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J. A. Fincken75696010690Feb 1953Aug 1973
 
No.Clue wordClueExplanation
75GROCETERIATry it for, e.g. cream crackers – forget F&M!anag. less F, M, & lit.; Fortnum and Mason
Ximenes competitions
1135HILAIRE BELLOCA product of Balliol, I, here reaching a centenaryanag. + C, & lit.; born 1870; “B. made me …”
412SERVIETTEDoes Hubby not get one at the lunch table? Then you’ve set it ever so carelessly!anag. & lit.
395SCALE-ARMOURThe making of mail bags etc. without a break cures a moral delinquentanag.; mail2; bags = trousers
231PREAMBLEPage after page after page before the blessed start!p + ream + ble(ssed), & lit.
217DEPOSITOne means of making a dope refrain from standinganag. + sit, & lit.; i.e. candidate’s election d.