Azed Competition No. 816 Azed Slip | ◀ 814 | 818 ▶ | Other competitions |
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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816 | Xmas 1987 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) | Extra letter | 23 |
Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
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First | M. Barley | Trio of potentates behold a child; now gifts are given | pot + lo + a ch |
Second | P. F. Henderson | Some fetch coal to point up a winter festival | hidden rev.; ref. first-footing |
Third | G. Perry | Time to celebrate win – spinner has last four out for a duck | pot Lach(esis) 0 |
VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Celebration for a brave child after operation and suffering a lot | op. + anag. + ch, |
VHC | E. Chalkley | Time to knock down the buildings? Prince upset a lot with expression of impatience | P + anag. + och; ref. Prince Charles’s views on modern architecture |
VHC | L. J. Davenport | When it comes to present-giving, Father Christmas’s tops – house is packed from floor to ceiling! | loto (rev.) in pa Ch |
VHC | M. Freeman | Hard lump of fuel best brought over as a present | H coal top (rev.) |
VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Cannabis resin, taken with moderation, induces orgy of generosity | pot lac ho |
VHC | B. Greer | Party with gifts (beginning from Persia?) turned up to behold a child | P + to (rev.) + lo a ch. |
VHC | V. G. Henderson | Gift from the Most High, heaven-directed: behold a child | top (rev.) + lo a ch. |
VHC | Dr I. G. Higginbotham | When a great deal is turned over and housing is chop chopped | a lot (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
VHC | A. W. Hill | It’s time for a bean-feast – pile up hot fuel under cauldron | pot + H coal (rev.) |
VHC | T. M. Hoggart | Festive time: large sum of money (very large sum) needed – dear me! | pot lac oh |
VHC | A. Lawrie | Crazy plot leads a child to love ‘Beano’ | anag. + a ch. + 0 |
VHC | J. D. Lockett | What’s Christmas to the brave? Holy communion and much work all round | HC a lot op. (rev.) |
VHC | M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Unlimited chocolate supply (nothing less) – what Bunter’s expecting around festive season | anag. of (c)hocolat(e) less 0 in PO; supply adv. |
VHC | H. W. Massingham | Behold one swaddled in source of a high church festival | lo a in pot Ch. |
VHC | C. J. & R. S. Morse | Competitive present-giving requires a lot of money – and then a lot more by golly! | pot + lac + oh! |
VHC | T. E. Sanders | Look! Azed’s foremost champion’s got spot with top cast on the box at Christmas | (s)pot + lo A Ch.; ref. Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse film |
VHC | W. J. M. Scotland | A gift’s a lot, tight Caledonian said, inspired by ‘extremes of poortith’ | anag. + co’, all in p, h |
VHC | Mrs E. J. Shields | A lot of money indeed goes on endless food for this feast | pot la cho(w) |
VHC | Mrs J. Waldren | Fuss and confusion, with eastern King off gathering fuel up in festive time of gifts | coal (rev.) in poth(E R); ref. Wenceslas |
VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Offering of Indian hemp, a possible for getting hooked | pot loach |
HCs in competition 816 awarded to: