Clues by T. J. Moorey in 2012-2013
Azed competitions from 2096 to 2144 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 2012-2013 Honours list
Azed competitions from 2096 to 2144 All clues by T. J. Moorey | 2012-2013 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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T. J. Moorey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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2096 | TRICK | VHC | Tip Mo to retain primacy in Rio | R in tick; tip3; next O. Games |
2109 | THICKETY | VHC | As growth concentrated in small area, King in the City worked hard to spread credit, yet failed | K in anag.; h in tick + anag.; ref. Mervyn K. |
2116 | YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry) | Third | Christmas puzzle I do comes clued yet bits of some corkers must be eschewed | anag. less s, c |
2126 | DESPERATE | VHC | No ordinary love poems work – must be ‘hopeless’ or ‘dying’! | (o)des (o)perate |
2135 | LOB | VHC | Term for ball over Boris’s head | l o B, & lit.; ref. B. Becker |
2139 | DE RIGUEUR | VHC | Germany, having set up expanding European Union, stuck with Euro? Correct | D + rig in EU Eur. |
2144 | INFERNO (Spoonerisms) | VHC | ‘Wretched Florentine’ let off in fight for a great sire | site … fire; anag. less let; ref. ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’, v. iii. 158 |
HCs awarded in competitions:
2100 A STITCH IN TIME
2105 TITANIC / ICEBERG (Overlaps)
2113 PICAROON
2118 BLOKEISH
2122 NICETY
2131 DIVES / MALIK (Right and Left)