Possible Clues:

• Word puzzle enjoyed by Queen Victoria
• A clue reveals one simple text, initially constructed in this form
• Sounds as if it's a puzzle of a stick in the form of an X
• It's a puzzle how this could sound like an angry bloodsucker
• It's a puzzle how this could sound like an angry cane
• Wordplay of a Socratic kind
• Socratic sort of word puzzle
• It's coming back to be eaten by a reptile - a little puzzling
• Run out - it's recalled in a cricket club's puzzle
• Clever verse