Clues by C. J. Morse in 1953 (1)
Ximenes competitions from 207 to 231 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1953 (1) Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 207 to 231 All clues by C. J. Morse | 1953 (1) Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Morse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | PAGEANT | VHC | A piece of pantomime about some great period of history | age in pant(omime), & lit. |
| 209 | ELAPSION def. IMPERIAL (Wrong Number) | VHC | A gliding coral-snake, not quite the animal to beard in its den! | beard; elaps (l)ion |
| 213 | LEMONADE | VHC | Many a Frenchman’s breakfast reading is interrupted only by a drink of fruit juice | a in Le Monde |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 223 | MELODRAME | VHC | For a romantic play, give me the old mixture dressed in the old grand style | me + anag. + ramé |
| 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] |
| 227 | CATEGORIES | VHC | Aristotle first discovered the predicaments that an erotic sage might get into | anag. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
211 CAROL-SINGERS or HOLLY-BERRIES
221 BUNTHORNE
229 MASCOT
231 PREAMBLE