Dic Mortimer

A man rags with anagrams

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@Denvek25 @TheKnowledge_GU In the 2003 UEFA Cup 1st round 1st leg between Manchester City, representing England, and TNS, representing Wales, City fielded five Englishmen and TNS eight. This is a record that is unlikely to ever be surpassed.

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Elon Musk = Sunk (mole). Lone skum. Slunk 'ome. Su'k lemon. No! (UK smel'). Goodbye Twitter = Git toy, dweeb rot. Bigoted Tory wet. Greedy twit - boot. Bot rotted ye wig. Tweet? O, I'd try bog. Obit: 'e grew dotty. Iechyd da.

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Sidney Poitier = ID: senior, piety. Barry Cryer = Re Barry: cry. Norma Waterson = Mantras now ore. Peter Bogdanovich = Braved photogenic. Wyn Calvin = In lav? Yn WC! Colin Powell = i.e. clown poll. Euan Ferguson = Rue gone (Snafu). Meat Loaf = O, fat male!

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Desmond Tutu = Dust, mounted. Ronnie Spector = 1 crooner, spent. Jean-Paul Belmondo = Bum end en pj - oo la la! Stephen Sondheim = Penned some h,hits. Janice Long = A nice long J? Ray Illingworth = Ah, roly twirling. Lee Scratch Perry = Career: try, schlep.

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Katherine Whitehorn = Ah, the writ'en ink hero! Anthony Sher = Thorny, ashen. Sean Lock = Slack one. Lionel Blair = Lo! In Braille! Bernard Haitink = Re-brand, I think. Jimmy Greaves = Vim + gem + (yes) jar. Richard Rogers = Arch or girders? Joan Didion = Did join? A no.

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Nanci Griffith = A tiring f,finch. Austin Mitchell = At lunches' limit Don Everly = Very olden. Ed Asner = Endears. Lee 'scratch' Perry = Celt pryer, search! Gerd Muller = L. leg murder. Ted Dexter = DT exerted. Charlie Watts = Relic that was.

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Jackie Mason = A manic jokes. Dawn Foster = Fates drown. Sian James = As jasmine. Elystan Morgan = Mantra: long "yes". Michael Horovitz = Him hot vocalizer. Jean-Paul Belmondo = Mood: jeune Pan ball. Una Stubbs = Bus, sun, tab. Sean Lock = Slack one.

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Donald Rumsfeld = Fed mud 'n' dollars. Max Mosley = MO: amyl sex. David Foot = O daft void! BJ Thomas = Jams both. David Edwards = Ward, died, v. sad. Llew Smith = With smell. Edward de Bono = Beware, odd don. Kenneth Kaunda = An end UK? Thank 'e! Ray Teret = Ratty 'ere.

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Doug Mountjoy = To guy, un-mojo'd. Tommy Docherty = Mr moody-tetchy. Shirley Williams = 1 I'll miss. Why? Real. Gerry Cottle = Otter?? Clergy! Yaphet Kotto = Path yet took. Les McKeown = Meek clowns. John Le Carre = Here: Raj, £, con.

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Gerry Marsden = Mersey, rang Dr. Osian Ellis = All is noise. Michael Apted = He impacted LA. Mary Wilson = Ms wary loin. Phil Spector = Sh*t pop relic. Katharine Whitehorn = Hero in ink - what heart! Sylvain Sylvain = Vain, sly x2. Dai Davies = I did a save.

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Paolo Rossi = 1-0 loss (par=0). John Meurig Thomas = Oh Mog, maths injure! Doug Scott = OTT. Sod. Cud. Jonathan Sacks = Snacks on at Haj. Eric Hall = A chiller. Charley Pride = Chirped early. Cloris Leachman = Cor! Cinema Halls! Christopher Plummer = The music romp help r&r.

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Valery Giscard d'Estaing = Sad destiny: garlic, grave. Des O'Connor = Des croon? No! Peter Sutcliffe = Cuff-set reptile. Peter Alliss = Spiels alert! Ray Clemence = Amen. Recycle. Barbara Windsor = Bra worn as braid. Diego Maradona = O, God aid man era!

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Ronald Harwood = Award, or on hold? Toots Hibbert = Bio: test, throb. Peregrine Worsthorne = Tories' whor'ng preener. Chadwick Boseman = Who? Nice (bad smack). Tom Maschler = More MS chat (£). John Sessions = No Jessi's nosh. Bobby Ball = Blobby (A+ lb).

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Trini Lopez = Lo, inert. Zip. Keith Pontin = Nth poke-it-in. Juliet Greco = Ou girl? Eject. Sean Connery = O, canny sneer! Nobby Stiles = Sly, bit bones. JJ Williams = Slam (1j) LW (1j). Frank Bough = Hog funk? Bar! Spencer Davis = Spice and revs.

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Diana Rigg = Grading: A1. Shere Hite = He's the ire. Alan Minter = Rent animal. Tim Renton = In torment. Julian Bream = An air jumble. Eddie Van Halen = Ah, enliven dead! Johnny Nash = n...n...n...(hash joy). Harold Evans = Ash over land. Terence Conran = Ran centre once.

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Everton Weekes = Keen & sweet. Over. Olivia De Havilland = Oi, had vanilla De Vil! Peter Green = Genre? Peter. Clive Ponting = Nip client gov! Chris Needs = He's cinders. Alan Parker = Rank: a pearl. Tony Elliott = T.O. (only title). Stuart Christie = Chartist is true.

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McCoy Tyner = Note: cry, Cym. Norman Hunter = Oh, urn remnant. Tristan Garel Jones = Tories' rants jangle. Max von Sydow = Moody's v. wan, x. Jack Charlton = Hack, jar 'n' clot. Astrid Kirchherr = Her trick hard, sir. Andrew Weatherall = Learn raw law: death.

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Ian Holm = Loan him. Willie Thorne = Hell: 1/1 (ew) torn. Keith Tippet = Tip: he kept it. Little Richard = Thrill ride (act). Phil May = Him play. Dame Vera Lynn = Navy man: "elder". Larry Kramer = KY, ram rear, R>L. Ennio Morricone = Ironic: none more.

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Stirling Moss = Sir slings MOT. Eddie Large = 'E died (lager). Peter Bonetti = Bet in tree-top. Honor Blackman = Man look? Branch. Peter Whittingham = Theme: hitting. Wrap. Bill Withers = Bill withers! Tim Brooke-Taylor = Time to look, Barry.

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Nicholas Parsons = Has CPR in saloon. Terry Jones = Enjoy r,rest. Daniel Arap Moi = 1 paranoid male. Kirk Douglas = Go! (a kid lurks). George Steiner = Regret 'e is gone. Elizabeth Wurtzel = Ethereal buzz, wilt. Terry Hands = R'n'R the days. Caroline Flack = O, fell in a crack!