XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 41

ALTOGETHER

1.  T. C. Fitzpatrick (Glasgow): Larghetto e rubato (tutti) (anag.; musical terms).

2.  D. L. L. Clarke (Steyning): He got confused, having to change outside, without a stitch on (anag. in alter; “in the a.”).

3.  Miss J. Fraser (W8): Variations in E: larghetto (for full orchestra?) (anag.).

H.C.

P. Capon (Truro): “Who shall we send to fetch her away…?” Jolson, obviously (Al to get her; Al J.; ref. rhyme, ‘Nuts in May’).

J. Duffill (W2): It’s entirely his G that bars the falsettist from joining the mixed trio (G between alto and anag. of three).

Mrs D. D’Eath (Haywards Heath): Quite, or not quite a complete party, but don’t dress for it! (al(l) + together; in the a.).

M. E. Francis (W. MaIling): Unanimous declaration at the betrothal of Victoria and Albert (i.e. Al to get her).

S. B. Green (NW10): Moral to get here? Think no more about it: it’s quite in order ((mor)al to get her(e)).

C. Helme (Southsea): To the nude, in this familiar form, no exception can be taken (2 mngs.).

M. L. Herzig (Cambridge): Lear got the storm in full flood (anag.).

S. J. Horner (W2): Tutti, the Falsetto Horse on the air in the ruins of the great Hotel (alto + G (gee) + ether, anag.).

L. Johnson (Llandudno): It’s exceptional to get hermits thus, you can quite see (hidden, & lit.).

P. S. Keyte (Fleetwood): Is this model state Chile? (cryptic def.; i.e. ‘chilly’; “in the a.”).

Mrs Kissen (Lanark): Get her in the queue after a mixed lot of fully fashioned! (anag.+ get her; queue = tail).

R. Macleod (St. Andrews): In a quartet the second part is followed by the Air on the G string, tutti (alto (second part in quartet) + G + ether).

Mrs D. Reid (Hurstpierpoint): In the change of gear the lot is stripped, absolutely! (anag.).

E. T. Simpson (Sidcup): Just the sort of voice to get her in the chorus (alto + get her).

O. Carlton Smith (Potters Bar): Tutti: Air on G string con sordino, with seconds accompaniment (alto (second part) + G + ether; con sordino = string muted).

A. H. Taylor (Peterborough): “Grand Garbo in Great Hotel!”—Entirely muddled somewhere (anag.; ref. Greta G. 1932 film “Grand Hotel”).

Miss Telfer (W9): Non-suited in common lore (cryptic def.; “in the a.”).

Capt C. Tyers, RN (Elstead): Get her put on after the falsetto and the concert will be made completely (alto + get her).

J. J. Ward (Motherwell): Proves the proposition “t.t. ergo hale” to be completely wrong (anag.).

Comments—384 correct. Many possibilities, musical and unmusical, draped and undraped. Hence a large entry: but more errors than usual, esp. over ASUR (tre-asur-e) and ASKS (axes. colloq.). Standard of clues was high, so a further list of names is given (and many more besides had merit, notably a mass of reorganized great hotels). Mr. Balfour and Mr. Furley were regretfully ruled out on technical grounds. Mr. B’s charming “We’ll send little Alfred to fetch her away” gives no clue to the whole word: Mr. F’s “Tutti e larghetto” fails to indicate the anagram—Mr. Fitzpatrick’s “rubato” and Miss Fraser’s “variations” make a world of difference. Proxime accesserunt—C. Allen Baker, J. Balfour, E. P. Barrett, Mrs Cheyne, R. P. Collett, M. W. Davies, F. E. Dixon, J. M. Doulton, D. Furley, W. A. Gray, C. R. Malcolm, R. J. Pocock, R. C. Reeves, W. R. Watson Smyth.