Clues by T. J. Moorey in 2012-2013
Azed competitions from 2096 to 2144    All clues by T. J. Moorey  |   2012-2013 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
2096TRICKVHCTip Mo to retain primacy in RioR in tick; tip3; next O. Games
2109THICKETYVHCAs growth concentrated in small area, King in the City worked hard to spread credit, yet failedK in anag.; h in tick + anag.; ref. Mervyn K.
2116YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO) (Christmas Devilry)ThirdChristmas puzzle I do comes clued yet bits of some corkers must be eschewedanag. less s, c
2126DESPERATEVHCNo ordinary love poems work – must be ‘hopeless’ or ‘dying’!(o)des (o)perate
2135LOBVHCTerm for ball over Boris’s headl o B, & lit.; ref. B. Becker
2139DE RIGUEURVHCGermany, having set up expanding European Union, stuck with Euro? CorrectD + rig in EU Eur.
2144INFERNO (Spoonerisms)VHC‘Wretched Florentine’ let off in fight for a great siresite … 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)