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L. E. Eyres4336346852Oct 1947Mar 1965
 
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Ximenes competitions
843PRISTINE“Enspirit” is wrongly spelt: that’s archaicanag.; ref. OED, latest example 1658
81CHARADEMeans employed to indicate that Mr. Elton would house Miss Woodhousecryptic def.; ref. ‘Emma’, Ch. IX, courtship charade
61CREASYHistorian describing the rout of the Armada gives the credit to a midshipmancr. Easy; ref. Sir Edward Shepherd C., and fictional character Midshipman Easy