XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 1089

ENCLOISTER

1=  A. Bristow: Rigged elections take place under duress (anag. + r (= take), place vb).

1=  R. E. Kimmons: Rigged elections take place under duress (anag. + r (= take), place vb).

3=  R. P. C. Forman: Rigged elections take place behind locked doors (anag. + r).

3=  W. H. Pegram: Rigged elections take place behind locked doors (anag. + r).

V.H.C.

P. F. Bauchop: Imprison leader of the revolution after rigged elections (anag. + r).

C. O. Butcher: A laced in corselet is bound to cramp movement (anag.; bound = vb. trans.).

J. Crowther: What we do to criminals could become the central feature of party elections (anag. incl. r).

J. A. Fincken: Quite, quite devastated, Noël C. tries to pen (anag.).

P. D. Gaffey: Specially designed silencer to put in Austins? (anag.; A. = Augustinians).

Mrs S. Hewitt: Elections rigged, leader of Radicals shut up (anag. + r).

J. G. Hull: Crooked elections take place in chamber (anag. + r).

J. E. Jenkins: Fashion corset line to confine a body (anag.).

Sir S. Kaye: Set in contracted cell or put in order? (anag. incl. cel(l), & lit.; religious order).

J. R. Kirby: Heartlessly restrict one’s freedom with very little latitude (anag., incl. res(tr)ict, l, & lit.; ’s = has).

L. F. Leason: Hold in spreading line with corset (anag.).

Mrs B. Lewis: Confine figure in corselet (anag.; figure vb).

C. G. Millin: Shut up. Let no cries disturb me (anag.).

M. L. Perkins: Shut up revolutionaries’ leader after rigged elections (anag. + r).

R. Postill: Silence—and the first three making trouble get beaten. So shut up (anag. incl. tro(uble); beat = whisk).

T. A. J. Spencer: Result of fiddling elections—Right keep in (anag. + R).

F. B. Stubbs: Keep within bounds. Try “Corset Line”—free fitting (anag.).

J. Webster: Confine a girl of good (?) name in a reforming centre? Possibly (Lois in anag.; 2 Tim. 1:5).

J. F. N. Wedge: Walls are used to this—cornets lie all over the place (anag.; Wall’s ice cream).

H.C.

R. H. Adey, T. Anderson, C. Allen Baker, T. E. Bell, Dr J. G. Booth, D. J. Bull, R. S. Caffyn, E. Chalkley, D. L. L. Clarke, P. M. Coombs, Mrs M. P. Craine, G. Cuthbert, Cdr H. H. L. Dickson, E. R. Evans, A. S. Everest, R. N. Exton, A. G. Fleming, B. Franco, I. C. Gilchrist, J. Gill, T. E. Girdlestone, S. Goldie, R. B. Harling, R. W. Hawes, J. P. H. Hint, S. Holgate, J. Langton, A. Lawne, J. H. C. Leach, A. D. Legge, A. F. Lerrigo, J. C. Leyland, H. Lyon, Dr R. Macgillivray, Mrs J. Mackie, Dr T. J. R. Maguire, T. W. Melluish, J. R. Mernagh, D. P. M. Michael, E. J. Miller, D. G. C. Mockridge, P. H. Morgan, C. J. Morse, F. E. Newlove, A. Reed, E. Robinson, Mrs E. Robson, T. E. Sanders, V. Seth, J. Shaw, Mrs E. M. Simmonds, A. Sinnock, Sir W. Slimmings, M. C. Souster, W. Spendley, Brig R. F. E. Stoney, Rev L. M. Styler, A. Sudbery, Dr W. G. A. Swan, D. J. Thorpe, D. H. Tompsett, J. Treleaven, M. E. Ventham, Mrs M. P. Webber, Rev C. D. Westbrook, Maj T. A. Whitamore, G. D. Young.
 

COMMENTS:—Just over 400 entries, and a sprinkling of mistakes, almost all “stoop” for STOEP or “baric” for BASIC. A stoop (bucket or drinking vessel) might be called “round inside and outside”, though it would be a rather pointless description; but stoop, a platform, is described in C. as an American spelling, which would certainly need to be indicated. I think it should have been clear that I meant STOEP, O (round) and step (round of a ladder). “Banc” doesn’t seem to me to fit the clue at all; Ba-sic was intended, and BASIC is defined in C. as “poor in silica”, It was an excellent entry with much less unsoundness than usual—hence the long lists. Clues like “Confounded rot-silence—shut up”, though perfectly sound and appropriate, were, alas, far too common to gain any mention; they would have swollen the H.C. list to over 100. I never had any doubt as to the best idea, but there were five users of it, and this made my decision difficult. Eventually I just preferred “under duress” to “behind locked doors”, as being more naturally applicable to rigged elections as a whole, especially national ones; elections behind locked doors would be likely to be minor ones and comparatively rare, even when rigged. Mr. Hull, getting no prize, is most unlucky, but I didn’t quite like “in chamber” so well as the other two versions as part of an equivalent of “immure”. Both differences are very small but, to me, just definite enough to affect the result.
 
I’m sorry the last slip was so terribly late. To cut a long and painful story short, they had to be printed three times before a packet of them reached me, though each time they were sent by “express”. The postal service…! I hope it won’t happen again this time.
 
You may be interested to know of a new party game, which I think would be great fun for the crossword-minded, called “Triplets”, devised by an old friend, solver and organiser of one of our dinners, Brigadier W. E. Duncan. It is obtainable for 7/6d. post free from A. Gibson, Printers, Montrose, Angus.
 
A very happy Christmas to you all.