Clues by R. Postill in 1962-1963
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by R. Postill | 1962-1963 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by R. Postill | 1962-1963 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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R. Postill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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700 | SOLOMON | VHC | Alone with a thousand willing to participate—no wonder he was sick of love! | solo M on, & lit.; wives and concubines, and Song of S. 2:5 |
703 | SCAPEMENT | VHC | Another tooth gone! It happens regularly to me, a Special Constable, with chaps in a temper | SC + men in a pet |
721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | Outside supplier, with licence, of cauliflower, kale, haricot, artichoke, melon and rhubarb! | anag. of outside letters, & lit. |
725 | SILENUS | VHC | My pot-belly was noticeable unless I dressed specially | anag. & lit. |
728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | First | M.C.C., probably well advised to ba-t, dissipated alarm about Dexter’s openers | De(xter) in anag.; MCC = Member of County Council; bant = diet, aldermanly = pompous & portly; ref. Ted D., England batsman |
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Crafty chief, and one who may leave a sinking ship in confusion | arch + rat in pie, & lit. |
743 | CHEMIST | VHC | Slight cough in the chest? You might see me in that case! | MI in chest, mi in chest, & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
734 NASALITY
738 ANAESTHETIC
746 INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry)