Clues by N. C. Dexter in 1963-1964
Ximenes competitions from 750 to 804    All clues by N. C. Dexter  |   1963-1964 Honours list
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No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
769PENNYVHCStamped by mint—on reverse—with name and yearnep (rev.) + n + y, & lit.
773FIT-OUTVHCFor member of the Lords, it’s coronet, ermine, etc. (Home no longer qualified for upper chamber)i.e. fit1 above out (home no longer); ref. Douglas-H.’s renunciation of peerage on appointment as PM
777TAILOR-BIRDFirstFantastic warblers do it—sew leaves! Here’s one among themI in anag. less sew, & lit.
786METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry)VHCFull-bodied? Forgo ur/n! If fat—grave shock, etc., will decideGraves, Hock
800Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram)VHC… whom Leo names her great prefectPope Leo III

HCs awarded in competitions:

750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
760 METAMORPHOSE
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)