Clues by T. W. Melluish in 1953 (1)
Ximenes competitions from 207 to 231    All clues by T. W. Melluish  |   1953 (1) Honours list
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T. W. Melluish101364
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
207PAGEANTVHCExhibition secured by worker’s application to a quantity of reading matterpage ant
211CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIESVHCWaits near the mistletoe but scares no girl improperlyanag.; wait1 (n.)
213LEMONADEVHCOne feels after this squash the fresher might be accepted in the world of the ‘beaux esprits’a in Le Monde (Fr.); fresher = refreshed/University student
215BUCKFASTLEIGHFirstAn order of black hue, given gifts, here reconstructedanag. & lit.; B. Abbey (reconstructed post 1882), Benedictines “black monks”
225TOUCHSTONESThirdGive the fool two testrils—or testersTouchstone + s (= shilling); tester, testril = sixpence; ref. AYLI

HCs awarded in competitions:

209 ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number)
217 DEPOSIT
221 BUNTHORNE
227 CATEGORIES
229 MASCOT
231 PREAMBLE