Azed Competition No. 1476 View the Azed Slip | < 1472 | 1480 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1476 | Sep 2000 | LIGNIPERDOUS | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Heald | Devastating Woods – with fantastic round, Tiger slips clear of the leaders | anag. less first letters; ref. US golfer |
| Second | T. J. Moorey | Is Unionist deploring reforms ruining a good deal? | anag. incl. U |
| Third | C. M. Edmunds | A touch of rabies – is dog barking with lupine, menacing bay? | anag. incl. r; barking = mad |
| VHC | M. Barley | Breaking up log inside with onset of rot | anag. incl. r, & lit. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Erratic Sergio up in first and last stages of duel bringing down Woods | anag. incl d, l; ref. recent challenge match between S. Garcia and T. Woods |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | It’s harmful to deal, say police in drugs bust, removing cocaine | anag. less c |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | Injured using old pier: rotting timbers | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | Mucking good lind and osier up? | anag. incl. g, & lit.; mucking v. intr. |
| VHC | Dr J. Burscough | Despoiling spruce’s heart? It might be! | anag. incl ru, & lit. |
| VHC | H. Casson | Destroying woods, as pines do when infested with lurgi | anag. |
| VHC | S. Collins | Badly despoiling core of spruce? | anag. |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Using old pier inordinately’s damaging wood. | anag. |
| VHC | R. G. Crosland | Descriptive of dry-rot in log: ‘Dries up, crumbling’ | anag. |
| VHC | E. Cross | Destroying wood pigeons, I’d rule out obliterating the last | anag. less e |
| VHC | D. J. Dare-Plumpton | ‘Dong’ is not completely puerile fancy describing conk? | anag. less e; ref. Lear poem, conk1 |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Gore leads in latest polls in US: I’d fancy it’s destroying Bush, perhaps | anag. incl. l, p |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Confused doping rule is damaging Oaks, etc | anag. |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | For a description of Dutch elm disease remit postal order in guilders | anag. incl. PO |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | Evil is purged, lion bringing about destruction of witches | anag.; witch2; ref ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | A —— insect: could I eat pine’s rings possibly? | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Mathers | Caterpillar in the forest could have this description: ‘Losing energy, diesel pouring out’ | anag. less E |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Like termites for example, not normally in idle groups | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | It’s typical of active termite to wind up soldiering | anag.; ref. soldier-termites |
| VHC | R. A. Norton | Awkward lie and grip sound disastrous for Woods | anag. |
| VHC | G. Perry | Varying our leg spin I’d like to be attacking stumps | anag. |
| VHC | M. Sanderson | Spoiling hearts of alders and kauris? Could be | anag. incl de, ur, & lit. |
| VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | Like Dutch elm disease? Spread purged in soil | anag. |
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