Clues by R. Postill in 1959-1960
Ximenes competitions from 543 to 590 All clues by R. Postill | 1959-1960 Honours list
Ximenes competitions from 543 to 590 All clues by R. Postill | 1959-1960 Honours list
| First Prizes | Second Prizes | Third Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Honours Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Postill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Clue word | Award | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 543 | NUTRIA / ERMINE (Right and Left) | VHC | Head’s got wind up. Little rat stole stuff the property of a beak; (half of beer belonging to me!) | nut + air (rev.); (be)er + mine; stole1, n. |
| 551 | PITCHER | First | Hell! Monmartre’s expensive. Well … I mustn’t go there too often or I’ll be broke! | pit + cher (Fr.); ref. proverb, “The p. that goes too often to the well is broken at last” |
| 560 | CONGENITALLY | First | Ab ovo … leave the egg and all your original character is latent thus | congé nit all y(our), & lit. |
| 564 | SHE-BEAR | VHC | Beer has become the prime liquor of the brewin’ world, as you might say! | anag.; ‘licker’, ‘Bruin’ |
| 569 | PROPOSAL | VHC | Stay! What follows this? Half one’s earnings going on a ring? | prop O sal(ary), & lit. |
| 571 | PESTER | VHC | Clue not given; sopors, porose, corpse, rosace | |
| 573 | SCAPEGALLOWS | VHC | I should swing. May, deep in the slips, please! | gal low in scapes: may2 = maid, gal; scape2; ref. swing bowling, Peter May, cricketer, fielding |
| 582 | MARRY | Second | Spoil the line, indeed! We do this to preserve it! | mar Ry, 2 defs.; marry1,2 |
| 586 | HEBDOMADARY | VHC | Man, with theological qualifications, may do a routine (six off in seven!) that’s arranged | he BD + anag. of may do a r(outine), & lit. |
| 590 | STATANT (Printer’s Devilry) | VHC | Ahmed cried in Paradise: “Hi!/ Ali Singh! Our idea, this bliss? | hist, a tantalising Houri. Death… |
HCs awarded in competitions:
547 STORMY