Azed Competition Clues by C. J. Morse

Clues written by C. J. Morse
Annual honours | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse

Name	No of clues	First Prizes	Other Prizes	VHCs	HCs
C. J. Morse	284	18	28	238	141

Figures above refer to records currently in the Archive. Recent VHC clues may not be shown below.

No.	Clue word	Award	Clue	Explanation
1962	ANADEM	VHC	What frump would wear this, even in vain daydreams? Maenad, possibly	alternate letters, anag.
1960	NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture) (Parcels)	VHC	Bum’s hurting again, damn – a gluttonous animal’s ailment	DAMAGING ANAL
1958	HANGDOG	VHC	Exhibit in gallery with towering deity looking down	hang + god (rev.)
1949	PALFRENIER	VHC	I care for horses: one I like’s mostly let go on loose rein	pal + fre(e) + anag.
1945	PRISON	VHC	You’ll find no reformed rips returning here	no + anag. (all rev.), & lit.
1936	LITMUS TEST	VHC	Literature and music bear witness to some deeply revelatory event	lit. + mus. + test³
1932	NINE-TO-FIVE	VHC	Following ‘Spoonerisms’ it’s nice to have a stab at this ‘plain’ type of job	cf. fine to knive; ref. AZ puzzle types
1927	TONSURE (Spoonerisms)	VHC	Clare hipped by Francis’s followers stirring unrest about head of Order	O in anag.; hair clipped; ref. controversies surrounding St F’s successor Brother Elias
1893	EARTHY	VHC	Having the substance needed for growing plants, they are pruned and then trained	anag. less e
1888	RASTER (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Tail-ender in speedboat race had dropped fa/n	fan = propeller blade
1879	LITTER BASKET	VHC	It takes bits of light rubbish, bottles, everything that’s broken	anag. incl. first letters, & lit.
1875	GOUTTE / UPREAR (Right and Left)	VHC	Climbing can give a lift to activity above almost sheer drop	up rear (= lavatory); go + utte(r)
1871	FAIRY GOLD	Second	What’s capital in El Dorado? Should I go for that, it might become faded glory	anag. with ED for I, & lit.
1866	BINGE	VHC	Imbibing excessively, that’s part of it – and grabbing eats	hidden twice, & lit.
1862	UNALIKE (Spoonerisms)	VHC	Edmund’s virtuous lady love is keen not to be a Sloane	seen … clone; Una like; ref ‘Faerie Queene ‘
1853	ANTIQUITARIAN	VHC	With first signs of any new tenet I’m off, following older doctrine	first letters + I quit + Arian, & lit.
1849	AUXESIS	VHC	To the French their art is an extension from the Greek	aux es is
1836	POSTHASTE	First	Stop getting tanned, abhor catching sun and treat heatspots immediately	anag. + S in hate, & anag.
1823	KISS	First	X in ‘billet-doux’ and the ilk is silent	sign for kiss in love-letter and hidden
1810	HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)	VHC	I mustn’t run down pop music again, having heard a pretentious fellow claim that some obscure opus for barrel organ was of more interest than Presley.
1801	RUSE DE GUERRE	Third	It’s running rings round enemy, as their leaders swallow practised English fiddle	used E gue all in r, r, r, e, & lit.
1788	ETHEREAL OILS	VHC	Herbal distillates heal it, or else doctors	anag.
1779	NEWIE (misprint of U) (Misprints)	Second	Not as it was, Women’s Institute wants end to ‘housewife’: this is jest of the moment	just; ne WI e; ref. recent WI announcement
1775	ROUGH-AND-READY	VHC	Bully and greens is nice enough (but not refined)	rough and ready
1762	DUDDERY	VHC	Dude wanders in without sympathy here	anag. in dry, & lit.
1753	DIAGONAL	VHC	I’m a line that joins and I go aslant	anag. + a l, & lit.
1741	LORD NELSON	VHC	Foremost of landmarks, with Londoners milling beneath, exhibits me	l + anag., & lit.
1737	ANIMUS	VHC	What match play between America and ourselves can generate	nim in A us, & lit.
1724	MONEYBAGS	VHC	Drunken man goes by – he’s rolling	anag
1719	ANHELATION	First	Happiness starts with an H – a rough breathing to the likes of Hippocrates	an H elation: ref Greek ‘h’
1715	RELEASE / RASPING (Right and Left)	VHC	Exodus from prison – about 50 loose: one inside sprang faulty grating	re L ease; I in anag.
1711	MINUS	VHC	Deficient in sum	anag. & lit.
1702	WORDSMITHERY	VHC	With dime’s worth tumbling, you should double your small coinage	anag. + yr (rev.); ref. weak dollar
1698	CROSSTIE	VHC	Ill-tempered match, with clubs sticking to different stories, leaves supporter thwarted	cross tie, c + anag.
1685	MINO (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Under neat-ho/use vents lies a foul plot
1676	CRINGE-MAKING	VHC	Crown jewel hiding in pocket, leading to a top royal’s shaming	in in cr. gem + a king
1672	IMPASTOS (Spoonerisms)	VHC	I’m dad to returning boozers, generously dubbed ‘callers’	daubed colours; I’m pa + sots (rev.)
1667	CLARINI	VHC	See Gunners in one-nil reverse, and trumpeting stops	c + RA in I-nil (rev.); ref. Arsenal’s aim to complete League without defeat
1663	ARMAMENTARIA	VHC	Air force equipped for war switches to deliver medical kits	aria armament switched
1654	CRESCENT / ENTHRALS (Overlaps)	VHC	A heart exuding love, perfume, a curved shape – charms take in an artist	c(0)re + scent; r in Hals
1650	SAPHENA	VHC	Drain man’s extremities of nourishing plasma? I help to do that	sap he n, a
1648	MAGIC LANTERN	VHC	I entrance with glam slides	anag. & lit.
1646	BLACK	VHC	British want unofficial support to keep the pound	B + lack, l in back
1641	GADGETEER	Second	Ragged tee shot leaves one with ‘gimmicky’ approach	anag.
1637	AMNESIC	VHC	Qu. What’s unlike elephants? Ans. Mice, silly	anag.; ‘e. never forget’
1628	ENCOMION	VHC	The leader apart, people with case for commendation will get it	(m)en + com(mendat)ion; ref. Prescott’s vain plea for recognition of Blair’s achievements
1624	BELAY	VHC	Take tip of boulder and lock on it with a turn	b + Yale (rev.), & lit.
1611	LEISLER	VHC	With high squeak and round bat’s tail, it gets mistaken for pipistrelle	pip + anag. round t, & lit.
1596	GENISTA (Definition of Anagram)	VHC	The way Magi went home with information is half legend	easting; gen-is ta(le)
1593	MANSUETE	VHC	Used to men and all clipped and trained	anag. less last letters, & lit.
1589	JOKESMITH	VHC	All right in most of his humour, you can pull him up about the rest!	OK in jes + t in him (rev.), & lit.
1585	SHIATSU	VHC	There’s pressure on key points from Asia – has it turned America back	anag. + US (rev.); ref. Iraq crisis
1580	MARGENT def. BEETLES (Wrong Number)	VHC	According to makers, edging on front of mallets should be white	mallets; m + argent; maker = poet
1572	SHIELD-MAY	VHC	Mailed she – sounds cross-dressed	Spoonerism & lit.
1554	PEARL	First	With this gem, is setting done? No, coral would add further lustre	coral anniversary, 35 years; lustre = 5 years; ref. AZ series
1550	MEMORITER	VHC	Without book, brief summary by author lacks a bit of weight	memo (w)riter
1546	TRANSPARENT	VHC	Time’s long since passed to leave leaders of new terrorism unpunished, that’s clear	t + ran + spare n t
1544	PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES) (Christmas Devilry)	VHC	Brief Arab plot to arrest Potters: ships and aircraft on watch	anag. incl. Ar.; ref. Harry P.
1537	CAFTAN	VHC	Something containing to hide wobbly fat about and behind one	anag. in can, c. + aft an, & lit.
1533	MASTER-MARINER	VHC	Rams team languishing with former outside right as captain	anag. + rine r; ref. Derby County’s woes under Craig Burley
1524	INGRATITUDE	VHC	German and British gunners in duet exploding round it – that’s what Amiens complained of	it in anag. incl G + RA; ref AYLI 2,7 and WWI bombardment
1519	CARRY-ON	First	Wild love affair like this could give you coronary	anag. incl. 0, & lit.
1515	SNIDE	VHC	Ill-natured, insinuating – this reflects the core of it	central letters reversed, & lit.
1511	DEEP-SEATED	VHC	Ocean growing rough? Not on the surface	deep-sea + Ted
1500	GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools)	VHC	After docking to load I sail a changed course	CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack
1494	MARATHON	VHC	Major run to hell’s mouth and beyond	ma. r at h on, & lit.; see OED for abbr.
1492	The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram)	VHC	It led me to chart such a brave course, my idea.
1489	FRONT-BENCHER	VHC	Leading MP applies Robespierre’s language about top-heavy consumption to our queen	on TB in French + ER; ref. current republican stirrings
1485	BOURSE / TIFOSO (Right and Left)	Third	For a supporter there’s nothing very convenient about British treatment of Euros as foreign exchange	0 si fit (all rev.); B + anag.
1476	LIGNIPERDOUS	VHC	It’s typical of active termite to wind up soldiering	anag.; ref. soldier-termites
1467	CANAPÉ	VHC	‘Keep an ace back’ encapsulates this method of bidding	hidden rev.
1463	REVERSIONAL	Second	As Rover line is rejigged, it’s making a comeback	anag.
1454	GET-UP	VHC	To make out at college, you need outfit and you have to cram	get up & 2 meanings
1450	PRETENDANT	VHC	Press release resurrected whopper to discourage old-style candidate	PR eten dant; ref. spin against Livingstone
1446	NEWSPAPERDOM	VHC	We’d spare no MP going astray	anag. & lit.; ref sleaze
1441	Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug)	Second	To start year of historic significance, I’m having a bust	mammate/ked; make date
1439	JOHN CANOE	VHC	His Christmas revels could make Jamaican’s head ache on and on	anag. incl. J
1424	HEIST	VHC	‘He is one who believes in God’ – that’s your prig twice over	i.e. he is theist
1415	MANATI (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Early railways had steam-e/ngine missions that would be banned today.
1411	LOOK-SEE	VHC	Gander needs to go slow keeping right on goose’s tail	OK in lose + e
1402	PENTOSE (Definition of Anagram)	VHC	Model, with cleavage, went topless inside greatcoat	posteen; (w)ent in pose
1387	Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in Wales (Anagram)	VHC	Did Santa charm this small Welsh scion? Ay.
1385	PANTRIES	VHC	Cooking article examines where to find butlers	pan tries
1380	RAPPORT (Misprints)	Third	With right blend of art and pop, this band’s a sensation	r + anag.; bond
1372	MASTERSTROKE	VHC	Coup needs leaders up front to make it a real coup	masters + troke
1367	SANBENITOS	Third	To be in wrong, without admitting it: these robes might signify that	anag. in sans
1363	MAVIN def. THONG (Wrong Number)	VHC	Strip side-branches to trim a vinery? That’s for the expert	hidden; strip
1355	DIACATHOLICON	VHC	From a cold to endless aching I constitute the answer	anag. less g, & lit.
1342	ALIENS / RAPINE (Right and Left)	VHC	Take a long spoiling lie in on ancient Sabbath – that’s for otherworldly types	r a pine; lie in an³ + s
1338	SMART ALEC	VHC	Could this posturing fool make a master-class? Possibly	anag. less ass, & lit.
1336	STOCKING	VHC	It’s the end of clocks sounding like clocks: mine are ornamental	s tocking; see clock²
1334	CATACHRESTIC	VHC	Characteristic – her word for it? – of Mrs Malaprop’s parlance	Malapropism of ‘catachrestic’
1329	PITHOS	First	Greek character, liberal host – this could be his pot	pi + anag., anag., & lit
1322	CARPET	Second	Consider jute practical backing for this	hidden rev. & lit.
1316	FINGERLICKIN’	VHC	Fabulous models link in grief to bury foremost of couturiers	c in anag.; ref Versace funeral
1312	REST-CURE	First	What makes stressed better is sure cert coming unstuck	anag.
1303	PONIARD	VHC	Put a prod in viciously	ariag. & lit.
1300	OXFORD (extra O) (Extra Letter)	VHC	The aging steer towards centre of goodly university	godly; ox for d; ref. gathering for AZ dinner
1294	TRANSENNA	VHC	This could be spread round a representation of St Anne – or vice versa	ran in anag.
1290	NITERIE	VHC	Place one has evening out in and is then ruined?	alternate, i.e. evenly spaced letters, & lit.
1286	CHALET	VHC	Cabin service to be cancelled after not very refined tea	cha let
1284	STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)	First	Unique gift from God, centre of Christmas story, is housed in a stall	STA(BLES SING)LE; s + tale
1281	ABLUTOMANE	VHC	I wash all the time by hand in a laundering liquid	to man in a blue
1277	NOVE(M)BER (Letters Latent)	VHC	Dismal season? No, spring (as Horace said) is about to happen	no + be in ver; ref. Horace Odes 4, 7, 9
1273	SIPOREX	Third	‘DI IN SEX ROMP’ could furnish material for artist with twisted mind	comp. anag.
1268	ARGIE-BARGIE	VHC	If Barbara leads you to BR, the row you want is AR	i.e. Argie bargie = Ar
1264	TREDRILLE / FERVOROUS (Right and Left)	VHC	Let Rugby League’s beginners ride rough in game played with pack of 30 ardent milling over-fours	anag. incl. RL; anag.; t. played with 30 cards
1260	OUT-AND-OUT	VHC	Might one see Open University project bar beginner as ‘unqualified’? Definitely!	OU +(s)tand out, and 2 defs.
1255	CATAFALCO	Third	Vehicle of death – might Tomahawk come under that genus in USA?	cat-a-Falco; ref US missile
1250	SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)	VHC	To identify this disease in a blurred radio-scan is a chancy game	EO in anag.
1238	ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)	First	“As a non-worker,” the faithful drone, “does the Queen be/g favours?”	…bee lasting…
1234	AVANT-PROPOS	VHC	Cantona’s introduction makes a forward line work in flawed sport	a van + op in anag.
1232	The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)	VHC	O how ‘I want to sell’ hounded out Christmas!
1229	GRUPPETTO	VHC	Italian crew turn up in port and get drunk	2 defs and up in anag,
1220	CASSANDRA	VHC	Forecaster who spoke unbelievably about ‘sun, sun and sun again’	Ca. S. S and Ra
1216	CHAPERON	First	To accompany small children, adult individual, leader of school outing	ch + A per(s)on, & lit.
1212	HILDING	Second	Nithing’s nothing different, so I’m holding	as nithing differs from nothing so does hilding from holding; hold = assert
1207	EPOCH-MARKING	VHC	I’m revolutionary: I’m pro change with a bit of killing involved	anag. incl. k
1203	CLERICALISM	VHC	False claims about relic partly reflected too much church influence	leric in anag.
1194	DONET	VHC	Sad end to Kennedy’s great early example	anag.; ref Latin Primer
1190	DENARIUS	First	Plautine piece, ten times as rude as in burlesque	anag.; D = 10 asses
1181	SLADE	VHC	Down here it’s damp: up North you’d have glided over the ice – and tobogganed, we hear	2 meanings + ‘sleighed’
1180	COLD TURKEY	VHC	Would prison official have power to bar centres for drastic drug treatment?	co(u)ld tur(n)key
1178	BOOTLEG	VHC	What traffickers do is profit by limited legal protection for calves	boot leg.; ref. concern over transport of live animals
1174	DINGLE-DANGLE	VHC	Swinging Princess has England agog with endless delight (or depression)	Di + anag. +gle(e/n)
1165	YAPSTER	VHC	Pet, stray, mongrel – such would fit this to a T	anag. & lit.
1161	ADIAPHORON	VHC	In Atherton’s case one sees semi-transparent bit of rubbing between balls – one doesn’t have to believe it right	diaph(anous) + O-r-O in A, n
1152	PARACETAMOL	VHC	With a bit of pain take one – and another one in mortal suffering	p a + ace in anag.
1147	MAYDAY	VHC	In my lifetime, a socialist celebration has become a cry for help	a in my day + 2 meanings
1143	DEATH (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Female body-builder advised to go for a lean/er beef.
1139	BENJAMIN	VHC	What tropical tree with sweet sticky stuff inside yields	ben jam in, & lit.
1134	TOVARICH	VHC	Nureyev’s ‘friend’ typically could be actor with HIV	anag.
1130	AGRESTAL	First	Ace filly laps remainder of the field	a + rest in gal
1128	CHRISTMAS PRESENT	Second	A thin spectre? – Mr S’s turned out otherwise	anag. & lit.
1113	EMPLASTRUM	VHC	Application to check corn sample damaged by blast after cropping	anag. + trum(p)
1104	BURYING-PLACES	Second	Angry public revolts, wanting heads of English selectors. Ashes belong here!	anag. + E, s
1095	STINK	VHC	Karadzic’s initial footing isn’t working: it’s the end of his high-level ping pong	anag. incl. K; s + tink
1091	SAPSAGO (Spoonerisms)	VHC	To get possibly leaner choose juice and something like tapioca	sap sago; lunar cheese
1084	PIERCEABLE / SALESGIRL (DLM)	VHC	What price a bleeding heart? ’Neath thy soft sale No shop-assisant thou. Tigress, all hail!
1076	PARLOUR GAMES	VHC	What house-party gets up to might make super alarm go off	anag.
1074	DEMIREP	VHC	Gross woman with no name to lose pounds per diem	anag.
1069	(P)OSTICHE (Headpieces)	VHC	Without resource, hospital held in reserve, an unwanted extra	lost + H in ice
1065	TANDOORI	VHC	Indian camp short of a cook before one’s found – with this skill?	tan(a) do or I
1056	ENTRAIN def. ASTHORE (Wrong Number)	Third	French life styles are not ‘in’ without love	love; anag. less 0 + in
1048	GALLOPADE.	VHC	You need some acceleration to bound round a tiny bit of dance-floor in this	gal² + a d in lope, & lit.
1043	PESTO (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Maybe Marie’s to/o kind: Ian’s exposé’s for real
1039	TOLERABLE	VHC	To entice the mob with just one bit of bribery is fair – Liberal balloteer	tole rab(b)le & anag.
1034	BURLAP	VHC	Archetypal Rubens turns up – there’s a coarse canvas for you	hidden rev.
1026	LET-OFF	VHC	Fiesta’s spare part, exhaust-pipe perhaps	3 meanings
1024	PRESENT (3 defs + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels)	VHC	Immense crackers, given time, always deliver a maxim	SEM(PRE SENT)IMENT; anag. + t
1021	BEARD	VHC	In a brush one has to confront and overthrow, not concede	bear d(own)
1017	SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN (Right and Left)	VHC	Man spattered with a ripe item from fruit-stall asks wryly about local customer in cap	anag.; chap in anag.
1008	SPORTSCASTER (Misprints)	VHC	Play actress recreated Swanson’s former role	Swanton; sport + anag.; ref E.W.S.
1004	OIL PAINTINGS	VHC	‘What plain folk are not’ isn’t plain – I go for riddling	anag.
1000	ONE THOUSAND	VHC	How much Azed has contributed to the Observer – and Oxford University hasn’t done badly, too	anag. incl. OU
982	ALMANAC	VHC	Calendar has dancing-girl on front of cover – and one inside	an in alma + c
974	AVANT-PROPOS	VHC	French scholar wanting opening for elevated work has short ——	(s)avant pro + op (rev.) + ’s, & lit.
972	Anagram of 28 letters (Anagram)	VHC	A hit unfit? No trouble, changeable!
961	WAVESON	VHC	As things are coming up round a half-sunk ship, this is what you see	a ves(sel) in now (rev.), & lit.
956	SPEAR-SIDE	VHC	On the surface rape’s wrong – that’s the male line	anag.+ side
952	STAR (Spoonerisms)	VHC	Mark, for instance, occupying force’s horrid indications of Saddam’s truly awful regime	horse’s forehead; first letters
947	SHOULDER-SLIP	Second	Make super-solid left hand smash – not with this you won’t!	anag. incl. lh
943	BARAGOUIN	VHC	You’ll find Beduin, for example, aspiring to extend their half intelligible language	Arab (rev.) + go + (Bed) uin
939	A-PER-SE / ESCROC (Right and Left)	VHC	Reformed soccer cheat an Oxford blue? That must be unique	anag.; a perse
934	LACE-UPS	VHC	You need to sit with head down putting us on	(p)lace + p in us, & lit.
922	REFORMADO	VHC	Progressive judge briefly imprisoned mother in gold swindle	ref + ma in or do; ref. Pickles controversy
920	CHRIST-CROSS-ROW	Second	There’s something basic to be learnt about Romania in this extraordinarily angry disturbance	c. + R in anag. + cross row
900	(C)HARLATANIS(M) (Letters Latent)	VHC	Hey, suggestion of aureoles shimmering ain’t penned by Tusitala – that’s humbug	ha, a + anag. in RLS, ref. AZ clue to ROSE-LAURELS
891	CAT	VHC	Bits of commentary amount to enough obfuscation to make a chap sick	first letters, hidden & 2 meanings
887	MONSTER	VHC	It requires some distortion to make Mrs T one	anag.
882	DOSSIER	VHC	One carries the papers in case one’s hanging about	I in dosser
878	MOUSEPIECE	VHC	It’s primitive to paw woman showing tasty piece of leg	mouse piece
874	BLUESTOCKING	VHC	Name given by sportive university types to coterie’s first ‘queen bee’ long ago	blues to c king (qv), & lit.
869	HOLD-UPS	VHC	What bras provide for bosoms? —— and pads, in the old days.	comp. anag. & lit.
866	NECTAREOUS	VHC	Un-acetose, right? That’s another way to put it	anag. incl. r, & lit.
857	REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left)	First	Refuse to salute and he’ll reprimand you with half-ironic yet misplaced delicacy	red² cap, ref MP; (iro)nic + anag.
844	THEOLOGASTER (Misprints)	Second	As to those large cracks, a divide may appear (but not a deep one)	divine; anag.
840	SONDE	VHC	Device that might have saved Icarus weighs on Dedalus’s heart	hidden
831	COOLABAH (Spoonerisms)	VHC	AB in inverted ring cipher follows C, triggers D	C + AB in halo O (rev. ); diggers’ tree
827	MICKEY-TAKING	VHC	Mike-grabbing Irishman’s attractive – and annoying	ref. T. Wogan
823	SARBACANE	VHC	Chastising rod, applied to rioting Arabs, can deliver a fatal blow	anag. + cane
818	EMBUSQUÉ	VHC	Loafer lying in wait to board coach ahead of more than half the queue	embus que(ue)
814	SPOUSAGE	VHC	Old custom – and without having children beforehand	sp + o + usage
801	LINCHET	VHC	Dividing balk that absorbs little space	inch in let, & lit.
796	UPHOLSTERY	VHC	Covering trade winds southerly and soft	anag. incl. p
792	DISTHENE (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	What mend is covering o/ver failing light?
783	CAMPESINO	VHC	I’m a peon, Sc. distressed peasant	anag.
764	CHILDERMAS	VHC	‘This day is loveless Herod’s claim confounded	anag. less 0 & lit.
757	ETHEROMANIAC (Misprints)	VHC	This one’s badly cooked – the nice aroma disguises it	anag.; hooked
753	SHEEPDOG	VHC	Timid type’s male, protective type usually female	sheep dog
744	SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE (Right and Left)	Second	Fried dish, Spooner’s gem in the examination, transposing initials of ‘dried fish’, see – i.e. case of the blight drinkers dread	i.e. pearl/scan ; anag. incl. d, f; ref. also drinkers’ mumbling
740	ESCADRILLE	VHC	Squadron using correct procedure for power in flight	drill for p in escape
735	MALIGN	VHC	McEnroe’s first to get in a row – and run down as a result	M + align
727	WELL-TO-DO	VHC	Spring to finish warm? So people say	well, to do; warm colloq.
714	MOTE	VHC	Battered tome may come down from Shakespeare’s time	anag; mote²; ref. current vogue for finding Shakespeareana
701	BALUSTRADE	VHC	Reduced balance on American business: protection on the way up	bal. US trade
696	ANTIMNEMONIC	VHC	Haydn’s last Tema in C minor, endlessly varied, leading to fugue	anag. less r
692	FIDIBUS def. PRICKET (Wrong Number)	Third	Cheap lighter in sailors’ bar is about half a buck	buck; fid + bu(ck) in is
688	CUCURBITAL	VHC	It’s circular and tube shaped, but tails off – like e.g. a cucumber	anag. less last letters
675	CONSTERNATE	VHC	Fitful rest one can’t disturb	anag.
666	Any word; subsidiary indicators to omit an animal (Beasts)	First	Having no sense of guilt some require lessons	re(morse)less; hidden
662	BARGE-COUPLE	VHC	Push on to bring two parties together. Thatcher’s work begins and ends there	barge, couple; ref. miners’ strike
644	EASY STREET (or STAPELIA)	VHC	Address worth more than one star – yet see, star is misplaced!	anag. & lit.; ref. error in competition
635	ROSEMARY	VHC	I’m noted for remembering – so rare my lapses	anag.
610	DOUBLETHINK	VHC	Line judge makes a habit of inconsistent opinions	double (heraldry) + think
607	CARNEY	VHC	Rustic humour, as displayed in American Art	Art C., US entertainer
600	Into the jaws of Death / Into the mouth of Hell (Anagram)	VHC	How that famous ‘thin line’ jolted the hot foe!	ref. W. H. Russell’s ‘thin red line’, see ODQ.
594	DOINGS	VHC	No role playing in travesty of Gondoliers – American extras murder G & S	anag. less anag.; do in GS
590	MINEVER	VHC	Is this ermine vermin? It would be without its coat	hidden & lit.
585	FLABELLIFORM	VHC	Feminine indeed!, cry I: feminine or masculine, all fans look like this	f la! bell I f or m; ref. unisex pop-fans
572	SNAKE-OIL	Second	Duck in lake’s camouflaged: quack might draw your attention to it	anag. incl. 0
559	EMBASE	VHC	Ambassadors wanting to yield under pressure, and what Mrs T would do to them	embas(sag)e; ref. PM’s contempt for F.O. re Falklands, etc.
556	SWEAL (Misprints)	VHC	Enough of Misprints we all mutter	gutter; hidden
552	NOURICE-FEE	VHC	After negative vote, original freeze ends with fairy money for health service	no + ur-ice + fée
534	DODGEM	VHC	Early poll to get Maggie back? That promises a bumpy ride	dod + Meg (rev.)
525	PABOUCHE	VHC	You’ll get the slipper if dad’s stopped while working	pa, bouché
521	ATTITUDINISE	First	Strike poses a tricky test involving row between one small trade union and another one	I TU din I in a + anag. of test
517	IMMORTELLE	VHC	I’m Helichrysum, cut to last, or suchlike (French)	I’m m or telle & lit.
513	ETYMOLOGICON	VHC	I’m not infatuated with ecology, I’m just devoted to roots	anag.
491	SEVENTY-EIGHT	VHC	Observe and you’ll find exactly one trough in it (not this many!)	even tye in sight
486	JUMPED-UP	VHC	Shuffle at halfway stage: Walker promoted – that means over-promoted	jum(ble) + ped up; ref. Peter W.
482	BODY-SNATCHER	First	Stiff collaring: that’s my trade – shows what can be done by starch	misleading def. + anag.
473	HERRING-BONE	VHC	Non-U neighbour besotted with semi-modern style of fancy stonework	anag. incl. (mod)ern less U
469	APLUSTRE	VHC	Decorative finish added to a ship’s stern	a, p, lustre, & lit.
464	SIMKIN	VHC	Strong drink corrupted Puritan family	sim, kin; sim = Simeonite
460	SWOOP	VHC	Warning to go slow in steep and sudden descent	wo in sop
452	DISSENTERISM	First	Mitredness is wrong? That’s what it says	anag.; dissenterism rejects bishops
439	LINGA (Printer’s Devilry)	VHC	Bad fee/t, old hams, hocks hardened – sporting hacks!	ref. journalistic outcry at trouble at recent Oldham-Sheffield match
434	JARDINIÈRE	VHC	Two rows I cultivate as of old, one with vegetables in and one for flowers	jar, din, I, ere
430	TEGULA	VHC	Fiddle wrapped in tissue: Nero must have had one loose!	gu in tela
426	MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent)	VHC	What dim signal could be	anag. & lit.
423	ACCOUTRE	VHC	TUC & Co. are jolted by current suit	anag.; ref. court injunction against 14 May strike
419	RAMILLIES	First	Marlborough’s second crusher in conclusive quartet of victories	a + mill in (victo)ries & lit
414	UNBOSOMER	VHC	Bunnies’ leader with enormous bust reveals what some would hide!	anag. incl. B; ref. Playboy clubs
410	CUL-DE-SAC	VHC	Short cut gets learner boxed up – could be this	cu(t) + L + cased (rev.) & lit.
401	GO-AHEAD	VHC	Active, explosive, bursting to move forward	a + HE. in goad & lit.
388	ALEXIPHARMIC	VHC	Sandy hair flying conceals P.M. in charge of counter-measures against snakes	Alex + anag. incl. P + M i/c
384	OUTSPREADING	VHC	Expanding pound’s a tiger let loose	anag.
375	SPREATHE	VHC	Chap from Devon mixed with dissolute company in Thorpe case	comp. anag. with co.
366	MONKEY-SHINE	VHC	Gee, this makes a good rag for wax polish	monkey = anger = wax + shine
362	SEA-SOLDIER	Third	I’m jolly worn out, society slacker admits	old in s, easier
358	UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong Number)	VHC	Upper-class leave when street goes in for nouveau-riche	leave; U + st in part
354	SHEER-HULK	VHC	She’s said goodbye to her last sailor – he abandoned her in a huff	he + anag. all in sulk
349	ODDCOMESHORT	VHC	Rum issue curtailed – not much left	odd come short
340	BOOKSIE	VHC	Certainly to be included in the designation of Lord Alfred Douglas	OK in Bosie & lit.
336	ELF-ARROW / CUTHBERT (Right and Left)	VHC	Old flint, symbol of long distant strife, shaped to cut and butcher early saint	el (= l = long) far row; anag. incl. t
314	MERIL (Spoonerisms)	VHC	‘Geese that pose in triple rows’ – from naughty limerick (end censored)	piece… goes; limer(ick) anag.
249	RUDOLPH THE REINDEER	VHC	The peril under Herod spoilt Christmas’s friendly character for children	anag.; ref. slaughter of the innocents
247	FLIVVER	VHC	‘Floruit 4 & 5 Qu. Eliz.’ might describe Morris Minor	Fl. IV V ER
243	OLYMPIC	VHC	Monopoly (sic) might make this rating soon	comp. anag. & lit.; ref. proliferation of ‘Olympic’ events
234	HOROSCOPIST	VHC	Scorpio occulted by sun – I’d get excited about that	anag. + S in hot & lit.
229	METRICATE	Second	Switch to Olympic distances satisfied – i.e. track shortened and remade	met + anag. less k
225	VALETA	VHC	World leaders in two-hundredth anniversary dance	vale + t, a
216	SCANTITY	VHC	Cover with beaming girl’s the ultimate in sexy bareness	scan tit + y
212	SURCINGLES	VHC	Sounds as if schoolmaster is selecting straps (for thrashing)	‘Sir singles’
203	BOGY	VHC	Fare rises, having all round multiplied into something terrifying	go (rev.) in by
200	The Extra Guest (minus CC) (Letters Latent)	VHC	Enticer’s victim? She was one	Lucrece; luree
195	SHILLY-SHALLY	VHC	Stupid swaying – drunk and sober	drunken pronunciation of ‘silly sally’
190	CASSANDRA	Second	In Paris’s case, the foremost of sisters – also pursued by the Sun-god	s in cas (Fr.) + and Ra, & lit.; ref. Paris of Troy
187	POWDERING-TUB	VHC	Special bath that helped sufferer with broken rib get up and down	anag.
183	PICKLE	VHC	Brat in distress having to eat a little cabbage.	4 meanings; cabbage²
174	EPEOLATRY	VHC	In which – to adapt early poet – ‘words’ are ‘truly hallowed’	anag.; ref. Shakespeare, ‘Henry VIII’, ii, 3, 68
169	THUGGEE	VHC	You see Ulster’s foremost urge reflected in the sectarian killing	U egg (rev.) in the
152	ENAMORADO / ESCLANDRE (Right and Left)	VHC	Romeo and a mismatched sweetheart – some of Montague’s clan dreaded a scandal	anag.; hidden
146	CHARADES	VHC	With puzzles like these Azed heartlessly interrupts the housework	A(ze)d in chares, & lit.
139	PIEPOWDER	VHC	In place of the market’s rough justice we have confusion over what’s hidden in a compact	pie², powder; ref. Social Compact; Court of P.
135	GABIONADE	Third	One container piled up on top of another – a segment of defence	I bag (rev.) on a de, & lit.
127	FRITHSOKEN	VHC	What’s this for, roughly? A place for criminals to resort to	anag. + ken & lit.
123	SCATTERGOOD	Third	Tax a Tory’s capital – then, gad! he’ll spend it	scat T ergo od!; ref. wealth tax
110	GALLOWS-RIPE	VHC	Returned convict loose in Gorbals, about to do some slashing – must be this	lag (rev.)+ rip in lowse
97	TREBUCHET	VHC	Traces of early bombardment in ruins of Utrecht? Made by this, perhaps	e, b in anag.
92	BRAINWASH	VHC	Intellectual oppression – something the Women’s-Libber doesn’t mind losing	i.e. bra in wash
88	BLOOMERY	VHC	A place for flowers? – where they smelt, anyway	i.e. bloomer-y
84	MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED (Right and Left)	VHC	Some girl I wronged in a giddy spell – most unfortunate – has done me wrong after wrong	anag.; ill + anag.
75	GROCETERIA	VHC	It could make catering more complicated if it had no bits of merchandise named	anag. less m, n
66	NONSENSE	VHC	It’s absurd the President putting out his second and third interpretation	N(ix)on, sense; ref. Watergate
53	ALEXANDERS	VHC	Dig that arrangement for sax learned in Berlin band!	anag.; ref. Irving B.: A. Ragtime Band
45	NEMORAL	VHC	Shooting men have spoken of a wood or an elm covert	men (rev.) + anag.
43	A neologism (Neologisms)	VHC	ANTONYMIATE	C
36	CRUSADER	VHC	For someone like Mrs Whitehouse, sex-appeal’s getting more blatant all round	SA in cruder
27	VINEGAR	VHC	Season starts with a bit of violence, then anger explodes	vi + anag.
18	EPIGONE	VHC	Successor, when heroic strain peters out, is weak	epi(c), gone & lit.; successor i.e. that which follows
14	Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)	VHC	Animals in peril pair up at threshold marked ‘shelter’
5	SCEUOPHYLAX	Third	A cox helps you at sea – missing nothing, he keeps an eye on vessels	anag. minus O

HCs awarded in competitions:

1, 23, 50, 57, 62, 70, 95, 100, 130, 148, 156, 165, 221, 319, 323, 327, 332, 371, 393, 397, 406, 447, 456, 500, 504, 508, 530, 538, 543, 558, 568, 576, 581, 603, 615, 618, 627, 640, 649, 653, 657, 660, 670, 679, 705, 709, 712, 718, 722, 731, 762, 766, 774, 779, 788, 809, 835, 849, 862, 895, 904, 908, 913, 917, 926, 930, 965, 969, 978, 991, 1013, 1030, 1052, 1061, 1078, 1087, 1100, 1108, 1117, 1126, 1156, 1169, 1186, 1225, 1242, 1247, 1307, 1325, 1346, 1360, 1376, 1394, 1398, 1406, 1428, 1433, 1437, 1472, 1480, 1502, 1506, 1528, 1541, 1559, 1567, 1576, 1598, 1602, 1606, 1619, 1659, 1680, 1689, 1694, 1700, 1733, 1746, 1750, 1752, 1758, 1771, 1784, 1792, 1804, 1806, 1814, 1818, 1827, 1831, 1840, 1845, 1858, 1884, 1897, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1918, 1940, 1953

Annual Honours record of C. J. Morse
Clues | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse

Year	Prizes (1, 2, 3)	VHCs	HCs	Position
2008-2009	0	5	6	16
2007-2008	2 (1, 1, 0)	6	4	3
2006-2007	2 (1, 0, 1)	2	8	11
2005-2006	1 (0, 1, 0)	5	6	9
2004-2005	1 (1, 0, 0)	6	4	6
2003-2004	1 (0, 1, 0)	10	1	2
2002-2003	0	7	5	8
2001-2002	2 (2, 0, 0)	6	4	3
2000-2001	1 (0, 0, 1)	8	4	7
1999-2000	2 (0, 2, 0)	6	3	5
1998-1999	2 (0, 0, 2)	6	4	3
1997-1998	3 (2, 1, 0)	6	3	2
1996-1997	2 (1, 0, 1)	10	1	1
1995-1996	4 (2, 1, 1)	6	3	1
1994-1995	1 (1, 0, 0)	8	3	3
1993-1994	3 (1, 2, 0)	5	4	3
1992-1993	1 (0, 0, 1)	8	4	2
1991-1992	0	10	2	3
1990-1991	1 (0, 1, 0)	7	4	3
1989-1990	1 (0, 1, 0)	5	7	9
1988-1989	2 (1, 1, 0)	7	2	2
1987-1988	0	8	3	3
1986-1987	1 (0, 1, 0)	6	4	5
1985-1986	1 (0, 0, 1)	5	6	7
1984-1985	1 (1, 0, 0)	4	7	8
1983-1984	0	6	5	10
1982-1983	1 (0, 1, 0)	4	6	7
1981-1982	1 (1, 0, 0)	6	3	3
1980-1981	1 (1, 0, 0)	8	2	1
1979-1980	1 (1, 0, 0)	6	4	6
1978-1979	1 (0, 0, 1)	7	4	4

1976-1977	1 (0, 1, 0)	7	1	4
1975-1976	1 (0, 1, 0)	7	2	2
1974-1975	2 (0, 0, 2)	5	2	2
1973-1974	0	7	5	6
1972-1973	1 (0, 0, 1)	6	3	4

Figures above refer to records currently in the Archive