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Ximines?

Can't type Ximenes?

CROSSWORDS?

Correct AB...

1.[Somerset fielded] [a team] [playing with spunk], that's just not cricket!(7)

Another alias of Ximenes was "Tesremos", his middle name returned(fielded).

xi=a team
spunk=semen, which is used as (indirect) anagram fodder..(that's just not cricket!)unfairly...which of course Ximenes would have frowned upon.

What a coincidence that Ximenes was named Somerset backwards - surely one was named after the other???

Correct Aristo...

6.[Battle] heartless [one's crafty schemes](10)

battle=cross [s]words and crosswords were Ximenes' crafty schemes

Pure evil. You can take your #1 and...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Somerset_Macnutt

Anyone care to tidy up the rest of the link clue?

Thanks, ixion. Great fun as always....

Thanks for the link, ixion. One day I may do more than just lurk on your warm-up (but probably not).