Clues by C. J. Morse in 1973-1974
Azed competitions from 53 to 100 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1973-1974 Honours list
Azed competitions from 53 to 100 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1973-1974 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Morse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | ALEXANDERS | VHC | Dig that arrangement for sax learned in Berlin band! | anag.; ref. Irving B.: A. Ragtime Band |
| 66 | NONSENSE | VHC | It’s absurd the President putting out his second and third interpretation | N(ix)on, sense; ref. Watergate |
| 75 | GROCETERIA | VHC | It could make catering more complicated if it had no bits of merchandise named | anag. less m, n, & lit. |
| 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. |
| 88 | BLOOMERY | VHC | A place for flowers? – where they smelt, anyway | i.e. bloomer-y |
| 92 | BRAINWASH | VHC | Intellectual oppression – something the Women’s-Libber doesn’t mind losing | i.e. bra in wash |
| 97 | TREBUCHET | VHC | Traces of early bombardment in ruins of Utrecht? Made by this, perhaps | e b in anag., & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
57 MINARET (Printer’s Devilry)
62 SOLITAIRES
70 GESTAPO (Misprints)
95 THUNDERCLAP
100 CENTENARIAN