Clues by W. K. M. Slimmings in 1953 (2)
Ximenes competitions from 233 to 257    All clues by W. K. M. Slimmings  |   1953 (2) Honours list
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W. K. M. Slimmings101522
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
235ASPHETERISMVHCSouthey’s doctrine denying a grasper his beloved sovereigns shakes the miser to the core(GR)asp(ER) + anag.; ref. Robert S., poet and radical
237BASTINADEThirdPour melted fat round a chunk of dingo, minced! Surely a cruel way of making hot dogs!a + anag. of din(go) in baste; dogs = feet, Am. slang
239GENISTA (Printer’s Devilry)VHCCould I but “swing,” like Aha/b at the ballWalter Hagen, US champion golfer
245GLAMOUR / SOPRANO (Right and Left)VHCShe sings opera in a tattered bit of sarong—the merest remnant of sarong—and the French love it!op. in anag. of saron(g); (saron)g + l’amour
249BALMVHCThe soothing influence of the garden where the Queen is free from “Viva!”Balm(oral)
255SCUTTLEFirstWhere you may see All Blacks do in ebullient Celts. (Wales will be sunk if you do!)ut in anag., 2 defs.; do2 = ut1; wales = ship’s planks; ref. coal and NZ rugby tour 1953
257PYROTECHNICS (Straight Clue)VHCBrock’s cunning, not showing up till the red setter’s goneBrock’s fireworks; badger

HCs awarded in competitions:

241 MANDOLINE
251 UNMETHODICAL