Ximenes Competition No. 1100 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1097 | 1106 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 | Feb 1970 | BEAU(C)LER(C) | Letters Latent | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | G. J. S. Ross | U eel-bar ruined me | anag. & lit.; ref. surfeit of lampreys |
| Second | J. Crowther | After wreck, a blue, lettered English king | anag. + E R, & lit.; lost heir in shipwreck, 1120 |
| Third | N. C. Dexter | It makes poor Abel rue he had a ruddy brother | anag.; ref. Gen. 4, Wm. Rufus |
| VHC | W. G. Arnott | What a rude chap swallows may cause deletion—Henry King? | ule in bear: ref. Belloc poem |
| VHC | A. J. Barnard | Extraordinary Blue era succeeded Red | anag.; Wm. Rufus |
| VHC | R. M. S. Cork | Airline rule broken: he piloted Britannia while still a clerk | BEA + anag.; B. type of aircraft |
| VHC | C. G. Farmer | Royal scholar’s French style cracks are blue | anag. |
| VHC | A. B. Gardner | King lacking primary right to succeed recognised way to get into Europe | BEA + (r)uler, & lit. |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | The original Henry (King) chewing this could produce bale and rue | anag.; ref. Belloc poem |
| VHC | G. Johnstone | What one at No. 11 usually is, we hear; responsible for the Exchequer | ‘bowler’ (in batting order); Downing St.; H. started Exchequer |
| VHC | A. H. Jones | Victor at Brémule, a Brémule with a thousand lost in conflict | anag. less M; ref. battle, 1119 |
| VHC | T. H. Keeley | Air-line chief wants top organiser of circuit trials | BEA (r)uler; eyre |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | A blue, upset English king | anag. + E R, & lit.; lost heir, 1120 |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | Learned monarch, extraordinarily blue—reason: losing male heir | anag. less son; lost heir, 1120 |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | “The Scholar”, a rebel and leader of university rioting | anag. incl. u |
| VHC | R. Postill | Royal scholar who had moped habitually cut hall to have a drink outside | aul(a) in beer; moped = bicycle |
| VHC | N. E. Sharp | Case holding rubber, ruler and pen | ule in bear2; pen = writer |
| VHC | T. A. J. Spencer | A blue, upset English king—a ruler whose letters were not latent | anag. + E R; lost heir, 1120 |
| VHC | D. J. Thorpe | Changed to become a blue English king | anag. + E R, & lit. |
HCs in competition 1100 awarded to: