Ximenes clues written by C. J. Morse
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| Clues in archive | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Hons points | First mention | Latest mention | Career span |
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| C. J. Morse | 200 | 14 | 28 | 158 | 112 | 242 | Aug 1947 | May 1971 | 23y 9m |
| Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation | |
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| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | ||||
| 1162 | BEAM-ENDS | VHC | Radio failures are a feature of ships in distress—airline does better | beam ends, BEA mends: radio, beam, vbs. |
| 1158 | ELEPHANT-SEAL | Third | Take a pea, shell ten and sort for the biggest in the pod | anag. |
| 1145 | GENIPAP | VHC | Mother’s half-baked, Dad’s not all there—and my cousin’s madder | geni(trix) + pap(a) |
| 1140 | CALLOUS | VHC | It’s hard to bid with America behind the ring | call o US: ref. Velázquez painting sold for $5.5m |
| 1135 | HILAIRE BELLOC | VHC | Versifier, first-rate one who rises in uncrowned eminence | A1 rebel in hilloc(k) |
| 1131 | CAROUSER (Misprints) | VHC | Rooster—the countryman’s first alarm | roister; c(ountryman) + arouser |
| 1127 | TRAYBIT | VHC | I go twice to tester—for test involving one minute | a in try + bit; tester2 = 6d. |
| 1119 | RONDE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | First-class ba/ck won’t admit “hands” | |
| 1115 | FLESH-POTTERY | VHC | The ultimate in luxury, with bodily appetites and dalliance put first | flesh potter2 + (luxur)y, & lit. |
| 1110 | IMPERSONATE | Third | Pose as ordered naughtily by some painter | anag. |
| 1969-1970 | ||||
| 1106 | LEXICOGRAPHY | VHC | Age and pox richly dressed was Webster’s speciality | anag.; ref. lexicographer, playwright—“much possessed by death” |
| 1100 | BEAU(C)LER(C) (Letters Latent) | VHC | “The Scholar”, a rebel and leader of university rioting | anag. incl. u |
| 1091 | WENCESLAS | VHC | Purveyor of seasonal meat—fresh, dry and salt, all done to a turn | new, sec, sal (each rev.) |
| 1084 | ANGEL-FOOD | First | Ten-bob coin row is all very old-fashioned: in America they’d swallow it | angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969 |
| 1080 | ANDROMEDA | VHC | Put us under Heath and we’d be done with drama on reshuffling | anag.; us = shrubs |
| 1076 | NEFAST (Misprints) | VHC | Leaders of nudist experiment must have secure hideout | hideous; n, e, fast |
| 1071 | ORACLE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Mistress sketches outré bust of lo/ver-boy | |
| 1062 | CALLING-CRAB | VHC | Fiddler’s reckoning to sidestep business depression | calling crab1, calling crab3 |
| 1058 | Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr (Anagram) | Second | Very scared group, Hal’s royal women—bar one | |
| 1968-1969 | ||||
| 1049 | SLANGWHANGER | VHC | An orator like Paisley combines cant with extremes of wrath and passion | slang w(rat)h anger; Ian P. |
| 1045 | SPLIT / MOUTH (Right and Left) | VHC | There’s a bit of flotsam out here in the estuary—wrecked on the Adriatic coast | hidden; 2 mngs.; Split, Yugoslavia |
| 1041 | TEA-LEAD | VHC | I’m attached to bare chests and get elated about a bust | anag. |
| 1019 | DISCORD (Misprints) | VHC | Earring, circular shape with point, old-fashioned | jarring; disc ord |
| 1006 | CHROME-PLATING | VHC | Open car might upset with learner in it—in which case this would suffer | L in anag. |
| 1967-1968 | ||||
| 1000 | THOUSAND | First | Up-to-date product of X and C | 10 × 100; Ximenes, Chambers |
| 993 | JONATHAN | VHC | For the Americans, Johnson’s lead forward to Hanoi has petered out | J on at Han(oi) |
| 989 | GRENADINE | VHC | Small West Indian Islands produce singularly fine material for batting in explosive surroundings | in in grenade; Grenadine(s), WI |
| 987 | THING (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Do babies in? Swa/b and sweep less? Ask snappy weary mother! | swathing-bands, nappy-weary |
| 984 | Word containing a first name (Anonymous) | VHC | It’s a critical time to go slow with recovery barely beginning | CLIMACT-ERIC; Ambler, author; amble r |
| 975 | HALE | VHC | With a hogshead you should get beer to draw well—and strong | h(ogshead) + ale; 3 defs. |
| 971 | MAGOTPIE / ANECDOTE (Right and Left) | VHC | Mother procured mixed-up type for bird in Elizabethan style travesty of a decent love story | ma got pie; anag. incl. O |
| 962 | PALING | VHC | WHITING might be clued: “The first of playwrights and a cousin to the cod” | p + a ling; ref. John W., fish |
| 958 | DRY MEASURE | Third | As a test of capacity, you’ll find being off drink a strain | dry measure |
| 1966-1967 | ||||
| 941 | HYPODERMIC | VHC | Drug-taking is often the basic force linking depression with random crime | od1 in hyp + anag., & lit.; hyp = hypochondria |
| 936 | MINI SKIRTS | VHC | With these you have to lift up and, disregarding the awful risk involved, sit askew | nim (= steal) (rev.) + anag. of risk, sit , & lit. |
| 935 | MALAPROP | VHC | Mum having an argument in liquor was notorious for her vocabulary | ma + pro in lap |
| 933 | COTTABUS | VHC | What kept young Athenians amused? First cutting off tyrants’ heads, then ostracisms | c, o, t, + tabus: ref. Gk. hist. |
| 916 | DIAPASON | VHC | Depression surrounds one with the pound being supported by a full-scale stop | a in dip + a S on; reimposition of £50 travel allowance, 1966 |
| 911 | DRAGON | VHC | Drake, with an eye on treasure, would set sail into the Spaniard’s midst | rag in don; drake2 |
| 907 | SORITES (Misprints) | VHC | A string of prepositions, such as backward learners put on the end of sentences | propositions; tiros (rev.) + (sentence)es |
| 1965-1966 | ||||
| 900 | PARAMECIA or PAREOEANS | Third | America’s crazy to follow our “pops”—they’re one of the lowest forms of life! | paramecia; pa + anag. |
| 898 | POCHARD | VHC | Bird that might be clued as fish if included among a number of aquatic creatures like whales! | char in pod |
| 894 | WITENAGEMOT | VHC | Tory leader with new image to upset Harold’s advisers | T + anag.; ref. Harold I and H. Wilson |
| 890 | DEBENTURE | VHC | Bond has to live in an artificial set that comes out at night! | be in denture |
| 884 | MASHER (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | Debarred from jazzing up, Pa? No, ra/rin’ to go, says gossip columnist | Ned Sherrin |
| 882 | SNAPDRAGON | VHC | In which one has to seize and pull a little bit sunk in liquor | snap drag on, & lit. |
| 878 | ENTOMOSTRACA | VHC | Inferior versions of the Shrimp—enough to break the heart of every Ascot matron! | anag. incl. (ev)e(ry); ref. model Jean Shrimpton at 1965 Melbourne Cup |
| 1964-1965 | ||||
| 847 | FRENETICAL | VHC | Reinflate with the crisis only just beginning—that’s crazy, absolutely crazy! | anag. incl. c; ref. Labour economic policy |
| 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’ |
| 839 | GINGER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | To whom does it fall to comb the bookstalls? Cave! N/ot I,—Cato the Censor! | scavenging erotica |
| 829 | FAREWELL | Third | What makes the cost of travel keep on rising for so long! | fare + well |
| 825 | COACHES | Second | Trains and buses are what one might call associated forms of continuous discomfort | i.e. co-aches; 2 defs. |
| 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 |
| 817 | WYLIE-COATS | VHC | Clever sounding Shakespearean quotes: one of them comes in the sleep-walking scene from “Macbeth” | i.e. wily coats; coat2 |
| 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. |
| 808 | WAGONER | First | My style of driving’s old-fashioned—one wiggle, then wallop! | wag + oner |
| 1963-1964 | ||||
| 804 | DETRUNCATE | Second | Dexter, except for two blank patches, hooked and cut savagely | De(x)t(e)r + uncate; ref. Ted D., England batsman |
| 786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Clowns distract lion: some anti/c apes its fury | |
| 769 | PENNY | VHC | Unit of expenditure—nearly obsolete | (ex)pen(diture) + ny (= nigh, obs.), & lit. |
| 764 | SHIMMY-SHAKE | VHC | A pulsating romantic role for Valentino (we hear) made the Twenties shiver with delight! | shimmy2 + ‘sheikh’; ref. Rudolph V. in film “The Sheikh” |
| 760 | METAMORPHOSE | VHC | In a dissolute atmosphere introduction to models appears to turn men into animals! | anag. incl. m,a |
| 750 | SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left) | VHC | In Stepney’s confines a regular riotous tiff means more than a big D—in fact 50% bad language, represented by lots of blanks! | even + anag. all in S,y; cross words; i.e. 500 + 50% |
| 1962-1963 | ||||
| 746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Being modern, Swedis/h R.A.s to put up an office block | ref. Roman temple unearthed in London |
| 743 | CHEMIST | VHC | Anyone following Boyle’s line has stormy times with the middle range of teachers ahead | (tea)ch(ers) + anag.; ref. Edward B., Min. of Education, and Robert B. |
| 734 | NASALITY | VHC | The litany meanders about so, it tends to make people drone! | as in anag. |
| 730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Pre-eminently one of the roving kind—jolly good value for a Paul Jones, according to his enemies! | arch pirate, arch pi rate; ref. John P. J., privateer and Paul Jones dance |
| 721 | KERB-MERCHANT | VHC | Common marketeer whose interest is on the verge of flagging | cryptic def. |
| 717 | STAR-MAN (Misprints) | VHC | Forecaster who studies his horses carefully—he’s only gone wrong once! | houses (astrology); 2 mngs. |
| 712 | RHEUMATICKY | VHC | What’s uncomfortable about the joint? It sounds positively spacious with the top storey included | ‘attic’ in ‘roomy’ |
| 708 | HEARTS | VHC | Spurs’ equivalent among the Scottish clubs—you won’t find clubs ranking higher than them! | 2 mngs.; spurs, vb.; football teams |
| 703 | SCAPEMENT | VHC | Chronometric device could expose a hundred Piltdown types hidden in half-jest | C apemen in (je)st; ref. Oakley’s fluorine test |
| 700 | SOLOMON | VHC | Single at first, he ended by getting married continually! | solo m on, & lit.; 700 wives |
| 1961-1962 | ||||
| 694 | OSIRIS (Printer’s Devilry) | Third | For destroying: important unpublished work, 250-year sag/a, “Accursed Diamond” | Story of Newton’s dog, see Brewer |
| 690 | ASCERTAIN | Second | “A canter is, when unorthodox”—that could be SECTARIAN, but you want to make sure! | anag. & lit.; puzzle offered alternative solutions |
| 686 | FEMALE | VHC | Even a woman slightly scorned has to hit back in return! | lam (rev.) in fee |
| 678 | TESSELLATED | VHC | Checked when about to deceive one, boy pursues girl after girl—and is still checked! | sell a in tested, Tess Ella Ted |
| 676 | TRELLIS (DLM) | VHC | Ye Olde Elizabethan Grille serves traditional “Boar’s-head” suppers till Twelfth Night | |
| 673 | ERISTICAL | VHC | Controversial article is re-edited—and characteristically loses half its strength! | anag.; hidden |
| 669 | DRUM | VHC | Just a roll and a bit of cold rumpsteak?—the party must have been overcrowded! | hidden, 2 defs. |
| 664 | MANIPULATE | VHC | Cook gets out of bed in the morning the wrong way—and far from early! | up in a.m. (all rev.) + late |
| 656 | FIDDLESTICKS | VHC | Toy spears and bows,—pooh! You play with them when you’re in leading strings! | fiddle sticks; toy, spear, vbs. |
| 1960-1961 | ||||
| 638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | This desk-ruler should help one cope with a difficult form! | cryptic def. |
| 634 | BEDSTEAD | First | To lie still is not enough here; both sides of the sheet must be tucked in | be + s(hee)t in dead, & lit. |
| 630 | STREAKY | VHC | One rare old spree in a real hot spot, and I’m barred! | reak (= prank, obs.) in sty2 |
| 624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Buy “Beachmaster” deck-type chairs, the 20th century type with couch extension | |
| 621 | CHASE | VHC | With the onset of Christmas you see the male, clutching a pound, go hunting for something to buy without a murmur | C + a S in he, (pur)chase |
| 608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | There’s a lot of advantage—as far as I’m concerned—in a little credit | us(e) to me in cr & lit. |
| 604 | APOSTROPHISE | VHC | An express cable must include the man’s address | his in a post rope |
| 595 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left) | VHC | This is just plain gold in a natural setting. Fool! I want a decoration to be decorative, d’you hear? | or in innate; OM + ‘adorn’ |
| 1959-1960 | ||||
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Ximenes makes our so-called Sunday, re/alising torment solvers feel | |
| 586 | HEBDOMADARY | Third | The Deadly Sins are a typical example of what you’ll find all over any provincial weekly! | hebdomad ary |
| 578 | GATHERED def. LEVANTER (Wrong Number) | VHC | Near the front of the Gazette you’ll find what the account of any defaulter is in aggregate | defaulter; Ga(zette) the red; aggregate, adj. |
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | Why is this picture of countryside with cows (16th century) still unhung? | -scape gallows; g.= frightens, Shakesp. |
| 569 | PROPOSAL | VHC | What the young spinster looks for in a mate is the reverse of lethargy! | sopor (rev.) in pal [see comments] |
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | The honey that appeals to the mature honey-lover will soon have youngsters wanting a lick | cryptic def.; 1st honey = sweetheart |
| 560 | CONGENITALLY | VHC | Study Genesis—then you’ll see how infancy begins in sin | con Gen. i(nfancy) tally, & lit.: tally = in concubinage |
| 555 | JURYWOMAN | VHC | Don with an eye for women circumvents the retreat of a pouting little junior lady examiner | mow + yr (all rev.) in Juan; pouting, n. |
| 551 | PITCHER | Second | I’m a promising slip, but my bowling action would be banned at Lord’s—in crude terms it’s a flick! | ‘picture’, 2 defs. |
| 547 | STORMY | VHC | The violent element in escapist or mystery fiction involves the ultimate in sadism | hidden, m in story |
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Smart young thing wants to show off getting up in one expensive fur before appearing about midday in another! | nut + air (rev.), i.e. young blood; m. in ere + in |
| 1958-1959 | ||||
| 538 | BANISHING | VHC | Relegation’s a heavy blow, involving the ego—the footballer’s most vulnerable spot! | I shin in bang |
| 534 | RAIL-SPLITTER | VHC | What American’s interested in fencing?—messing about with sawn-off little rapiers! | anag. less e of little |
| 521 | SOUP | VHC | Get well to windward! This meat extract is very high | so up, twice |
| 517 | CAROTID | VHC | Distort the guttural end of this artery and I’ll sound as if I was garrotted | i.e. change initial ‘c’ to ‘g’ sound, & lit. |
| 512 | NAYLOR (Libel) | VHC | No penniless peer for her—only a Rajah’s capital could supply all she needs! | nay lor(d), anag. incl. a R |
| 508 | CUMBERGROUND | VHC | The twisted curmudgeon with heart of marble is no use to anyone | anag. incl. (ma)rb(le) |
| 504 | LEAD-LINE | First | Here’s this ice-bound water system—and the plumber has to let me down! | lead line; lead = channel among ice, line = system |
| 500 | MOTHERS-IN-LAW | VHC | They irritate husbands and bore their wives (or vice versa) | cryptic def.; bore = gave birth to |
| 495 | PARTISAN | Second | What one inevitably becomes when following exciting matches! | partis + an, & lit. |
| 1957-1958 | ||||
| 486 | BARACAN | VHC | It takes a really reactionary bedouin to preserve this old camel-cloth! | Arab (rev.) can, & lit. |
| 477 | SEDATENESS | VHC | For the avoidance of confusion, the letters N.S. should be added after revised dates | anag. + en + ess; see New Style s.v. style |
| 473 | LISSOME (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Winnie there be/llowed, “Now he’s less Puck than Prospero!” | ref. Winston Churchill |
| 464 | STRAWED | VHC | Spenser’s diffuse—but that’s natural in his period | raw in sted |
| 456 | PLAFOND | VHC | “Above-the-line” bridge makes players open short—then get foolish and flop disastrously | pla(yers) + fond, anag. |
| 451 | MEGAPODE | VHC | You’ll find me with a fabricated hatching-place in the earth (Greek form of name) | me + a pod in Ge, & lit.; pod = silk cocoon |
| 447 | TOUSLE | VHC | Complicated locks use the action of tumblers | 2 mngs.; tumbler = part of a lock mechanism |
| 443 | HALF-SEAS-OVER | VHC | Amazing! Safe solver foully misrepresented—clued as semi-inebriate! | ha + anag.; ref. last puzzle [see comments] |
| 438 | MACARONI | VHC | Large bird, good eating—mixture of Leghorn and Minorca with a variegated coxcomb | anag., 3 defs.; types of chicken; L. = Livorno, Italy |
| 1956-1957 | ||||
| 434 | CARTON | First | Contra-revolutionary hero who made the tumbril proceed | anag., cart on, & lit.; ref. Sydney C., ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ |
| 425 | TRAVERSE | VHC | Just one curtain—the gallery’s cross! | 3 defs.; ref. theatre |
| 421 | DOVETAIL | VHC | Get fit the artisan’s way—treat first and diagnose the disease afterwards | do vet ail |
| 417 | SINECURE | Second | Established Church practice in former days, ignoring original sin | i.e. sin EC ure1, & lit. |
| 415 | When the snow lay round about (Anagram) | VHC | Bounty shown on earth we laud | |
| 412 | SERVIETTE | VHC | Brought in to help diners, it conceals the outline of the embonpoint! | e,t in it in serve, & lit. |
| 408 | BILLET | VHC | An old-fashioned design, these cylinders—but still firing! | 2 mngs. |
| 400 | Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary) | Second | The work of X in x puts all sorrows to rout (9) | crossword; anag. in CD |
| 390 | HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | After one catc/all Ike, it’s related, ducks—soon grows tame | |
| 386 | CLEITHRAL | Third | As a variation, “hermetical” would do with a little latitude for me | anag. with l. for me, & lit. |
| 1955-1956 | ||||
| 382 | ABSTAIN | Third | You’ll find Australia’s opening bats reformed at the wicket—it’s all to be very sober | A + anag. + in |
| 369 | BERET | Second | Small round object eaten by overconfident Frenchmen? Sounds like wild fruit! | ‘berry’; “I’ll eat my hat” |
| 364 | HELLEBORE | VHC | Greek girl stopped on cross-channel flight was carrying dope | Helle bore; ref. the flying ram (Krios Khrysomallos), who rescued Helle |
| 360 | WRINKLE / EGG-BIRD (Right and Left) | VHC | A depression is forecast: also a ridge, a stormy ridge encircling Great Britain—a rare phenomenon around our shores | 3 mngs.; GB in anag. |
| 356 | METOPOSCOPY | VHC | With me you find a trace of disposition in the surface likeness | me + (disp)os(ition) in top copy, & lit. |
| 351 | LUSTRE | VHC | Holy man beset by temptation to think longingly about material splendour | St. in lure, lust re |
| 347 | TELEVISOR | VHC | Live set—or showing movement, anyway | anag. & lit. |
| 334 | CHEROOT | VHC | Even in bed the Great Man produces a cigar | hero in cot; ref. Churchill |
| 329 | HAMADRYAD | VHC | Hardy’s varied characters include a wild female “woodlander” | a mad in anag.; ref Thomas H. novel ‘The Woodlanders’ |
| 1954 (2) | ||||
| 306 | CHICANE / RAMPART (Right and Left) | VHC | A stunt finesse may help to defend a hand without a trump trick | ramp1 art; 2 defs. |
| 304 | ORLEANS | VHC | Where we set rings round the outside of ancient defences to coop up the French for a year | an (Fr.) in orles, & lit.; ref. Siege of Orléans |
| 302 | MARTIN | VHC | The entertaining Dean—Swift might be called that by a superficial observer | 2 mngs.; ref. Dean M. and Dean (Jonathan) S.; swift similar to martin |
| 300 | COCCO | VHC | clue not given; 3 changes—23 cocco, 30 Pucio, 33 stogs (old Chambers’s, not new) | |
| 297 | CONTRAPUNTAL | VHC | I’m half stupid after having to learn by heart a catch in the style of Byrd | con3 + trap + untal(ented); ref. William B., composer, b. 1540 |
| 295 | SENSE-ORGANS | Third | Nasser’s gone mad! We’re the ones equipped to deal with any disturbance from outside | anag.; ref. N.’s pressure on Britain’s to agree cession of Suez Canal |
| 293 | CAB | VHC | Homer too large a volume? Then try this. It’s for people in a hurry—the modern shortened version | cab(riolet); cab2, homer1 |
| 291 | APAGOGE | VHC | For example, the interval between nought and one is plainly not descending—therefore the reverse is correct | e.g. + gap in 0, a (all rev.), & lit. |
| 287 | MANCHESTER | VHC | Can this be the place to make a chap umpire whose name is linked with the next county? | man Chester, & lit.; ref. Frank C., Test umpire, and C. in Cheshire |
| 285 | PARALYSES | VHC | The number the experts take, one less y (variable), performs the function of any number | par a + anag.; i.e. numb-er |
| 1954 (1) | ||||
| 283 | SOBER | VHC | It’s not like Puck to sadden his Oberon’s heart | hidden, 2 defs.; sober (vt.) = sadden |
| 281 | SCRAPS def. LOCALS (Wrong Number) | VHC | Those who work hard for exams should get a credit in “smalls” | exams; cr. in saps |
| 273 | COUSIN | First | General name for any sovereign or noble about me, as a monarch might put it | us in coin, & lit; us = me (royal use) |
| 271 | TRIPLET | VHC | Cheap excursion service cancelled for three lines with the same terminus | trip, let |
| 269 | ASCENT | VHC | Being born without capital and growing up without an allowance—that’s uphill work! | (n)ascent, a(dole)scent |
| 265 | THERMAE | First | Geysers rattle and knock about 3 a.m. (The heater blows up about noon) | anag. of three am, m. (= noon) in anag. |
| 259 | AGANIPPE | VHC | As Pope says, something to drink in with wide-open mouth | nip in agape; ref. Alexander P., “Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring” |
| 1953 (2) | ||||
| 257 | PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue) | Third | It’s the study that makes the fifth form such an exciting prospect for schoolboys! | |
| 255 | SCUTTLE | VHC | A gaping hole in the rear of the forecastle | cut in (foreca)stle, & lit. |
| 253 | DERATION | VHC | Since the Doctor’s abandoned self-restraint, let everyone eat as much as he likes! | (MO)deration |
| 251 | UNMETHODICAL | VHC | Irregular and varying much on detail | anag. |
| 245 | GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left) | Second | Parson’s wild with love for a lady chorister. It’s just a passing affair to the heartless girl | anag. incl. 0; g(ir)l + amour, & lit. |
| 239 | GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Priam would have thought thee u/ninhibited, wretch! | eugenist; P. supposedly fathered 68 sons |
| 235 | ASPHETERISM | First | In which the State’s end is to reorganise all mastership around itself | e in anag., & lit. |
| 233 | SAWDUST | VHC | Received money in the form of chips | saw dust |
| 1953 (1) | ||||
| 227 | CATEGORIES | VHC | Aristotle first discovered the predicaments that an erotic sage might get into | anag. |
| 225 | TOUCHSTONES | First | Basanites: a tribe of fools, said to use their bulls as stalking-horses! | 2 mngs; AYLI V:4:112, T. “uses his folly as a s.-h.”; cf. Psalm 22.12 “bulls of Bas(h)an” [see comments] |
| 223 | MELODRAME | VHC | For a romantic play, give me the old mixture dressed in the old grand style | me + anag. + ramé |
| 217 | DEPOSIT | Third | It’s difficult for the liberal to save money in the bank! | 2 mngs.; ref. Liberals’ poor 1950 and 1951 election results and lost d. |
| 215 | BUCKFASTLEIGH | VHC | Try to throw quick fifty followed by double four. No, not quite. Dart’s just outside it | buck1 (vb.) fast1 L eigh(t); Dart, river flowing past B. |
| 213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Many a Frenchman’s breakfast reading is interrupted only by a drink of fruit juice | a in Le Monde |
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | A gliding coral-snake, not quite the animal to beard in its den! | beard; elaps (l)ion |
| 207 | PAGEANT | VHC | A piece of pantomime about some great period of history | age in pant(omime), & lit. |
| 1952 (2) | ||||
| 205 | CANTANKEROUS | VHC | Countersank screws round an axehead liable to fly off the handle unexpectedly | i.e. a(xe) in anag. |
| 204 | ROSTER (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Doc ai/ms at tract, “London isn’t Eden.” Going to tell us something! | Cairo’s terms; ref. Suez crisis, Anthony E., Foreign Sec. |
| 203 | WEATHERS | VHC | The sound of rams goes to the heart of the ewe at her silly seasons | ‘wethers’, hidden |
| 201 | AMETHYST | VHC | I used to make drinkers stay sober; now I make them stay drunk | anag. |
| 200 | ACCOUNT | VHC | Judge that criminals should be brought to for a balanced summing-up | 3 mngs. |
| 199 | HONESTY | Third | JUSTICE might be clued as “A good man surrounded by palatable fluid” | St. in honey; also St. in juice [see comments] |
| 197 | SCALES | VHC | One of the Company of Twelve, an all-star group, climbs ladders, balancing dishes and plates | 6 mngs. |
| 194 | KNOWLEDGE BOX | First | It takes skill to hit the coconut | knowledge box2; coconut (19C sl.) = head |
| 1952 (1) | ||||
| 188 | Beware the Ides of March (Anagram) | First | Show Cimber the deaf ear | |
| 186 | ASHMOLEAN | VHC | Possibly a manhole’s one of the best places for archaeological study | anag. |
| 185 | STOUT | VHC | You have to give a shilling in advance to every French porter | s + tout (Fr.) |
| 182 | MISTLETOE | Second | With me about, it’s wrong to hinder love | anag. + let + 0, all in me, & lit. |
| 1951 (2) | ||||
| 175 | HAIR-LINE | VHC | One wants a good fly on the end of this | i.e. ends with airline, & lit.; fishing line |
| 174 | ANACREONTICS | VHC | Verses made by a Greek who was a prince among jesters | a Creon in antics, & lit.; ref. mythological ruler of Thebes |
| 172 | GARNISHER | VHC | A short sherry laced with gin is a good one to set dinner off | anag. of a sherr(y) gin |
| 169 | HOUSE | VHC | One star’s not good enough for me: I like several, and I get thousands | 3 mngs.; inn (star rating), audience, astrology |
| 168 | PIPS (Misprints) | Second | Trulls like nestling on officers’ shoulders | trills; 2 mngs. |
| 1951 (1) | ||||
| 166 | RACHIDES | First | You can’t strip the skin from them without showing a sign of a sore back | i.e. r. less hide = scar (rev.), & lit. |
| 164 | NEWTON | VHC | Unfortunately I had that Diamond, or I could have won ten by ruffing | anag.; ref. bridge and Newton’s legendary dog called D.; see Brewer or ODQ |
| 162 | TITANESS | VHC | Point gets the bird with a woman like Phoebe | ness following tit, a; ref. P. Meryll in ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’; P., Titan in Greek myth |
| 159 | SPANIEL | VHC | No mean springer? On the contrary. Springs about an inch in an upward direction | in. in leaps (all rev.); springer spaniel |
| 156 | LAVEROCK | VHC | The possessor of a delicate tongue leaves for the dining-room before the cocktail | laver1 + (c)ock; lark’s tongues valued as delicacy |
| 155 | LYTERIAN | VHC | Healing is a word that makes the hymn-writer almost gay | Lyte rian(t); ref. Henry L., writer of ‘Abide with me’ |
| 1950 (2) | ||||
| 153 | SAMISENS | VHC | The Japanese enjoy their music without limiting expenditure | mise in sans |
| 151 | OPEN-SESAME | VHC | Passepartout, perhaps, but this one went round the world in 1,001 nights | cryptic def.; ref. valet in ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, and Arabian Nights |
| 145 | STEWART | VHC | For packing in haste, war-time invention, a glorified Gladstone, perfect for the family | hidden, St. Ewart (W. E. Gladstone); G. bag; Stuart royal family |
| 1950 (1) | ||||
| 130 | MODERN | VHC | It’s late, but never too late to mar or mend | anag. |
| 128 | AMMETER (Printer’s Devilry) | First | A D/r. Inge vetoed the line, and repeated the error | Adam and Eve |
| 1949 (2) | ||||
| 115 | MISNOMER | VHC | A wrong name given in baptism is no mere trifle | hidden |
| 1949 (1) | ||||
| 103 | MOSES | VHC | Suffers from strange disease. Is that why he was given those miraculous tablets? | 2 mngs.; mose = to have glanders; tablets of stone |
HCs awarded to C. J. Morse
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse
Clues | Annual Honours | Other competitors | See also: C. J. & R. S. Morse
Ximenes competitions
1970-1971
1154 CLARIONET
1143 MORGIANA
1123 MAXIMIST
1969-1970
1097 PANTOPHAGIST
1093 MARTINET
1089 ENCLOISTER
1066 RAVE / PAIR (DLM)
1968-1969
1054 PINACOTHECA
1039 TEGMEN def. LEGION (Wrong Number)
1036 CORONETED
1032 TENONER (Printer’s Devilry)
1023 CONSOLE
1015 HOAR-HEADED
1010 MOTORIST
1967-1968
1002 PILLAGE
997 TREACLE
980 OMNIBUSES
967 CREMOSIN
1966-1967
954 CERATE (Printer’s Devilry)
945 OBLITERATE
929 AMPHITHEATRE
924 MIMESTER / PECULATE (Right and Left)
920 ARISTATE (Printer’s Devilry)
1965-1966
902 WINCOPIPE
885 GALIMATIAS
873 VETERANS
868 DANDER / TOUPEE (Right and Left)
864 PATERNAL
860 CORSAGE
1964-1965
856 RODOMONTADE
851 Sire & Dam (Sire & Dam)
834 CARRIED
832 PENNY-WISE (Misprints)
1963-1964
800 Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)
796 STRAKE (or STRAIK) (Misprints)
782 SWELL
777 TAILOR-BIRD
1962-1963
738 ANAESTHETIC
728 ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent)
725 SILENUS
1961-1962
660 RUBBER (Misprints)
651 NIPCHEESE
647 MADCAP
1960-1961
642 SEETHER (Printer’s Devilry)
626 WOMAN-TIRED
617 COLOPHONY
612 CARGO (Misprints)
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
1959-1960
582 MARRY
1958-1959
529 BUTTY-COLLIER
525 MORALE (Printer’s Devilry)
519 RIDICULE (DLM)
490 CLEAR def. WEIGH (Wrong Number)
1957-1958
482 LEASING-MAKER
469 DAISY
467 A humorous definition (Humorous definition)
460 ASTONISHMENT (Misprints)
1956-1957
430 GAMIN (Printer’s Devilry)
404 POLENTA
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
1955-1956
377 MALISON
373 PRESTONPANS
343 EPIGONI
338 SHE-ASS
1954 (2)
325 MARRYING
289 CISTERN
1954 (1)
279 CRYPTOGRAM
277 PRODIGALLY
275 ESTOVER (Printer’s Devilry)
267 TRADE
263 We think so then and we thought so still! (Anagram)
261 DECANTER
1953 (2)
247 VAMPIRE
243 LODESTAR
237 BASTINADE
1953 (1)
231 PREAMBLE
229 MASCOT
221 BUNTHORNE
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
1952 (2)
206 PIEPOWDER
202 SPALPEEN
198 THIRD
196 SHAMAN / SERIAN (Right and Left)
195 WALLABAS
1952 (1)
193 TRADUCER
192 WATSON
191 DENIGRATE
189 SALTIRE
187 GROWLER
184 MEREST / WYOMING (DLM)
183 SAUSAGES
181 HANGABLE
1951 (2)
180 HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)
178 HIDEOUS
177 DESOLATE
176 SPIGOT
1951 (1)
165 CABBAGE
158 RATING
1950 (2)
147 GATHER
146 BELDAME
135 STRIPPED
1950 (1)
126 RASPBERRY
122 LEATHER
121 SNAPSHOT
1949 (2)
117 LION
112 SHEET (DLM)
109 PERI
108 HACKNEY
107 STRAMASH
1949 (1)
100 Word containing ADDING
99 SCARABEE
1947 (2)
56 SHEEP-RUN
| Year | Prizes (1, 2, 3) | VHCs | HCs | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximenes competitions | ||||
| 1970-1971 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 1969-1970 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1968-1969 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 1967-1968 | 3 (1, 0, 2) | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1966-1967 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 1965-1966 | 2 (0, 0, 2) | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 1964-1965 | 4 (1, 2, 1) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1963-1964 | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 1962-1963 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 1961-1962 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1960-1961 | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1959-1960 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1958-1959 | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1957-1958 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 1956-1957 | 4 (1, 2, 1) | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 1955-1956 | 2 (0, 1, 1) | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1954 (2) | 1 (0, 0, 1) | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1954 (1) | 2 (2, 0, 0) | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 1953 (2) | 3 (1, 1, 1) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1953 (1) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1952 (2) | 2 (1, 0, 1) | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 1952 (1) | 2 (1, 1, 0) | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 1951 (2) | 1 (0, 1, 0) | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 1951 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1950 (2) | 0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 1950 (1) | 1 (1, 0, 0) | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1949 (2) | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 1949 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 1947 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |