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XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 1084

ANGEL-FOOD

1.  C. J. Morse: Ten-bob coin row is all very old-fashioned: in America they’d swallow it (angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969).

2.  F. E. Newlove: Gâteau eaten by Pickwick at Bury? (Think of Gabriel Grub) (angel food; ref. Pickwick ch. 16 (Angel Hotel), ch. 29 (G. G.)).

3.  R. Postill: It’s heavenly being on board, able to afford the fare from America (angel food).

V.H.C.

W. G. Arnott: Los Angeles tart? Something similar—a mischievous creature with an attractive exterior (elf in an good; exterior, adj.; ‘City of Angels’).

C. Allen Baker: Dog flea on mongrel (a bit of chow, perhaps?) (anag.).

N. Bickerdike: 10/- piece? Dispute as before: it’s very easy to mix up (angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969).

A. Bristow: Transatlantic sweetie discovers rich victim on board (angel food).

J. Crowther: It’s sweet and floury and covers an awkward child in stickiness (elf in goo in and, & lit.).

N. C. Dexter: One sufficient? Sure, if you’ve a slender little figure to be held in (elf in an good (= sufficient), & lit.).

S. Goldie: What would be delicacy to Dwight D. could make F. Delano go wild (anag.; Eisenhower, Roosevelt).

D. V. Harry: Backer for negro tumbling act—they eat it up on Broadway (angel + fo’ + do (rev.)).

R. N. Haygarth: North (et al.) goofed badly, perhaps contributing to Boston tea-party (anag. incl. N; ref. Lord N., American War of Independence).

J. P. H. Hirst: Dog with no flea is unusual: look for whitish grub (anag.).

J. R. Kirby: An American sticky stuff, only a little being eaten before beginning to displease (an + elf in goo + d, & lit.).

A. Lawrie: Golfed on a broken down crummy course in the U.S. (anag.; crummy, 2 mngs.).

Mrs B. Lewis: Naughty Junior tucked into goo and tipsy cake (elf in anag.).

J. C. Leyland: Rich cake American eats, possibly (angel food, & lit.; cake (arch. sl.) = fool).

Mrs E. McFee: Try raising money in an historic tax to see what Boston tea-party could put down (oof (rev.) in an geld).

T. N. Nesbitt: “Flan de goo” when suitably cooked? (anag. & lit.).

W. Spendley: Mom’s baking: mischievous child gets in sticky mess and hangs around (elf in goo in and).

Brig R. F. E. Stoney: A sweet one eats at Boston tea-party? (angel food, & lit.).

R. A. Wells: 10/- coin?—the early contention’s just puff (angel food2 (= feud); ref. introduction of 50p coin in Oct 1969).

H.C.

F. D. H. Atkinson, P. F. Bauchop, Dr J. G. Booth, Rev C. M. Broun, R. S. Caffyn, E. Chalkley, Mrs M. P. Craine, A. J. Crow, E. Davies, Cdr H. H. L. Dickson, G. H. Du Boulay, C. G. Farmer, J. Fryde, G. P. Goddard, R. B. Harling, Mrs E. J. Holmes, D. R. Hopkin, A. L. Jeffery, G. Johnstone, A. H. Jones, B. F. Jones, Sir S. Kaye, N. Kemmer, D. G. Lauener, J. H. C. Leach, P. W. W. Leach, L. F. Leason, A. D. Legge, Dr R. MacGillivray, J. D. H. Mackintosh, H. MacRae, Dr T. J. R. Maguire, D. P. M. Michael, D. G. C. Mockridge, H. B. Morton, J. L. Moss, R. G. Rae, L. G. D. Sanders, E. O. Seymour, Mrs E. M. Simmonds, Sir W. Slimmings, P. Smith, S. Sondheim, J. Sparrow, J. B. Sweeting, D. J. Thorpe, E. W. Webb, J. F. N. Wedge, Rev C. D. Westbrook, S. A. Wetherfield, D. Williams, E. G. Wren.
 

COMMENTS:—Well over 500 entries, hardly any mistakes—and none by me, I’m thankful to say, after that “anagram” of RAUNCHED. I was suspected of having written a clue to SCAPPLES instead of SCABBLES. Not guilty this time; BB pencils are as “very soft” as pianissimo, and both forms of the word are in C. CLAVES also worried some; see “clavis” in C. In spite of the frequency of “of a golden” and “one glad of”, there was excellent variety in the clues. The commonest cause of failure, commoner even than “a clue to a clue” was last month, was unsound indication of anagrams, especially “of a golden mixture”. I’ve referred to this many, many times, but people will still do it! What was meant was “mixture of of a golden”, or “of a golden’s mixture”, or “of a golden mixed”. “Of a golden mixture” can’t give this meaning. The noun simply won’t do it, in proper English, when put next to the anagram with no connection. Other nouns similarly misused were “variety”, “dis position”, “source”, and even “consistency”. Admittedly I have used “train crash” to indicate RIANT; but that does in fact mean a crash of a train, and this gives it its own peculiar justification and makes it quite different from “of a golden mixture”. I do hope this point is now clear. I was sorry not to reward more highly Mr. Michael’s brilliant idea:—“One new fangled envelope containing two spangles (Raphael Tuck).” “R. T.” is superb, but it must have a query, because R. is an example, not a definition. Nor is there really a definition of the whole word in this clue at all; nor do I much like “new” as an indication of an anagram. Pity—a splendid idea. The same lack of a query relegated to an H.C. Mr. Legge’s “Gabriel Grub’s confection …”; Mr. Newlove’s “Think of G. G.” is quite different. By the way, though I have read my Pickwick, I had forgotten G. G. (only a minor character in a story of Wardle’s) and had a job to find out who he was. I’m not omniscient and I do welcome notes. Finally, I think all three prizewinners are up to our best standard.
 

 
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