Anagrams of: HARDCOOKEDEGG

• lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried

• important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller

• stopped up; clogged up

• any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

• tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• disable by cutting the hock

• thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically