Ximenes Competition No. 1097 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1093 | 1100 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1097 | Feb 1970 | PANTOPHAGIST | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. Chalkley | What pig has to become when gripped by hunger? | anag. in pant, & lit.; hunger vb. |
| Second | Lt Col D. Macfie | To Pathans pig is not O.K., but I’ll eat anything | anag.; Muslim principle |
| Third | R. G. C. Levens | Pa stop a night? That’s out—he’d empty the larder | anag. |
| VHC | Col P. S. Baines | A tapping shot. How’s that? Out. I snap up everything | anag. |
| VHC | P. F. Bauchop | Pig hasn’t a pot—strange for him | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | I’ve broad tastes—after pop I’m excited at things about opera | pa + op. in anag. |
| VHC | A. A. Calland | Papa’s got thin. Very odd—he’ll eat anything | anag. |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | I can stomach a lot of things, but that gas in pop upsets me | anag. |
| VHC | S. Goldie | I’m hopeless at shopping at foodstores—I like all they have | anag. |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Possibly a tiptop gnash is what I need | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs E. McFee | Papa’s got thin—that’s odd in one whose diet is unrestricted | anag. |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | A Gargantuan pie for him is a thin stopgap | anag. & lit.; pie2 |
| VHC | F. E. Morgan | Dish up things to papa anyhow: meat and veg. are the same to him | anag. |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Pardo | Papa’s got thin. Odd—he eats everything | anag. |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Being like Bunter, is the potential snag that I pop? | anag. |
| VHC | J. Riley | A hat’s topping, properly minced—and he’s just the man to eat it | anag. |
| VHC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | Avid consumer has got a pint of Pimm’s No. 1 mixed for him | anag. incl. P |
| VHC | J. G. Stubbs | Tonight papa’s indisposed: he does not restrict his diet | anag. |
| VHC | Rev C. D. Westbrook | Put crudely, a pig at nosh needing to get in some gym? | anag. in PT, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1097 awarded to: