Clues by C. O. Butcher in 1955-1956
Ximenes competitions from 329 to 382 All clues by C. O. Butcher | 1955-1956 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 329 to 382 All clues by C. O. Butcher | 1955-1956 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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C. O. Butcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | It isn’t half elevating to sit back without—or with it (all depending on how you look at it) | elev(ating) in sit (rev.) + or, & lit. |
351 | LUSTRE | VHC | In the Gilbert-Sullivan topsyturvydom is a certain quality manifested by A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes | hidden rev.; ref. song from “The Gondoliers” |
360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | One connected with the sea swallows nutriment in shell form—its source, a king among shellfish, is the cockle | egg bird; R in winkle (see cockle3) |
377 | MALISON | VHC | Work of the weird sisters, perhaps.—Macbeth, I ii, l. 1 and so on (nothing less). | M, a, l, I + s(o) on; ref. witches |
382 | ABSTAIN | VHC | Don’t indulge first-of-ApriI disposition to make saint b—— wild (If Ximenes uses his head, he won’t). | A + anag., 2 defs.; i.e. X in voting |
HCs awarded in competitions:
343 EPIGONI
356 METOPOSCOPY
369 BERET
373 PRESTONPANS