Clues by C. E. Gates in 1951 (2)
Ximenes competitions from 168 to 180 All clues by C. E. Gates | 1951 (2) Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 168 to 180 All clues by C. E. Gates | 1951 (2) Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. E. Gates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171 | SERINGAS | VHC | We supply material for erasings | anag. & lit. |
| 173 | HATCHING | VHC | Looks like a wicket!—Not out! Good! Very nearly out for a duck! | hatch1 + in + g |
| 175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | Hard to the boundary via the air! What the scribes might call an “uppish stroke”! | H air line |
| 176 | SPIGOT | First | A splutter when it’s about to start? Must be one of the plugs! | go in spit |
| 177 | DESOLATE | VHC | Descriptive perhaps of Mary’s plight—dramatically alone with the tiny sandbank beginning to be encircled by the Dee | sola3 + t(ee) in Dee; ref. Kingsley, ‘The Sands of Dee’ [see comments] |
| 178 | HIDEOUS | Second | The little I had has been sunk in a jerry-built house. It’s simply shocking! | I’d in anag. |
| 180 | HESPER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Her Eric/? I shall weal this good-for-nothing in the end! | …riches perish, all wealth… |
HCs awarded in competitions:
168 PIPS (Misprints)
174 ANACREONTICS