Clues by T. W. Melluish in 1951 (2)
Ximenes competitions from 168 to 180 All clues by T. W. Melluish | 1951 (2) Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 168 to 180 All clues by T. W. Melluish | 1951 (2) Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. W. Melluish | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | VHC | Fig leaves theme on the wrong side of grandpa’s plate | these; cryptic def. |
| 170 | GUINEA | Third | There’d be some change from this if you had gin and a splash in France | anag. incl. eau (Fr.) |
| 171 | SERINGAS | VHC | Original producers of elastic shows reassign the characters in a different order | anag. |
| 173 | HATCHING | VHC | Long sitting required to get a new bill through | 2 mngs.; hatch2,3 |
| 174 | ANACREONTICS | VHC | If the King supported one of these efforts of Cowley, someone would be credited with a plot | an acre on tic(K); indic. of singular; ref. Abraham C., English poet and Royalist |
| 177 | DESOLATE | Third | Such people often assume weeds seed a lot, all over the place | anag.; widow’s weeds; weed2 |
| 178 | HIDEOUS | VHC | Wouldn’t it be ghastly if the House on reassembling were about the same? | id. in anag.; ref. 1951 Gen. Election |
HCs awarded in competitions:
169 HOUSE
175 HAIR-LINE
176 SPIGOT
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)