Ximenes Competition No. 1089 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1084 | 1091 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1089 | Dec 1969 | ENCLOISTER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | A. Bristow | Rigged elections take place under duress | anag. + r (= take), place vb |
| First | R. E. Kimmons | Rigged elections take place under duress | anag. + r (= take), place vb |
| Third | R. P. C. Forman | Rigged elections take place behind locked doors | anag. + r |
| Third | W. H. Pegram | Rigged elections take place behind locked doors | anag. + r |
| VHC | P. F. Bauchop | Imprison leader of the revolution after rigged elections | anag. + r |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | A laced in corselet is bound to cramp movement | anag.; bound = vb. trans. |
| VHC | J. Crowther | What we do to criminals could become the central feature of party elections | anag. incl. r |
| VHC | J. A. Fincken | Quite, quite devastated, Noël C. tries to pen | anag. |
| VHC | P. D. Gaffey | Specially designed silencer to put in Austins? | anag.; A. = Augustinians |
| VHC | Mrs S. Hewitt | Elections rigged, leader of Radicals shut up | anag. + r |
| VHC | J. G. Hull | Crooked elections take place in chamber | anag. + r |
| VHC | J. E. Jenkins | Fashion corset line to confine a body | anag. |
| VHC | Sir S. Kaye | Set in contracted cell or put in order? | anag. incl. cel(l), & lit.; religious order |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Heartlessly restrict one’s freedom with very little latitude | anag., incl. res(tr)ict, l, & lit.; ’s = has |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Hold in spreading line with corset | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Confine figure in corselet | anag.; figure vb |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Shut up. Let no cries disturb me | anag. |
| VHC | M. L. Perkins | Shut up revolutionaries’ leader after rigged elections | anag. + r |
| VHC | R. Postill | Silence—and the first three making trouble get beaten. So shut up | anag. incl. tro(uble); beat = whisk |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | Result of fiddling elections—Right keep in | anag. + R |
| VHC | F. B. Stubbs | Keep within bounds. Try “Corset Line”—free fitting | anag. |
| VHC | J. Webster | Confine a girl of good (?) name in a reforming centre? Possibly | Lois in anag.; 2 Tim. 1:5 |
| VHC | J. F. N. Wedge | Walls are used to this—cornets lie all over the place | anag.; Wall’s ice cream |
HCs in competition 1089 awarded to: