◀  No. 206 Clue list 23 Nov 1952 Slip image No. 209  ▶

XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 207

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1.  P. M. Coombs: Occasion for display of the buttons and bows of antiquity (page ant(iquity), & lit.; bows = front parts).

2.  M. Woolf: “The Lord Mayor’s Show is one long-outmoded hold-up.” Worker (page2 ant; ref. newspaper “Daily Worker”).

3.  J. W. Bates: If this show’s out of period, someone’s made a bloomer (i.e. p(age)ant, & lit.; out of = lacking).

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C. Allen Baker: One may have a gorgeous appearance, but if one’s age is fifty, there must be a trick in it! (i.e. L for age in pageant = plant).

T. E. Bell: It gives point to an age, somehow: shows the epoch is not without lively inspiration (anag. incl. pt., age in (i.e. not without) pant, & lit.).

R. M. S. Cork: Depicts a historical period in short pantomime form (age in pant(o), & lit.).

J. Duffill: What makes the show? That’s the secret of the ladies in short pants (age in pant(s); ladies coy about age).

W. M. Easther: It’s half past one—get outside for the parade (pa(st) + an in get).

J. A. Fincken: An opera’s début implied losing a thousand—that’s show business! (Pag(liacci) + (m)eant).

A. B. Gardner: Buttons are not simply for show, often upholding civic or even national dignity (page an’t).

I. C. Gilchrist: Show one’s advancing years in a certain shortness of the breath (age in pant).

H. J. Godwin: Show one’s years in breathing with difficulty (age in pant).

R. M. Grace: Heave!—it’s about time this platform was moved (age in pant; pageant = moving show).

S. B. Green: A spectacular show—if it weren’t for my mature years, it would make me gasp! (i.e. p(age)ant).

J. Hardie Keir: The fascinating spectacle of a goodly stretch of well-turned leg in singularly brief unmentionables (a + (l)eg (rev.) in pant(s)).

R. C. Macfarlane: The trousers being singularly worn out (by age), it might cost £2 extra to cover the seat for me (age in pant(s); ref. Coronation seats).

P. G. McCarthy: A fine display of kings and queens—caller opens a No Trump (page a NT).

T. W. Melluish: Exhibition secured by worker’s application to a quantity of reading matter (page ant).

C. J. Morse: A piece of pantomime about some great period of history (age in pant(omime), & lit.).

F. E. Newlove: Call a No Trump: it shows Kings, Queens, etc., in various suits (page a NT).

W. K. M. Slimmings: Who’s holding up the train? One of the workers creating a scene on the platform (page ant).

Miss N. Smith: Non-stop Variety Show featuring a generous amount of well-turned leg in very abbreviated panties (a + (l)eg (rev.) in pant(ies)).

J. Thompson: Attentive boy—model of industry—result, exhibition! (page ant).

H. S. Tribe: I want the whole town to see me in the bustle model with the buttons in front (page ant; ant = model of industry).

R. A. Whitley: Major period of history presented in breath-taking setting (age in pant, & lit.).

L. C. Wright: Feature of panto closing time—the final round off (age in pant(o), & lit; closing = enclosing).

I. Young: A breathtaking performance during which you have the time of your life (age in pant, & lit.).

J. S. Young: Buttons are not wholly for show (page an’t).

RUNNERS-UP

E. S. Ainley, Miss A. W. Baldy, R. M. R. Bence, Capt A. S. Birt, J. A. Blair, B. P. Booth, E. J. Brook, V. E. Brooke, J. Buist, Mrs Caithness, F. A. Clark, G. H. Clarke, Miss L. M. Collins, C. F. Davies, Cdr H. H. L. Dickson, Brig W. E. Duncan, Dr J. N. Fell, M. B. Fisher, J. A. Flood, A. L. Freeman, D. J. Furley, C. E. Gates, S. R. Gibbs, R. R. Greenfield, C. R. Haigh, R. J. Hall, Mrs B. M. Halpern, D. C. Handscomb, E. S. Hawkes, E. L. Hayward, Mrs P. F. Heverin, A. R. M. Hooper, F. G. Illingworth, L. Johnson, C. Koop, Mrs F. Laing, A. Lassman, A. F. Lerrigo, T. A. Martin, E. L. Mellersh, D. P. M. Michael, W. L. Miron, P. M. Newey, A. P. O’Leary, J. D. P. O’Leary, Miss E. S. Potter, M. G. Powell-Davies, E. J. Rackham, C. P. Rea, A. R. Read, G. Rice, A. Robins, E. O. Seymour, W. Steinberg, E. B. Stevens, Mrs A. L. Stevenson, F. B. Stubbs, R. I. Sutherland, H. G. Tattersall, Mrs J. W. Taylor, Capt C. Tyers, A. E. Watts, J. F. N. Wedge, T. G. Wellman, Mrs J. Wethered, W. D. Wigley, M. Winterbottom, A. J. Young.
 

COMMENTS—447 correct in a large entry—several errors, SIAM causing most. A nice, easy word produced excellent and. varied results: it was very hard to choose and so many that couldn’t be left out that I think the lists are a record. No time for more.
 

 
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