Clues by C. J. Morse in 2000-2001
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by C. J. Morse | 2000-2001 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1467 to 1515 All clues by C. J. Morse | 2000-2001 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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C. J. Morse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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1467 | CANAPÉ | VHC | ‘Keep an ace back’ encapsulates this method of bidding | hidden rev. |
1476 | LIGNIPERDOUS | VHC | It’s typical of active termite to wind up soldiering | anag.; ref. soldier-termites |
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. |
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 |
1492 | The year that Columbus discovered America (Anagram) | VHC | It led me to chart such a brave course, my idea. | |
1494 | MARATHON | VHC | Major run to hell’s mouth and beyond | ma. r at h on, & lit.; see OED for abbr. |
1500 | GIT (on board ship) (Ship of Fools) | VHC | After docking to load I sail a changed course | CARGITACK; carg(o) I tack |
1511 | DEEP-SEATED | VHC | Ocean growing rough? Not on the surface | deep-sea + Ted |
1515 | SNIDE | VHC | Ill-natured, insinuating – this reflects the core of it | central letters rev., & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1472 TORAN (Printer’s Devilry)
1480 SAMARITAN
1502 RAPPEL
1506 BARE(-)BONES