Azed Competition No. 92 Azed Slip | ◀ 88 | 95 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Dec 1973 | BRAINWASH | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | L. May | Bust down reason? | i.e. bra in wash, & lit. |
| Second | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Torture in war, perhaps – without a blow | anag. in bash, & lit. |
| Third | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | How to get a confession from tight supporter in copper’s charge? | bra in wash; copper boiler |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Make people change a lot – that’ll get support in the laundry | bra in wash |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | How to make white appear black – unmentionable at the laundry | bra in wash |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | Female underwear consisting of filmy covering – that’s torment with seduction in mind | bra in wash |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Craine | What TV adverts do, showing detergent action on lady’s underwear, perhaps | bra + in wash |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | Slow downward movement of deposits follows bank’s initial pressurization | b + rainwash |
| VHC | J. H. Doran | Mental stress needs little woman’s support at home to stand the test | bra in wash |
| VHC | P. S. Elliott | How to stop embarrassing views might be predicament of topless bather at Hunstanton | i.e. bra in Wash |
| VHC | R. P. C. Forman | It may help you to make a clean breast | bra in wash, & lit. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Twist mealymouthed bloody war has in treatment of prisoners nowadays | anag. incl. b |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Will Arabs win and Holland’s leader yield to pressure to change sides? | anag. + H; ref. Dutch support for Israel in Yom Kippur War; will2 |
| VHC | D. J. Hennings | What TV ads do? E.g., ‘We’ve put this —— 65 times’ | i.e. …bra in wash…; ref. Playtex commercial |
| VHC | A. Hodgson | Arab wins short hard struggle – to indoctrinate the unfaithful? | anag. incl. H |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Heartlessly badger one in an attempt to make one come clean | b(adge)r a in wash, & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs M. Kissen | Smalls to laundry to force grey matter out of gear? | bra in wash |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | In war possibly, subject to pressure by degrees – horrific | anag. in BAs + H, & lit.; H, former film classification |
| VHC | Lieut-Col D. Macfie | Prelude to making a clean breast? | i.e. bra in wash, & lit. |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | What madam needs for whiter garment? Compound giving persuasive action against grey matter | i.e. bra in wash |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | West constrained by Bahrain’s insidious pressure for change of mind | W in anag.; ref. Yom Kippur War |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Intellectual oppression – something the Women’s-Libber doesn’t mind losing | i.e. bra in wash |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Refuse and refuse to admit the first sign of indoctrination? Not if you suffer this | i in bran wash |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Brassière being laundered, whence a clean breast may emerge | bra in wash |
| VHC | J. R. Stocks | Support up to date method for making someone come clean | bra in wash, & lit. |
| VHC | D. J. Thorpe | How to persuade an intelligent man to accept women as horrific? | brain w as H; H, former film classification |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Result of liberation gesture involving fashionable women is a changing of mind | in w in bra-ash |
HCs in competition 92 awarded to: