Cup Winning clues by C. J. Morse
All clues by C. J. Morse
All clues by C. J. Morse
| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points |
First win | Latest win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Morse | 530 | 35 | 60 | 435 | 278 | 625 | Mar 1950 | Dec 2013 |
| No. | Clue word | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2168 | CENTURY (with missing C) (Missing Letter) | Five sore backsides to physic grieve Matron – not you, Dr Busby | score; last letters; ref. the Rev Dr Richard B., famous flogging headmaster of Westminster 1638-1693 |
| 2157 | MELODRAMATIC | Overstrained, semi-declamatory? Yes, that it could be | comp. anag. & lit. |
| 2000 | TWO THOUSAND | Out now, Azed’s latest – hats off! | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| 1836 | POSTHASTE | Stop getting tanned, abhor catching sun and treat heatspots immediately | anag. + S in hate, anag. |
| 1823 | KISS | X in ‘billet-doux’ and the ilk is silent | i.e. sign for kiss in love-letter, hidden |
| 1719 | ANHELATION | Happiness starts with an H – a rough breathing to the likes of Hippocrates | an H elation: ref. Greek ‘h’ |
| 1554 | PEARL | With this gem, is setting done? No, coral would add further lustre | 2 mngs.; coral anniversary = 35 years, lustre = 5 years; ref. AZ series |
| 1519 | CARRY-ON | Wild love affair like this could give you coronary | anag. incl. 0, & lit. |
| 1329 | PITHOS | Greek character, liberal host – this could be his pot | pi + anag., anag., & lit. |
| 1312 | REST-CURE | What makes stressed better is sure cert coming unstuck | anag. |
| 1284 | STALE (3 defs. + sub. ind. of wrapping) (Parcels) | Unique gift from God, centre of Christmas story, is housed in a stall | STA(BLES SING)LE; s + tale |
| 1238 | ELASTIN (Printer’s Devilry) | “As a non-worker,” the faithful drone, “does the Queen be/g favours?” | |
| 1216 | CHAPERON | To accompany small children, adult individual, leader of school outing | ch. + A per(s)on, & lit. |
| 1190 | DENARIUS | Plautine piece, ten times as rude as in burlesque | anag.; d. = 10 asses |
| 1130 | AGRESTAL | Ace filly laps remainder of the field | a + rest in gal |
| 857 | REDCAP / NICETY (Right and Left) | Refuse to salute and he’ll reprimand you with half-ironic yet misplaced delicacy | red4 cap; (iro)nic + anag.; ref. MP |
| 666 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal (Beasts) | Having no sense of guilt some require lessons | re(morse)less; hidden |
| 521 | ATTITUDINISE | Strike poses a tricky test involving row between one small trade union and another one | I TU din I in a + anag. of test |
| 482 | BODY-SNATCHER | Stiff collaring: that’s my trade – shows what can be done by starch | anag. |
| 452 | DISSENTERISM | Mitredness is wrong? That’s what it says | anag. & lit.; i.e. rejection of bishops |
| 419 | RAMILLIES | Marlborough’s second crusher in conclusive quartet of victories | a mill in (victo)ries, & lit. |
| Ximenes competitions | |||
| 1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | Ten-bob coin row is all very old-fashioned: in America they’d swallow it | angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969 |
| 1000 | THOUSAND | Up-to-date product of X and C | 10 × 100; Ximenes, Chambers |
| 808 | WAGONER | My style of driving’s old-fashioned—one wiggle, then wallop! | wag + oner |
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | To lie still is not enough here; both sides of the sheet must be tucked in | be + s(hee)t in dead, & lit. |
| 504 | LEAD-LINE | Here’s this ice-bound water system—and the plumber has to let me down! | lead line; lead = channel among ice, line = system |
| 434 | CARTON | Contra-revolutionary hero who made the tumbril proceed | anag., cart on, & lit.; ref. Sydney C., ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ |
| 273 | COUSIN | General name for any sovereign or noble about me, as a monarch might put it | us in coin, & lit; us = me (royal use) |
| 265 | THERMAE | Geysers rattle and knock about 3 a.m. (The heater blows up about noon) | anag. of three am, m. (= noon) in anag. |
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | In which the State’s end is to reorganise all mastership around itself | e in anag., & lit. |
| 225 | TOUCHSTONES | Basanites: a tribe of fools, said to use their bulls as stalking-horses! | 2 mngs; AYLI V:4:112, T. “uses his folly as a s.-h.”; cf. Psalm 22.12 “bulls of Bas(h)an” [see comments] |
| 194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | It takes skill to hit the coconut | knowledge box2; coconut (19C sl.) = head |
| 188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | Show Cimber the deaf ear | |
| 166 | RACHIDES | You can’t strip the skin from them without showing a sign of a sore back | i.e. r. less hide = scar (rev.), & lit. |
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | A D/r. Inge vetoed the line, and repeated the error | Adam and Eve |