Clues by C. Allen Baker in 1949 (1)
Ximenes competitions from 92 to 104 All clues by C. Allen Baker | 1949 (1) Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 92 to 104 All clues by C. Allen Baker | 1949 (1) Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Allen Baker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | BUMBLE-PUPPY | Third | “The law is a ass,” he said, joining the youth contemptuously in unruly game | Bumble puppy; ref. Mr B. in Oliver Twist, ch. 51 |
| 94 | SARDELLE | VHC | Red Sea flounders (about two pounds)—a fine substitute for herring | L, L in anag. |
| 96 | INTERLOCK | VHC | Scarf—to knit securely: allow 50 plain in the middle and knit purl at both ends, then reverse | L in core in anag. of knit (all rev.); 2 defs.; scarf2 vt. |
| 98 | HUMERI | First | We start to murmur … our anger rises … then we’re up in arms! | hum + ire (rev.) |
| 99 | SCARABEE | VHC | Amulet: see the seventh line of the Abracadabra triangle worked into it! | anag. of see ABRAC; inverted triangle with word reduced by one letter each row |
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | It’s some scramble on Sunday—X rules and his words are law! | anag. + S; ten commandments, Mosaic law |
HCs awarded in competitions:
92 PARTRIDGE
95 SPOONER
100 Word containing ADDING
102 ARCHIMEDES
104 STARE (Printer’s Devilry)