Clues by C. Allen Baker in 1960-1961
Ximenes competitions from 595 to 642 All clues by C. Allen Baker | 1960-1961 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 595 to 642 All clues by C. Allen Baker | 1960-1961 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Allen Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 604 | APOSTROPHISE | VHC | To declaim “Out, damned spot! out, I say!” may be translated in prose as “Hop it!” | anag.; ref. Macbeth V.1 |
| 608 | CUSTOMER | VHC | Those characters at the rear of the counter are there to take me in! | me in (aba)cus to r. & lit. |
| 612 | CARGO (Misprints) | VHC | To bet, and start off by backing the first three in a race?—that’s some laying! | lading; rac(e) (rev.) + go |
| 617 | COLOPHONY | VHC | A fiddler’s essential when there’s an informal hop in the Community Centre | anag. in colony |
| 621 | CHASE | Third | Be sure to note a source of water in case fire should be discovered | H in case: fire, (vb.) = drive out |
| 624 | PSYCHIATER (DLM) | VHC | Buggo deals with bugs! Don’t just suffer the itch—spray with Buggo now! | |
| 630 | STREAKY | VHC | Forming an endless track in the heavens, like a mackerel-sky | trea(d) in sky |
| 638 | BUREAUCRAT | VHC | I may produce for you a new form to bear—for everyone, in fact, in duplicate: black carbon coming up! | anag. of bear, U, U + tar C (rev.), & lit. |
HCs awarded in competitions:
595 INORNATE / OMADHAUN (Right and Left)
600 The Light Brigade, noble Six Hundred (Anagram)
626 WOMAN-TIRED