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
Ximenes competitions from 207 to 231 All clues by W. K. M. Slimmings | 1953 (1) Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. K. M. Slimmings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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207 | PAGEANT | VHC | Who’s holding up the train? One of the workers creating a scene on the platform | page ant |
215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Where a famous Hunt follows hard after the deer? | buck1 fast2 Leigh & lit.; ref. Leigh Hunt, Eng. writer and critic, b.1784; Dartmoor Hunt |
217 | DEPOSIT | VHC | What the lodger might do is depart, leaving no address: it’s nothing unusual | dep(art) + anag. incl. 0 |
221 | BUNTHORNE | VHC | Ennui I shed and throb excitedly … “No doubt I am highly-spiced!” | anag. less I; B. to Jane, Act II |
223 | MELODRAME | VHC | Mal de mer? Shocking—I’ve nothing left inside … I had the really fat part of the ham! | 0 in anag.; ham acting |
231 | PREAMBLE | VHC | Bill’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