Azed Competition No. 585 Azed Slip | ◀ 581 | 590 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 585 | Jul 1983 | FLABELLIFORM | normal | 26 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | V. G. Henderson | Lewis may be thus described: sadly fallible because McEnroe’s No. 1 | anag. + for M; ref. Wimbledon finalist Chris L. |
| Second | Dr E. Young | Shape of Melba ‘frill’? | anag. & lit.; ‘fan’ wafers |
| Third | J. H. C. Leach | I create after loud band left – just like a fan | f label l + I form |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | I’m showing spread … excess fat on stomach I must get rid of by drill | flab + (b)ell(y) I + form |
| VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | Film for all – be prepared! Fans are in such a state! | anag. |
| VHC | R. Caffyn | Some birds, seen from behind, are fat – film role’s unlikely | flab + anag. |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Like a fan club film of Bela Lugosi’s beginning and ending in horror? | anag. incl. L, r |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Like a splayed hand that gets life from ball if spun? | anag.; ref. cricket |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Moulin Rouge girl turned up to one party dressed in style – in a fan | Lab. + fille (rev.) in form |
| VHC | B. Greer | Like a hand of cards? I’ll be playing, notwithstanding cheat’s around | anag. + for, all in flam |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | Excess fat? Then take up difficult spot of exercise beneficial to reduction of mass, like some him vaulting perhaps | flab + ill e (rev.) + form; fan vaulting |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Crêpe I’ll flambé, beneficial to inside. Like a slice? | for in anag. |
| VHC | A. W. Hill | Following marker, after making about turn marines fanned out | f label LIFO RM |
| VHC | C. W. Laxton | Having a regular spread? That’s what Bunter has – ‘Put out more! Fill up inside!’ | flab + fill (rev.) in anag. |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Fallible changes in criminal record – like open coolers? | anag. in form |
| VHC | L. May | Aging beauty consuming fillet beef endlessly is spreading around the middle | label + lif(e), all in form; beef = rigour |
| VHC | J. J. Moore | Radiating outward in divergent folds, the onset of bombing will have destroyed all life-form around | b in anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Feminine indeed!, cry I: feminine or masculine, all fans look like this | f la! bell I f or m; ref. unisex pop-fans |
| VHC | T. W. Mortimer | Like a wedge of cake perhaps, ruinous for fallible slimmer’s middle | anag. + m |
| VHC | R. F. Naish | High life ball for maiden’s debut – like what Lady Windermere held? | anag. + for m; ref. ‘L. W.’s Fan’; high = drunk |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Description of title of Oscar? Label for film that’s exceptional | anag.; ref. O. Wilde, ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ |
| VHC | R. J. Palmer | What could describe spread wing in shape? | flab ell i’ form, & lit. |
| VHC | R. F. Pardoe | I’m like a bat’s-wing flame almost or bell flattened | anag. incl. flam(e); flattened = knocked about |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | What’s customary to veil the Parisian charmer provided for English may be —— | la belle with if for E, all in form, & lit. |
| VHC | A. Scott | Shape of leaf (left, and right, limb spreading out) | anag. incl. l, r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. C. Teuton | What’s leading lady in marvellous film-role unfurled? It’s fan-shaped | l in fab + anag. |
HCs in competition 585 awarded to: