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XIMENES CROSSWORD No. 834

CARRIED

1.  Mrs E. McFee (Rhos-on-Sea): Bore will give the reverse of a short account—and what could be drier! (a/c (rev.) + anag.).

2.  R. Postill (Jersey): Rolls that’s within the scope of the common man is featured in the press (RR i.e. in cad; ref. new Princess car).

3.  G. H. Willett (NW3): Where one travels with gas-bag, one is trapped by ruddy bore (car + I in red; passenger compartment of airship).

V.H.C.

J. W. Bates (Westcliff-on-Sea): Explosion of ire interrupts wag—“Bore!” (anag. in card).

R. Brain (Surbiton): Taken by force, Charles briefly tried, beheaded (Car. + (t)ried; ref. Charles I).

C. O. Butcher (E4): What is a portable? A medium for Radio Caroline primarily (Carrie + (ra)d(io); ref. portable radio and pirate station).

A. R. Chandler (Kirkham): What we did at 10—complained about a closure of the bar ((b)ar in cried; arithmetic).

Mrs N. Fisher (Stroud): Commuters are, with luck, informed about arrival shortly (ar. in cried).

R. R. Greenfield (Uxbridge): Worried about first signs of rail-fare increase, that’s what passengers are (r, i in cared).

A. J. Hughes (Sutton Coldfield): Taken captive, Charles, leader of the Royalists, perished, beheaded (Car. + R + (d)ied; ref. Charles I).

P. W. W. Leach (Southampton): Created hot production—given “A” instead of “U”—passed O.K. (A for U in curried).

Mrs B. Lewis (E. Molesey): Successful proposals are conveyed in “Redicar” taxis (anag.; taxis = arrangement).

J. D. H. Mackintosh (W. Wickham): Passed, as a vehicle that is stuck in the middle of the road may be (car + i.e. in Rd).

F. E. Newlove (SE9): One in credit, one in the red, but together had something in hand (a in cr. + I in red).

E. J. Rackham (Totton): Raider disturbed before taking a cent and captured by force (c + anag.).

G. Snowden-Davies (Wolverhampton): I’ll be held up by a bit of traffic on the road—that’s inherent (car + i.e. in Rd).

H. S. Tribe (Sutton): Was anxious about bit of grit in rifle bore (ri in cared; ri appears in grit and rifle).

J. F. N. Wedge (Carshalton): There’s a lot of the Ould Counthry comes up in an eccentric bore (Eir(e) (rev.) in card).

H.C.

R. B. Adcock, T. Anderson, C. Allen Baker, G. F. Bamford, S. Barnett, T. E. Bell, J. H. Cleary, N. C. Dexter, H. W. Flewett, W. F. Goodman, Mrs L. Jarman, L. Johnson, W. H. Johnson, Sir S. Kaye, T. P. Kelly, R. E. Kimmons, J. H. C. Leach, L. F. Leason, Dr T. J. R. Maguire, T. W. Melluish, C. J. Morse, Flt Lt L. W. G. Oxley, J. D. P. O’Leary, Mrs F. Partridge, L. S. Pearce, Mrs N. Perry, F. B. Ramsey, Rev E. G. Riley, J. S. Rioch, W. K. M. Slimmings, Miss M. Smith, L. T. Stokes, T. L. Strange, F. B. Stubbs, J. W. Taylor, B. Tunks, B. C. Westall, M. Woolf.
 

COMMENTS:—About 325 entries, not many mistakes, most of them being failures to spot Eloisa (Iole, Hercules). I think it was my fault in choosing an uninspiring word, rather than yours, that made the entry as a whole a bit dull and the lists therefore shorter than usual: I certainly got fewer laughs and kicks in judging than I generally do. The choice of the competition word is a less easy matter than you perhaps imagine: an awful lot are ruled out at once, e.g., those that have one obvious treatment, those that are obviously intractable—it’s impossible to keep all of these out of the diagram, and I have to undertake the headaches involved—and, of course, words that have been used before. This often doesn’t leave a very wide choice. But I think I did set you rather an unattractive task: all the more credit to the senders of the best efforts. There isn’t much more to say this time: there wasn’t much unsoundness in the clues sent. I think I can promise you a more rewarding competition next month with a “Printer’s Devilry”: this type nearly always inspires many amusing ideas, and the word set shouldn’t be a difficult one.
 

 
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