Clues by T. J. Moorey in 1999-2000
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 1999-2000 Honours list
Azed competitions from 1415 to 1463 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 1999-2000 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. J. Moorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1415 | MANATI (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Philosophically an eon is an e/on, by God! | see eon in C. |
| 1424 | HEIST | VHC | The mobile ringing is getting one steaming on trains for example | is in anag.; steaming, recent coinage for robbery, esp. on trains by gangs of youths |
| 1428 | CRICETID | VHC | Knight off his game told to forget South Africa – rotten perhaps | cric(k)et + (SA)id; ref. Nick K.; rotten2 |
| 1437 | MISTLETOE | VHC | Labour most elite: bussing’s sometimes beneath it | anag.; ref. John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott |
| 1439 | JOHN CANOE | VHC | One’s exhausted after more than one office party at Christmas | john can + o(n)e |
| 1441 | Word containing MM displaced by a bug (Millennium Bug) | VHC | Excellent start to January indeed, including spectacular on the river | jammy / hornet; anag. incl. r in J + ay; ref. London celebrations |
HCs awarded in competitions:
1433 NEANDERTHAL
1446 NEWSPAPERDOM
1450 PRETENDANT
1459 GREATEST (Spoonerisms)
1463 REVERSIONAL