Clues by C. E. Gates in 1951 (2)
Ximenes competitions from 168 to 180    All clues by C. E. Gates  |   1951 (2) Honours list
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C. E. Gates110521
 
No.Clue wordAwardClueExplanation
171SERINGASVHCWe supply material for erasingsanag. & lit.
173HATCHINGVHCLooks like a wicket!—Not out! Good! Very nearly out for a duck!hatch1 + in + g
175HAIR-LINEVHCHard to the boundary via the air! What the scribes might call an “uppish stroke”!H air line
176SPIGOTFirstA splutter when it’s about to start? Must be one of the plugs!go in spit
177DESOLATEVHCDescriptive perhaps of Mary’s plight—dramatically alone with the tiny sandbank beginning to be encircled by the Deesola3 + t(ee) in Dee; ref. Kingsley, ‘The Sands of Dee’ [see comments]
178HIDEOUSSecondThe little I had has been sunk in a jerry-built house. It’s simply shocking!I’d in anag.
180HESPER (Printer’s Devilry)VHCHer Eric/? I shall weal this good-for-nothing in the end!…riches perish, all wealth…

HCs awarded in competitions:

168 PIPS (Misprints)
174 ANACREONTICS