Clues by N. C. Dexter in 1963-1964
Ximenes competitions from 750 to 804 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1963-1964 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 750 to 804 All clues by N. C. Dexter | 1963-1964 Honours list
First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
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N. C. Dexter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
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769 | PENNY | VHC | Stamped by mint—on reverse—with name and year | nep (rev.) + n + y, & lit. |
773 | FIT-OUT | VHC | For 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 |
777 | TAILOR-BIRD | First | Fantastic warblers do it—sew leaves! Here’s one among them | I in anag. less sew, & lit. |
786 | METAMERES (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Full-bodied? Forgo ur/n! If fat—grave shock, etc., will decide | Graves, Hock |
800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (Anagram) | VHC | … whom Leo names her great prefect | Pope Leo III |
HCs awarded in competitions:
750 SEVEN-FIFTY / CROSSWORDS (Right and Left)
760 METAMORPHOSE
780 NOBLEST (and Eximenamination)