Azed Competition No. 306 Azed Slip | ◀ 301 | 310 ▶ | Other competitions | 
ordStats
ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | Feb 1978 | DICKENS | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | W. J. M. Scotland | I cook, without soul, in pit (term in exclamations) | I c(oo)k in den + s, & lit. |
| Second | A. J. Crow | Who the —— has got involved? Do we think he’s Chas? | comp. anag. |
| Third | E. Chalkley | The writer is awfully sick with last characters in Azed puzzle unknown | anag. incl. d e n |
| VHC | Miss M. R. Adcock | D——! ’e’s Nick in disguise | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs K. Bissett | A mild oath – about wot’s in Hell? | c. ken in Dis |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | This author’s characters which recur in his Papers are found in haunts of misery | ick (from Pickwick) in dens, & lit. |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Being after Datchery? Not in my canon | Dick + ens; Dick D, last character to appear in ‘Edwin Drood’ |
| VHC | S. P. Flitton | C’s inked novel? This may suggest him | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | N. C. Goddard | Deuce in deck’s wild | anag. |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Any trading with him could give you a darn sticky ending | comp. anag. & lit.; ref. Faust, etc. |
| VHC | R. J. Hooper | In revolution Sydney cops chopped neck, you’ll read in me | anag. in Sid (rev.), & lit.; ref. S. Carton in ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Deuce, and Rosewall’s in the throes of a slipped disc | Ken in anag.; ref. Ken R., tennis player |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Bucket, for example, being the link here (but strangely without a clue!) | dick ens; Inspector B. in ‘Bleak House’ |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | It’s the devil, Richards catching England’s openers | en in Dicks; ref. Viv R. |
| VHC | C. Loving | He’s king amongst hot cinders where right does not prevail | K in anag. less r, & lit.; hot = excited |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Behind my fine words lay actuality | dick2 + ens, & lit.; lay, imperative |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | My characters include a reactionary hero of the poor house | Cid (rev.) + ken’s, & lit.; ref. Oliver Twist; ken2 |
| VHC | J. D. Moore | Scratchy pen? | 2 mngs.; Scratch = the Devil |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | My characters include wretched Smike and co., deprived of mother-love | anag. less ma 0, & lit.; ref. ‘N. Nickleby’ |
| VHC | Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | Detective being in Union, my last mystery wasn’t solved | dick + ens; ref. ‘Edwin Drood’ unfinished |
| VHC | A. D. Scott | Mephisto type, dictionary being required | dick2 ens; ref. S. Times crossword |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Wrote a Cricket Book: ‘Snicked Through The Slips’ | anag.; ref. ‘Cricket on the Hearth’ |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | Amiss snicked one that conjured up ‘Slasher’ | anag.; ref. Dennis A., Ken ‘S.’ Mackay, Australian cricketer, and Surgeon S. in ‘The Pickwick Papers’ |
HCs in competition 306 awarded to: