Clues by N. C. Dexter in 1962-1963
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1962-1963 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 700 to 746 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1962-1963 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. C. Dexter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 728 | ALDERMA(N) (N’s missing in def.) (Letters Latent) | VHC | Ra-ked with beak, -early—a deal upset swallowing only half a worm | (wo)rm in anag. |
| 730 | ARCH-PIRATE | VHC | Rovers’ captain discovered endlessly hard ground with part ice | anag. incl. har(d); ref frozen football pitches, winter of 1962/3 |
| 734 | NASALITY | VHC | End of negotiation—one where French retire, interrupting talk—is entailed in pronouncement of de Gaulle’s “no”! | lit (= bed, Fr.) in (negotiatio)n a say; French accent; resistance to UK membership of Common Market |
| 738 | ANAESTHETIC | VHC | This causes distraught patient’s ache quietly to melt away | anag. less p, & lit. |
| 746 | INTERMIT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | God up there? There? Snow? “No idea,” that squa/red theologian says | ref. ‘Honest to God’ by Bishop J. Robinson, pub. 1963 |
HCs awarded in competitions:
717 STAR-MAN (Misprints)
721 KERB-MERCHANT
725 SILENUS
743 CHEMIST