Clues by W. K. M. Slimmings in 1953 (1)
Ximenes competitions from 207 to 231    All clues by W. K. M. Slimmings  |   1953 (1) Honours list
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W. K. M. Slimmings000656
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
207PAGEANTVHCWho’s holding up the train? One of the workers creating a scene on the platformpage ant
215BUCKFASTLEIGHVHCWhere a famous Hunt follows hard after the deer?buck1 fast2 Leigh & lit.; ref. Leigh Hunt, Eng. writer and critic, b.1784; Dartmoor Hunt
217DEPOSITVHCWhat the lodger might do is depart, leaving no address: it’s nothing unusualdep(art) + anag. incl. 0
221BUNTHORNEVHCEnnui I shed and throb excitedly … “No doubt I am highly-spiced!”anag. less I; B. to Jane, Act II
223MELODRAMEVHCMal de mer? Shocking—I’ve nothing left inside … I had the really fat part of the ham!0 in anag.; ham acting
231PREAMBLEVHCBill’s first words are a signal to be quiet about the morning after! Bleary? Not half!p re a.m. ble(ary)

HCs awarded in competitions:

213 LEMONADE
219 SOCIALIST
225 TOUCHSTONES
227 CATEGORIES
229 MASCOT