AZED CROSSWORD 1048

GALLOPADE

1.  R. J. Hooper: In which horse takes step to its side instead of the usual way (pad + (hors)e for way in Galloway, & lit.).

2.  Mrs M. P. Webber: Dancing Palais Glide to it is unusually abandoned (comp. anag. & lit.).

3.  C. M. Edmunds: Relay leg – do a lap, step rapidly aside (anag.).

VHC

J. R. Beresford: In which girl and boy partners encompass a series of movements with energy (op in gal lad + E, & lit.).

C. J. Brougham: Which dancer’s jigged and paced allegro (comp. anag. & lit.).

E. Chalkley: Girl on game led O. A. P. a merry dance? (gal + anag. ; game = lame).

E. Dawid: Gad a length and lope briskly (anag. incl. l, & lit.).

N. C. Dexter: After it’s danced, e.g. OAP’d appear all in? (all in anag., & lit.).

M. Earle: I may be sore of foot by end of one (gall o’ pad e, & lit.).

R. R. Greenfield: Not exactly a plod; you must twirl a leg about (anag. in anag., & lit.).

C. R. Gumbrell: Activity getting everyone involved to foot it with energy (all in go + pad E, & lit.).

V. G. Henderson: Spring: one’s sat out by the wallflowers turning a pale gold (anag., 2 defs.).

A. Lawrie: A pale gold liquid is what a jigger might display (anag.; jigger = dance, measure for drinks).

H. W. Massingham: A pale gold, bottled measure noted for its hops (anag.).

C. G. Millin: In this lively dance one’s uninhibited – i.e. no palais glide (comp. anag. incl. I, & lit.).

C. J. Morse: You need some acceleration to bound round a tiny bit of dance-floor in this (gal² + a d in lope, & lit.).

R. F. Naish: Tripping in this is, you may find, no palais glide (comp. anag. & lit.).

R. O’Donoghue: Miss the ditch protecting the fort with rapid movement to the flank (gal + pa² in lode).

R. Phillips: Dissipated pal ogled a flirt (anag.; flirt = move briskly).

J. B. Sweeting: See tramp in high wind make passage at speed (lo pad in gale; passage = go sideways).

D. Williamson: What’s changing to palais glide? Is it this, possibly? (comp. anag. & lit.).

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W. G. Arnott, M. Barley, R. C. Bell, Mrs K. Bissett, H. J. Bradbury, Mrs A. R. Bradford, J. M. Bulley, Mrs M. J. Cansfield, C. A. Clarke, R. M. S. Cork, S. Donald, M. G. Elliott, R. A. England, D. Godden, S. Goldie, B. Greer, J. F. Grimshaw, R. S. Haddock, B. Hagan, P. F. Henderson, A. W. Hill, A. Hodgson, M. D. Jones, F. P. N. Lake, J. P. Lester, R. K. Lumsdon, R. C. Mallinson, D. F. Manley, J. R. C. Michie, Dr E. J. Miller, T. J. Moorey, R. S. Morse, F. R. Palmer, R. J. Palmer, A. D. Scott, D. P. Shenkin, A. J. Shields, R. C. Teuton, D. H. Tompsett, A. P. Vincent, A. J. Wardrop.
 

COMMENTS
452 entries, very few mistakes (mostly ROES for ROED), and a brisk and lively set of submissions as befits, with plenty of variation. I was amused and intrigued by the Chambers definition of GALLOPADE as ‘a sideways gallop’. Can anyone explain this (on the face of it) impossibly equestrian manoeuvre? One has visions of a devastating flank attack by the cuirassiers at Waterloo. My clue to BARING was a little naughty (given that Baring-Gould is hyphenated and perhaps a bit obscure) but too tempting to resist as an idea and only slightly spoilt by the Labour politician’s spelling of his forename.
 
It was nice to see memories of the palais glide being revived. Though a feature of ballrooms in the 1930s (and therefore a bit before my time), it was clearly not entirely dissimilar to a gallopade, being described in OED citations as ‘reminiscent of the Gallop which has been a a feature of Hunt Balls for many years’ (1938) and ‘even more of a romp than the “Lambeth Walk”’ (1939). Perhaps it was ballroom dancers, not horses, that galloped sideways!
 
I’ve no other special comments this month. The most popular unsuccessful idea involved variations on the ‘Shake a leg, pal, do’ anagram & lit., which even had it not been oversubscribed would have failed on the grounds of its containing an inadequate definition. ‘To move briskly’ and ‘to hurry up’ are not synonymous in my book. And talking of my books, I’m asked to recommend useful reference books for clue-writers. Since I’m short of time I shall hold this over for now and give you a list of the ones I find most helpful next month.
 
(Final footnote: AZ 1000 ties are again available, in green, maroon and blue, price £6 each as before.)