Clues by M. S. Y. Fowler in 1956-1957
Ximenes competitions from 386 to 434    All clues by M. S. Y. Fowler  |   1956-1957 Honours list
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M. S. Y. Fowler0003521
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
400Word with 400 theme (Quatercentenary)VHCDescribed by Jaques (a Frenchman, of course) as “a Greek invocation” of the x spirit (7)ducdame; du + CD + âme; ref. As You Like It II.5
412SERVIETTEVHCSupported by a waiter’s arm, I find myself in Vine Street, confused with no end of ginanag. less n; ref. police station
417SINECUREVHCIt’s wrong to keep a scoundrel in ease, by the sound of it, but this has done it sometimessin + cur in ee (‘E’s’)

HCs awarded in competitions:

390 HESITATE (Printer’s Devilry)
395 SCALE-ARMOUR
408 BILLET
415 When the snow lay round about (Anagram)
425 TRAVERSE