Anagrams

A well–chosen anagram can be very entertaining in a quiz. I think they're better if you give a clue to the answer, so I've provided a clue for each one. For example: "'Genuine class' is an anagram of the name of which distinguished British actor, who died in the year 2000, aged 88?"

Genuine class	Distinguished British actor (died in 2000, aged 88)		Alec Guinness
Moan lyrics	US singer–songwriter		Carly Simon
Old West action	Hollywood star (turned politician)		Clint Eastwood
To copulate, he finds interns	A man and his former post		Clinton – President of the USA
Catalogue	Word used in physiology		Coagulate
Spectrum	Food item		Crumpets
A rope ends it	Unhappy state of mind		Desperation
Dirty room	Type of room		Dormitory
Finished	Word meaning "diabolically cruel and wicked"		Fiendish
I like to B MP	Former MP		Lembit Opik
Admirably	Former Arsenal footballer		Liam Brady
Synthetic cream	British sporting club		Manchester City
Unmatched entries	British sporting club		Manchester United
Big Melons	Hollywood star (male)		Mel Gibson
Nominates	US state		Minnesota
Carthorse	Term used in music		Orchestra
Best in prayer	Member of a particular church		Presbyterian
One circle	Word meaning to cause someone to accept something		Reconcile
Urban semi	Type of ship		Submarine
Here come dots	Method of communication		The Morse code
Chaste Lord Archer vegetating	Residential property in Cambridgeshire		The Old Vicarage Grantchester
Costumier	Hollywood star		Tom Cruise
Gyrated	Bee Gees song title		Tragedy
I'm an evil Tory bigot	Former Tory cabinet minister		Virginia Bottomley
Sweat in the mud	English professional football club		West Ham United

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