Clues by E. C. Semmons in 1948 (1)
Ximenes competitions from 66 to 78    All clues by E. C. Semmons  |   1948 (1) Honours list
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66CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPETVHCYoung Miners’ Leader got £100,000 out of it: a profitable corner indeed, and he’s smug about it!cryptic def.; ref. Arthur Horner, first Gen. Sec. of NUM, 1946, and “Little Jack H. sat in a corner… pulled out a plum… what a good boy am I”; plum = £100,000

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67 SURFEIT (DLM)