhabitant | ode in anag. incl. PL; ref Betjeman: ‘Slough’ |
| VHC | E. Dawid | Strong smell, anyhow, helps a dog that’s weed on soggy ground | BO anag. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Slough-dweller in dubiously good shape in Betjeman’s first line | anag. in B I |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Do plash be good for this rustic bloomer? | anag. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Old pa, he’s convulsed after W. C. Field’s feature, where old-style humour abounds | bog + anag. |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Slough, peat-bed or swale; there you may find this – true! | comp. anag. & lit.; .swale 2 meanings |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Piece of Betjeman’s with line framing atrocious hope goads denizen of Slough? | anag. in B, l |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Slough abode non-U? Positive it’ll do for me! | anag. less U plus P, & lit. |
| VHC | M. D. Laws | Wild growth, environs solely ‘pool-based’ | anag. incl. g, h, & lit. |
| VHC | E. Looby | Plant produced by wild hag pool beds | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Lowe | Wrinkled old bags hope for burgeoning beauty from the mud! | anag. |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Colourful Lily Savage blasphemed ‘O God! Strike me dead!’ | anag. less me a |
| VHC | R. Parry-Morris | Can one species hold out around middle of fen? This one does | bog a sp + e in anag. |
| VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | What may flourish in hag pool’s bed? | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | If s wet I’m at home and blooming miserable, a good book helps | anag. incl. b |
| VHC | D. Williamson | Plant associated with marsh birds? Ah! Poe’s Gold Bug initially involves that | anag. incl. B; ref Poe short story |
HCs awarded in competition 1360 to: