Azed Competition No. 486 View the Azed Slip | < 482 | 491 > | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486 | Aug 1981 | JUMPED-UP | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. Horwood | Inflated with Jack-in-office’s head for power | J for P in pumped up, & lit. |
| Second | G. H. Willett | Mushroom sauté à l’anglaise on horseback | jumped (Fr. sauté) + up |
| Third | F. D. H. Atkinson | Amiss (after having tossed) is eager to advance No. 1 quickly | jumped + up; ref. Dennis A., cricketer |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | Like some whizz-kids – bound to finish nameless | jump + e(n)d up |
| VHC | Mrs A. R. Bradford | Sautéed mushroom | 2 meanings; sauté ballet term |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | Parvenu, lacking finish: bounder and cheat | jumpe(r) + dup(e) |
| VHC | A. G. Corrigan | As a parvenue, Lady Macbeth’s exactly the reverse of squeamish man when king’s disposed of | jump+ p(r)ude (rev.) |
| VHC | R. Dean | Appropriate to be used about one who steps ahead of the well-bred? | ped U in jump vb. & lit. |
| VHC | D. A. W. Diaper | Newly-sprung rose with increased vigour | jumped + up |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | Completely hidden, not right, in coat needing to be cut down in size | pe(r)du in jump |
| VHC | B. Franco | Bound to have the latest before the others, like Mr Newlyrich | jump + e to front in dupe |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Coming from nowhere – sweater half off – walker’s near to overtaking | jum(per) + ped up |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | What desrcibes inflated leader of Jacquerie usurping power? | J for p in pumped up, & lit. |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Mushroom sauté, prepared for breakfast? | jumped + up; sauté ballet term |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Pretentious Jude, out of place at university, riven by traces of many passions | m, p in anag. + up; ref. ‘J. the Obscure’ |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Was a bounder at school – like Flashman? | jumped + up |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Dish English Prince married – upper-class, going back to first of Jameses (she isn’t this) | J + pud E P m U (rev.) |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Judge ’urried into court, having only just made it | J + ’umped + up |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Shuffle at halfway stage: Walker promoted – that means over-promoted | jum(ble) + ped up; ref. Peter W. |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Describing Malvolio, for instance, Shakespeare’s exactly penning basket with a letter suggesting association with the upper class! | ped U in jump |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | Behaved like a bounder in a superior class – à la M. Jourdain. | jumped + up; ref. Molière: ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ |
| VHC | N. Roles | Climbing rose | 2 meanings |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Go-ahead cleared leading competitors | jumped + up |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Risen smartly, like some men with piles | 2 meanings |
| VHC | A. J. Wardrop | Editor excited after appropriate epithet applied to Beaverbrook | jump + ed, up |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | What’s started then finished is quickly made | jumped + up |
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