Azed Competition No. 517 Azed Slip | < 513 | 521 > | Other competitions | 
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517 | Mar 1982 | IMMORTELLE | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. M. Edmunds | Blunt’s confession implicates right wing in chronic bloomer | rt. el in I’m mole, ref. Anthony Blunt affair & current obsession with ‘moles’ |
| Second | B. Greer | Use me – I’ll last in bouquet more freshly | anag. & lit. |
| Third | V. G. Henderson | The flowers at memorial could be a wreath of ——s | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Me, rot? ME? I’ll explode that! | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. (Bill) Anderson | I’m right in saying, in France she could be an Academician | r in I’m, mot + elle; ref. Les Immortels |
| VHC | D. Ashcroft | French honesty, to make impression on English, has first to get vice halved | immor(ality) + tell E |
| VHC | A. G. Bogie | Term Mollie (wrongly) the unfading Bloom? | anag.; ref. Molly Bloom, Ulysses |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | Heads of industry might say in old plant: ‘This plant will dry up resisting change’ | i,m + tell in more |
| VHC | R. S. Caffyn | All up with me? Rot, I’m blooming well going on for ever | anag.? |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Rile Meg (leading character) with motel getting destroyed – the blooming thing goes on for ever | anag. incl. M; ref. TV’s ‘Crossroads’ |
| VHC | Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | An —— ob. Untrue, I’m eternal bloom! | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Round 2000 ere it’ll wither? | anag. incl. O, MM & lit.; O = round |
| VHC | M. Earle | Enduring piece of poetry that’s about alley-bound floosie | mort in mell in i.e.; poesy = posy |
| VHC | Dr I. S. Fletcher | To me, Miller’s spinning gets one out always | anag. |
| VHC | R. S. Haddock | From mere to mill meandering – an eternal flower | anag. |
| VHC | R. Jacks | What’s long, long time and more a-wilting | anag. incl. l, l & lit. |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | ’51 Mel Torme hit, – not ‘Mountain Greenery’, but a pretty persistent little strain | anag. incl. LI |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | I’m Helichrysum, cut to last, or suchlike (French) | I’m m or telle & lit. |
| VHC | S. J. O’Boyle | Flower that could inspire endless memory – till the end of time | anag. less y + e |
| VHC | N. O’Neill | New style more ‘me’ – till blow dried, purportedly ‘au natural’! | anag.; blow = bloom |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | I’m set beside grass in stump – by flower arranger perhaps | I’m + tell in more2 |
| VHC | D. R. Robinson | As for this – an arrangement of memorial florets can be made from it | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | H. R. Sanders | ‘Everlasting’ Rome met its fall, vandalised, fast devastated, forgotten | anag. less anag. of fast |
| VHC | T. A. Spencer | Brook-like flower bickering or source of energy mill met | anag. incl. e; ref. Tennyson’s Brook |
| VHC | D. H. Tompsett | A cat’s ear for example – that is catching a lot in fight | mort2 in mell in i.e.; c.e.=antennaria |
| VHC | M. G. Wilson | Everlasting Rome; time’ll corrupt | anag. |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Can you see me rot? Me? I’ll flourish | anag. & lit. |
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