Clues by C. J. Morse in 1995-1996
Azed competitions from 1203 to 1255    All clues by C. J. Morse  |   1995-1996 Honours list
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C. J. Morse211631
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
1203CLERICALISMVHCFalse claims about relic partly reflected too much church influencerelic with rel rev. in anag.
1207EPOCH-MARKINGVHCI’m revolutionary: I’m pro change with a bit of killing involvedanag. incl. k
1212HILDINGSecondNithing’s nothing different, so I’m holdingi.e. as nithing differs from nothing so does hilding from holding, & lit.; hold = assert
1216CHAPERONFirstTo accompany small children, adult individual, leader of school outingch. + A per(s)on, & lit.
1220CASSANDRAVHCForecaster who spoke unbelievably about ‘sun, sun and sun again’ca. S S and Ra
1229GRUPPETTOVHCItalian crew turn up in port and get drunkup in anag., 2 defs.
1232The world is too much with us; late and soon (Anagram)VHCO how ‘I want to sell’ hounded out Christmas! 
1234*AVANT-PROPOSVHCCantona’s introduction makes a forward line work in flawed sporta van + op in anag.; ref. Eric C.
1238ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry)First“As a non-worker,” the faithful drone, “does the Queen be/g favours?” 
1250SONEOCARDIA (STENOCARDIA) (Ten to One)VHCTo identify this disease in a blurred radio-scan is a chancy gameEO in anag.
1255CATAFALCOThirdVehicle of death – might Tomahawk come under that genus in USA?i.e. cat-a-Falco; ref. US missile

HCs awarded in competitions:

1225 CURRY
1242 KNOCKERS
1247 PREDICANT

* Competition excluded from annual honours