Clues by C. J. Morse in 1964-1965
Ximenes competitions from 808 to 856 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1964-1965 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 808 to 856 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1964-1965 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Morse | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 808 | WAGONER | First | My style of driving’s old-fashioned—one wiggle, then wallop! | wag + oner |
| 812 | ABRUPT / TISANE (Right and Left) | Second | Medicine in yoghourt is an excellent unexpected way to make a naughty brat swallow up | hidden; up in anag. |
| 817 | WYLIE-COATS | VHC | Clever sounding Shakespearean quotes: one of them comes in the sleep-walking scene from “Macbeth” | i.e. wily coats; coat2 |
| 821 | SOMERSET | VHC | Somewhere to go to ground after a little bit of rough and tumble: Alfred found it so | some r set (= badger’s burrow); s. = somersault; ref. Athelney Abbey in S., founded by King Alfred after taking refuge there |
| 825 | COACHES | Second | Trains and buses are what one might call associated forms of continuous discomfort | i.e. co-aches; 2 defs. |
| 829 | FAREWELL | Third | What makes the cost of travel keep on rising for so long! | fare + well |
| 839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To whom does it fall to comb the bookstalls? Cave! N/ot I,—Cato the Censor! | scavenging erotica |
| 843 | PRISTINE | VHC | Sanctimonious talk’s what used to vex people about Farrar’s sixth former | r in pi’s + tine; ref. Frederic F., ‘Eric, or Little by Little’ |
| 847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Reinflate with the crisis only just beginning—that’s crazy, absolutely crazy! | anag. incl. c; ref. Labour economic policy |
HCs awarded in competitions:
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
834 CARRIED
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
856 RODOMONTADE