Ximenes Competition No. 1062 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1058 | 1066 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1062 | Jun 1969 | CALLING-CRAB | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. Lawrie | I need rousin’ before end of big claw comes into play | callin’ (bi)g crab3 & lit. |
| Second | Sir S. Kaye | It’s a typical pincer movement, requiring craft to frustrate | calling crab3 & lit. |
| Third | J. A. Fincken | I can’t walk straight—I wave frantically—trying to get a taxi appears about right | r in calling cab |
| VHC | J. A. Blair | Hailing taxi—circumventing the first in rank: a fiddler | r(ank) in calling cab |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | When in trouble this fiddler signals, declaring two aces | calling crab; crab = lowest throw at hazard, two aces, see under craps in C. |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Something found in the sea with claw—one stunted oddly—on either side | ling in anag. of cla(w) + crab3 & lit. |
| VHC | A. B. Gardner | It’s a job to foil a fiddler | calling crab3 |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | I appear to bow and scrape: it’s the start of riches in a commissionaire’s job | r(iches) in calling cab; i.e. fiddler crab |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Charles’s leading part in ragging the Master of Trinity—it seems to indicate a summons | C(harles) in calling Rab; ref. Rab Butler, Master of T. 1965-78; Prince C. at Trinity 1967-69 |
| VHC | P. W. W. Leach | Butler’s device meets demand for show about seaside performer unlikely to be dressed | calling c. Rab; ref. Rab B., “what the butler saw” machine, popular at seaside; device = motto; small crab not dressed |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | King’s in transport after demanding playing of fiddler | calling + R in cab; ref. ‘Old King Cole’ |
| VHC | R. B. McCall | Crying “Two aces”, he waves his claw over the pool | calling crab; crab = lowest throw at hazard, two aces, see under craps in C.; ref. poker, etc. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Fiddler’s reckoning to sidestep business depression | calling crab1, calling crab3 |
| VHC | Mrs E. Robson | Two aces found after demanding a show of hands—I’m the fiddler | calling crab; crab = lowest throw at hazard, two aces, see under craps in C. |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Strand is where I’m seen waving—hailing taxi outside front of restaurant | r in calling cab; strand1 and London street |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | Fiddler produces two aces after dropping cards | calling crab; crab = the lowest throw at hazard, two aces, see under craps in C.; calling-cards |
| VHC | T. L. Strange | I flourish at the seaside: a visit’s oddly bracing | call + anag. |
| VHC | Mrs D. M. Tait | How a slow taxi might have been described by Dr Spooner—one going sideways | i.e. ‘crawling cab’ |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Ball, racing madly after Cooper’s first cross, pinches one | C + anag.; cross = when cross: England footballers Alan B. and Terry C. |
HCs in competition 1062 awarded to: