Clues by R. E. Scraton in 1962-1963
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by R. E. Scraton | 1962-1963 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by R. E. Scraton | 1962-1963 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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R. E. Scraton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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700 | SOLOMON | VHC | Send back lawyers who miss the point: I’ll pronounce judgement! | nomolo(gist)s (rev.); judgement of S. |
708 | HEARTS | VHC | Jack Tars must be properly dressed for the quarter-deck! | he + anag.; jack = male; deck of cards |
717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Newcomer to rail is endlessly ruthless over staff | jail; star(k) + man, vb.; ref. Dr Beeching |
721 | KERB-MERCHANT | Second | Can Mr. K. be troubled with the finality of war? He often makes a bargain at the brink! | anag. incl. the r; ref. Khrushchev (or Kennedy), Cuban missile crisis |
725 | SILENUS | First | Old Baldy’s always dozing; if we disturb him, he gives us lines! | anag. & lit.; S. prophesied when roused from drunken sleep; lines = one’s lot in life |
728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Master’s after something like a birch for ki-d of local bigwig | alder MA |
730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Roguish sailor showing ascendancy amongst disorderly types | arch + tar (rev.) in pie & lit. |
734 | NASALITY | VHC | A twang that surrounds one in New York | I in a salt, all in NY & lit.; see twang2 |
746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | What makes every w/ig a blether?—most, at over 70, supplying endless hot air! | thermostat |
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