301 TROLLOPISH R. Adm. W.T.C. Ridley
This is slapdash about hair and or making up
(poll or rev. in anag. & lit.)
306 DICKENS W.J.M. Scotland
I cook, without soul, in pit (term in exclamations)
(I c(oo)k in den + s, & lit.)
310 STERNFAST Mrs. E.J. Shields
What attaches fleet to hard?
(stern fast & lit.)
314 MERIL (Spoonerism) R.A. Mostyn
Maud Barker married Eric, Conservative turned Liberal
(board marker; m + l for c in Eric)
319 PODESTA P.D. Gaffey
Is Latin ‘in fair round belly’ one?
(est in pod + a & lit., ref As You Like It)
323 (C)U(C)KOO (Letters Latent) C. Loving
What’s gouk on flying awa’ frae the Borders?
((g)ouk o(n) anag)
327 HEMLOCK E.M. Holroyd
No sensation above knee now -- what has tumbler in it?
(hem lock & lit.)
332 NUT-CASE Mrs M.J. Cansfield
Fruit with skin could be called bananas
(nut case)
336 ELF-ARROW/CUTHBERT D.F. Manley
One who has got out of fighting splashes the Brut about - supposed means
of enchanting women for real thrills
(anag. inc c; anag. inc w.; ref. Henry Cooper after-shave ad.)
340 BOOKSIE G. Johnstone
Sanctions busting stink that is buried in Cabinet-editions
(ok’s in bo ie)
345 A clue to a firework to be chosen by the solver. Competition cancelled because of limited availability of the magazine. (Roman Candle most popular of about 65 entries)
349 ODDCOMESHORT D.C. Williamson
To shed more cost I’d settle for ties made with this
(comp. anag., & lit.)
352 FAIRY LIGHTS R.P.C. Forman
O may these in apt array / Give my fir its halo gay!
(comp. anag. & lit.)
354 SHEER-HULK W.K.M. Slimmings
Ark Royal, now? Gloom surrounds her being docked, and broken up
(her + anag. in sulk; gloom verb)
358 UPSTART def. NON-TERM (Wrong number) N C Dexter
One outshining the rest, newly put in orbit
(star in anag. & lit)
362 SEA-SOLDIER F P N Lake
Do liars see fool in me?
(anag., & lit.; “Tell it to the marines”)
366 MONKEY-SHINE D F Manley
Hokes in NY me? Perhaps - when respelt!
(anag., & lit., i.e. hoax)
371 GRADIN V G Henderson
Gladiator’s end could be seen from this old seat
(comp. anag. & lit)
375 SPREATHE N C Dexter
To chap ’ee wi’ t’ sharp wind
(ang. & lit.; wind = twist)
379 SCYTHEMAN N C Dexter
The doddery can’t shy me!
(anag. & lit., Old Father Time)
384 OUTSPREADING Dr. E Young
As girt done up loosely?
(anag. & lit.)
388 ALEXIPHARMIC R J Palmer
With this elixir a chap gets restored having swallowed a bit of monkswood
(m in anag & lit.)
393 INTRACARDIAC M D Laws
Like the cockles in a barrow wheeled by road twisting about Ireland’s
capital
(in + cart rev. + rd + ca. I rev., ref. Molly Malone)
397 BIJOUTERIE (Misprints) F R Palmer
Refuse tips unacceptable - rising indignation over energy waste products?
(paste: jib rev. + out + ire rev. + E)
401 GO-AHEAD N C Goddard
Driving licence
(2 meanings)
404 CANDLE-HOLDER (Spoonerism) J P H Hirst
To aim inside head of club and look sideways might help us sink our putts
(in power cuts; hold in c and leer)
406 BOIL E J Burge
McLaren’s a bit short about the round ball. Lancing object (rather
sore)?
(O in Bil(l), ref. Bill M, R.U. commentator, Lancing soccer school)
410 CUL-DE-SAC N C Dexter
What use a 550 c.c. model here?
(anag. & lit)
414 UNBOSOMER T E Sanders
Bust-reducing agent? Rub some on bust - gets a lot off the chest
(anag.)
419 RAMILLIES C J Morse
Marlborough’s second crusher in conclusive quartet of victories
(a + mill in (victo)ries & lit)
423 ACCOUTRE T J Moorey
Carter coup tails off in disarray - prepare for war?
(Carte(r) cou(p) anag.; ref. Iran hostages fiasco)
426 MISL(E)ADING (Letters Latent) W J M Scotland
Naughty girls with mini-skirts had little not showing clearly!
(’d in anag.)
430 TEGULA C.G. Millin
What the fiddler might have played on, in the film
(gu in tela, & lit., ref. Fiddler on the Roof)
434 JARDINIERE E M Hornby
Le début de jeunesse - rien à dire: translated - quite a dish
(j + anag.)
439 LINGA (Printer’s Devilry) E H Furnival
A nice axe is needed for sca/lps
(An ice axe is needed for scaling Alps)
443 STEEPLECROWN N.C. Dexter
Enter low space carelessly - and you’ll knock one off!
(anag less a, & lit.)
447 URTICARIA/APOGRAPHS G Johnstone
Eruptive outbreak – “’air cut! ’air cut!” repeats
a Petty Officer evaluating lines of ratings
(anag. cut = drunk; a PO graphs)
452 DISSENTERISM C J Morse
Mitredness is wrong? That’s what it says
(anag.; dissenterism rejects bishops)
454 CHRISTMAS BOX M.D. Laws
I may be full of seasonal largesse – being ‘Brahms’ it’s
barmy getting in to steer
(anag, in cox; ‘Brahms and Liszt’, rhyming slang)
456 BALADINE C Allen Baker
One like Barnum and Bailey, endlessly pranking
(and Baile(y) anag., prank = dance, ref. P T Barnum, hoaxer;)
460 SWOOP A.K. Gregory
Zero in suddenly
(o in swop & lit.; see supplement in Chambers 1977)
464 SIMKIN J.P.H. Hirst
This might be drunk, on engagement of a Royal Highness, in Kashmir
(anag. + a RH, & lit.)
469 APLUSTRE R.H.F. Isham
L. Pasteur decorated after work on carriers in the main
(anag.)
473 HERRING-BONE C.G. Millin
Like a walk up a ski-slope - hard to take without backsliding
(erring in h bone (= steal))
478 BIBLIOPEGIST R.J. Palmer
I put protective cover on work in press - that’s the general idea
(bib, op in lie, gist)
482 BODY-SNATCHER C.J. Morse
Stiff collaring: that’s my trade - shows what can be done by starch
(misleading def. + anag.)
Paper not available everywhere, so competition not included in annual
list.
486 JUMPED-UP J Horwood
Inflated with Jack-in- office’s head for power
(J for P in pumped up, & lit.)
491 SEVENTY-EIGHT M.D. Laws
Single, on the shelf now, having been stood up days before tying the knot
(eves rev. + anag.)
495 CACOETHES C Allen Baker
Ache to wallow in the embrace of pros? One shouldn’t start it
(anag. in (a)ces & lit.)
500 BEFOOL (with two extra Ds in clue) D. Ashcroft
Admass imperative: get fund at others’ expense
(amass, fun; imperative form of ‘am ass’)
500 Dinner held at Randolph Hotel 7/11/81. Magazine with No. 500
distributed.
504 SIMMENTHALER Dr E Young
Style me Hitler’s man: I could die for the bully of Europe
(anag.; i.e. bully-beef)
506 ELANET (Printer’s Devilry) E R Riddle
When short of fu/n all need more alcohol
(When short of fuel an etna’ll need more alcohol)
508 POSTURE-MAKER Miss IM Raab
Tumbler, nuts, smoke, rapture!
(anag.)
513 ETYMOLOGICON J G Stubbs
Notice gym loo stinking? Onions, possibly
(anag., ref. Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, edited Onions)
517 IMMORTELLE C M Edmunds
Blunt’s confession implicates right wing in chronic bloomer
(rt. el in I’m mole, ref. Anthony Blunt affair & current obsession
with ‘moles’)
521 ATTITUDINISE C J Morse
Strike poses a tricky test involving row between one small trade union and
another one
(I TU din I in a + anag. of test)
525 PABOUCHE W J M Scotland
Half chewed after pup’s onset - one with heelless fit?
(p a bou(t) + che(wed), & lit.)
530 PROMETAL F P N Lake
I’m from the east - and probably in for a hot time, having made exit
back to front!
(prom + late rev.)
534 DODGEM H J Bradbury
Union perhaps should have poll before it calls for strike action from
drivers
(dod gem, union = pearl) Note by HJB: I should have put BY drivers instead
of FROM - & did in the first version.
538 INGRAIN R J Whale
Like a tattoo artist that’s restricted by where it may be visible
(RA in gin; ‘gin and it’)
543 STAYING POWER A J Redstone
Product of a rowing type’s training
(anag. & lit.)
547 GLEEMAN D F Manley
Bard puts a touch of magic into E. Lang. and E. Lit.
(m in anag. lit = drunk)
552 NOURICE-FEE N C Dexter
Tip for effective cure if one’s ill
(anag. & lit.)
556 SWEAL (Misprints) B.C. James
Sings ‘Pop goes the weasel’ without repeat
(singe; anag. less one e)
558 MINCEMEAT (with one extra R) E R Riddle
What one must do to give mater a Christmas treat
(mate; i.e. mince meat = mate)
559 EMBASE D V Harry
Ill-placed beams hit head on entry? Then stoop
(anag. + e, stoop v.t.)
564 PARAMENT Dr I S Fletcher
Forerunner of paper, one for the church, perhaps
(a for ch in parchment, & lit.)
568 TETHER (Printer’s Devilry) J P Lester
Play the second movement and an/on do allegro
(Play the second movement andante, the rondo allegro)
572 SNAKE-OIL W J M Scotland
I.e. no Salk shot?
(anag. & lit.)
576 TOP-NOTCH J F Grimshaw
Clue type for pot, not H.C.!
(anag. & lit., clue vb., ref. AZ cup.)
581 SPADROON def. MAVERICK (Wrong Number) Dr. E J Miller
To deploy this weapon versus Andropov’s must be eccentric
(eccentric; anag. + v & lit.)
585 FLABELLIFORM V G Henderson
Lewis may be thus described: sadly fallible because McEnroe’s No. 1
(anag. + for M)
590 MINEVER W K M Slimmings
One gone white does fear game is up for good
(nim rev. + ever; does = rabbits)
594 DOINGS T.R. Theakston
For forgotten name, ‘thing’ does: alternatively, ‘the
——’
(comp. anag. & lit.)
600 Anagram of ‘Into the jaws of Death, / Into the mouth of
Hell’ P Cargill
Too lethal? What, then, justified them on hoof?