Azed Competition No. 590 Azed Slip | ◀ 585 | 594 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 590 | Aug 1983 | MINEVER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. K. M. Slimmings | One gone white, does fear game is up for good | nim rev. + ever; does = rabbits |
| Second | Mrs N. Jarman | I got robbed for lordly dressing: give me HP, not half! | mi never(-never); HP = brown sauce, hire purchase; me2 |
| Third | R. J. Hooper | What edges something in which peer dresses up? | even in rim (all rev.), & lit.; even, peer vbs. |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Border round uniform, tipped | even in rim (all rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | D. W. Arthur | Ermine, in camouflage around end of Nov. | v in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs F. A. Blanchard | Environmentalist rehabilitates this creature (stoat) in Northern latitude | comp. anag. incl. N l, & lit. |
| VHC | H. J. Bradbury | White covering worn at a high level in the community | névé in mir, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. Colley | Trimming of the judiciary appears in Ministry brief by first woman leader to rule | Min. Eve r; ref. M. Thatcher |
| VHC | H. Freeman | One in white coat raises finger: East completely throws away final | nim (rev.) + E ver(y); ref. David E., B&H cricket final; nim2 = steal |
| VHC | P. F. Henderson | Use ‘vide “ermine”’ possibly for clue? Me? No way! | anag. incl v., mi never!, & lit.; me2 |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | March winds up and it must go without white covering | névé in rim (rev.), & lit.; march = border |
| VHC | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | What Swears & Wells may have in store’s driven me mad and penniless | anag. less d; S & W, furriers |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Bag going up in the world gets fur coat | nim (rev.) + ever; nim2 = steal |
| VHC | F. P. N. Lake | Fur of me sports tail that’s very short | mine + ver(y) |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | Winter coat camouflaged by white frost mainly to the north? | névé in rim(e) (rev.), & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Is this ermine vermin? It would be without its coat | hidden & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | On snow see me disappear, tail only showing! | mi névé + r, & lit. |
| VHC | R. F. Pardoe | Vermin, sable (tail only) tipped | anag. + e, & lit. |
| VHC | C. P. Rea | Variegated initially, woolly ermine coating | v in anag., & lit. |
| VHC | Dr R. C. Ross | Mistress never yields fur coat without hardship | mi(stress) never |
| VHC | A. J. Shields | Men I’ve arrayed with the ultimate in fur! | anag. + r, & lit. |
| VHC | B. Stuart | Fur (white) initially variegated found in a form of ermine | v in anag. |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | White fur – what you might see a gold-digger in, not quite quite | mine ver(y) |
HCs in competition 590 awarded to: