Clues by C. J. Morse in 1972-1973
Azed competitions from 1 to 50    All clues by C. J. Morse  |   1972-1973 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
5SCEUOPHYLAXThirdA cox helps you at sea – missing nothing, he keeps an eye on vesselsanag. less 0
14Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)VHCAnimals in peril pair up at threshold marked ‘shelter’ 
18EPIGONEVHCSuccessor, when heroic strain peters out, is weakepi(c) gone, & lit.; successor, i.e. that which follows
27VINEGARVHCSeason starts with a bit of violence, then anger explodesvi + anag.
36CRUSADERVHCFor someone like Mrs Whitehouse, sex-appeal’s getting more blatant all roundSA in cruder; ref. campaigner Mary W.
43A neologism (Neologisms)VHCANTONYMIATEC
45NEMORALVHCShooting men have spoken of a wood or an elm covertmen (rev.) + oral and anag.

HCs awarded in competitions:

1 ORGIAST
23 SCLERODERMIC
50 CORPULE(N)T (Letters Latent)