Azed Competition No. 1700 View the Azed Slip | < 1698 | 1702 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 | Xmas 2004 | FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | R. J. Hooper | ‘In Foreign Office I’ve hit trouble,’ the PM bristles | I’ve in FO + clock shadow |
| Second | Dr J. Burscough | Appearing after poor shave, flocci – OK, covering of hair – when end of afternoon’s passed | anag. + dow(n), & lit. |
| Third | G. H. Willett | Eve’s imprint on Adam’s cheeks? It could play havoc with wedlock, if so | anag |
| VHC | J. Baines | Show clean, not scraggy, face – I’d look very out of place | anag. less lean incl. v, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barnes | Mouldy owd ’Ovis loaf – check what might need trimming at teatime | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | P. Coles | I shoved a cow and flock scattered, exposing a bit of stubble | anag. |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Dusky dial feature? | 2 meanings |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Facial hair spoils chic looks – female avowed | anag. inch |
| VHC | A. S. Everest | Countenance blackening of lovesick cad who is dissembling | anag. |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Awful cad, sick of love, who lately acquired bit of fluff? | anag |
| VHC | R. B. Harling | What’s on face if shaved badly around middle of jowl? | o’ clock in anag. + ow, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Harrison | What’s on face, if shaved carelessly round – beginning of whiskers | o’ clock in anag. + Ow, & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | At start of festivities, flying about low, I’ve hood, sack and whiskers | f + anag. incl. c |
| VHC | R. Hesketh | Tricky Dick’s vocal foe who is reason for his 1960 electoral defeat? | anag.; ref Richard Nixon |
| VHC | J. R. C. Michie | Cock avoids he-wolf prowling area of stubble | anag. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | It’s getting dark at teatime, fowl’s cooked and I have endless cold sadly | anag. incl. c |
| VHC | T. J. Moorey | Time for a sound PM and Howard’s not right, somehow bristles with genial darkness? | five o ‘clock + anag. less r; ref Radio 4 programme, Michael H. |
| VHC | R. S. Morse | PM bristles, voice quavering amid shock of law being overturned (all about detention, primarily) | anag. in anag. in d |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | Bit of fuzz I have round face manifest before dark’s first set in | f+ I’ve 0 clock + a. din show; & lit. |
| VHC | D. Sharp | Hair in untidy short down over his face | locks in anag. less last letters, & lit. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Dusky chaps who’d flocks, a voice disturbed | anag; ref Christmas shepherds |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | What plays havoc with few kids’ cool? | anag & lit. |
| VHC | R. J. Whale | Compliance in exotic food we lack, Hovis brown features around tea-time | C in anag. |
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