Azed Competition No. 1724 View the Azed Slip | < 1719 | 1728 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1724 | Jun 2005 | MONEYBAGS | normal | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. J. Moorey | I enjoy lots of mint sauce on my rump of lamb cooked with sage | anag. incl. b: mint sauce = money |
| Second | J. R. H. Jones | Poor man’s bogey | anag & lit. |
| Third | R. J. Palmer | Revolutionary socialist’s foremost bogeyman | anag. incl. s, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | Obscure gnome, say, with billion banked? | anag. incl. b, & lit. |
| VHC | J. R. Beresford | Dives may start to gather bones in a wreck | anag. incl. g |
| VHC | E. Cross | Five hundred pounds, not a thousand, I claim makes you a wealthy person | mon(K)ey bags |
| VHC | R. Dean | ‘Ebony’ mag’s quite different – this one’s ‘Loaded’ | anag.; ref adult magazines |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | My bank, e.g.? So composed when a thousand’s withdrawn | anag. less K, & lit. |
| VHC | V. Dixon | Dives in which you’ll get a drink in gorblimey trousers | one in my! bags |
| VHC | A. J. Dorn | Enigmatic gnome, say, with billions invested? | b in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. M. Edmunds | Well-endowed one, divine, synonymous with boobs, could so characterise ‘Playboys’ | ‘bunny mags’, ref. the Rev. Spooner |
| VHC | G. I. L. Grafton | Flush one’s various bogs meanly, saving litres | anag. less l |
| VHC | M. J. Hanley | Remixed song may be a great earner? | anag. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Irish bay – One Thousand Guineas banker, perhaps | anag. incl. M + gs |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | Gay after theatrical hit so went joke bygone Sam cracked | anag.; ref S. Johnson: ‘[The Beggar’s Opera] had the effect … of making Gay rich, and Rich gay.’ |
| VHC | W. Jackson | So many beg for regulation I never want | anag. |
| VHC | S. D. James | Billion hoarded by gnome, say, rolling he’s loaded | b in anag. |
| VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Gnome, say, with capital in Berne, rolling? | anag. incl. B, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Loaded individual buys – one mag possibly not suitable for all to see! | anag. less U; ref adult magazine |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Person in a motor yacht a lot? | one in MY + bags, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Drunken man goes by – he’s rolling | anag |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Dives, the root of all evil (disreputable women) | money + bags |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Doubled game by South – No Trump – that’s his style! | anag. incl. S; double = fold; ref Donald Trump, US property billionaire |
| VHC | Ms S. Wallace | Fat cat? Amazingly, moggy ate buns without bursting gut | anag. less anag. |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Gnome, say, shifting around capital to Bern? | B in anag., & lit. |
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