Azed Competition No. 1875 Azed Slip | < 1871 | 1879 > | Other competitions | 
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | May 2008 | GOUTTE / UPREAR | Right and Left | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | T. C. Borland | Knowing rules about drainage channel, lift out and get free drop | up + ea in r, r; anag.; ref. golf |
| Second | A. J. Wardrop | Leading pairs in golf’s utmost test drop back after winning start | go ut te; up + rear |
| Third | J. Fairclough | In putting out team, drop exhausted back to provide lift | hidden; up rear |
| VHC | R. D. Anderson | Drop of oil perhaps on coat? Get out tatty uniform (pre-war) wife put away in loft | anag.; u + pre-(w)ar |
| VHC | D. Arthur | Must timeless rapture raise a tear say, almost under a spell? | anag. less t; go + utte(r); must = frenzied |
| VHC | J. G. Booth | In pouring out tea a driblet’s found to rise; redesign a pourer carving centre of spout | hidden; anag. less o |
| VHC | N. Connaughton | Drop out and get stoned at university? Parent to become rather angry | anag.; up rear (v) |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Partial to stingo? Utterly! A nip giving us from the word go curiously rare power to elevate spirits | hidden; u + anag. incl. p |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Sky hit behind wicket getting out for a blob? | up (= success) + rear; out for a in gate |
| VHC | J. Grimes | To cultivate beginning of end for love in turmoil drop ring in bottomless drain | e for 0 in uproar; o in gutte(r) |
| VHC | D. Harris | Raise hell, getting drug for nothing, drop out and get high | E for 0 in uproar; anag. |
| VHC | R. J. Heald | Sky shows mug getting caught out behind wicket, out for a blob | (c)up + rear; out for a in gate; Sky Sports |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Pair in United are working to lift half of team after zest shows a drop | pr in U + anag.; gout + te(am) |
| VHC | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Aim for higher achievement at Oxford but afterwards tear out and get sloshed! | up + rear (but2); anag. |
| VHC | P. R. Lloyd | Lift in high Peru taking one close to sheer drop? Vertigo utterly possesses me | anag. + a + r; hidden |
| VHC | W. F. Main | Parent in court behind drop in bawling out terrors | up rear; hidden |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Give exalted position to posh advocate of right – revolutionary goner shed a tear maybe in bowing out terminally | U prea(Che)r; hidden; ref. election of London mayor |
| VHC | L. F. Marzillier | Beginnings of underground psychedelic response, Leary not the first or last to raise, ‘Drop out, get high’ | u, p, r + (Timothy) (L)ear(y); anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Climbing can give a lift to activity above almost sheer drop | up rear (= lavatory); go + utte(r) |
| VHC | R. Perry | This device makes you go utterly off the rails with wild rapture having no time to become rampant | go utte(rly); anag. less t |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | Get high at university? Student can drop out and get work | up + rear; anag. |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | Sky – empty air – after pure tumbling drop with which para jolts tutor agape | anag. + a(i)r; comp. anag. |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | Lift revolting latrine pan out, full almost to the last drop | up rear; go + utte(r); pan out = run out |
HCs awarded in competition 1875 to: