Ximenes Competition No. 1049 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1045 | 1054 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049 | Mar 1969 | SLANGWHANGER | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. B. Stubbs | He gives a rambling performance with heartless fury | slang2 + w(it)h + anger, & lit. |
| Second | C. O. Butcher | Billingsgate merchant—likely agent for whoppers caught by dissembling anglers | whang (= thong) in anag. |
| Third | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Be suspended, getting caught in disorderly wrangles—as he might be? | hang in anag. |
| VHC | R. H. Adey | Abuse and rage about White House leaders can often be heard at Hyde Park Corner | WH in slang, anger |
| VHC | J. C. Brash | One who uses crude language with heartless rage | slang + w(it)h + anger, & lit. |
| VHC | E. W. Burton | Here’s a spouter; whaler’s gang runs amok with end of harpoon | anag. incl. n |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | He’s inclined to make a noise about Welsh show to decorate our Royalty | W in slang2 hang ER; ref. Investiture of Prince of Wales |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | What Petruchio pretended to be, taming little Latin shrew (nag, nag) | anag. incl. L (= Latin), tame = reduce to order |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | Such an orator was Glendower, the Welsh gang ran amok | anag.; ref. Hen. IV Pt. I |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | One who declaims and wrangles violently about a principle | hang (noun) in anag. |
| VHC | Capt G. Langham | Loud-mouthed flogger of false weight | i.e. slang2 w. hanger |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Gag when snarl erupts—that’s what he needs | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | One might become a shrew and nag and nag, heading for divorce by fifty | anag., L between first two letters, & lit. |
| VHC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | Ragger overriding links on a hunter, a whacking divot-cutter | slang3 whanger; whang1 |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | An orator like Paisley combines cant with extremes of wrath and passion | slang w(rat)h anger; Ian P. |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Tub-thumper calling for legalisation of flogging, Westminster’s prime advocate of capital punishment? | slang W hanger; slang2 = licence; prime, noun |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Vulgarly show the beginnings of white hot rage? He might | slang + w, h + anger, & lit. |
| VHC | R. Postill | Goliath was such a bombastic chap—but shyer after what David did | slang whanger; pa. t. of sling; 1 Sam. 17 |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Ham for lunch in anglers’ mess | whang in anag.; lunch= thick slice |
| VHC | K. Thomas | Man like Petruchio tames shrew, repeated nag, encompassing love’s beginning | anag. incl. nag, nag, l |
| VHC | J. L. Turner | Ranter throws his phony weight about | i.e. slang2 w. hanger |
| VHC | Dr E. Young | It’s to remain attending closely amid wrangles which is unusual for him | hang (vb.) in anag., & lit. |
HCs in competition 1049 awarded to: