Ximenes Competition No. 1119 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1115 | 1123 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1119 | Jul 1970 | RONDE | Printer’s Devilry | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. B. Sweeting | Court serving—King attacks—see the f/ur fly | frondeur; Louis XIV and Margaret C., Billie-Jean K. |
| Second | K. C. Slater | Robin’s friends all sighed to get He/ath | who killed Cock R.; R. Day, Edward H. |
| Third | B. W. Brook | Ban go/es on the marches; there’s another in Ireland | Bangor |
| VHC | D. B. J. Ambler | Did boatman cha/fe at attempts by infernal gate-crashers? | |
| VHC | C. J. Anderson | In tribute to Pe/lé, gates rose | Peron |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Man! That Scrubs—a ni/ck in Great Britain—must be tough! | Brunel, SS Gt. Britain |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Mourners who come to get He/ath watch and see a miraculous recovery | 1970 election |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Say! Those who bet on Wilson o/we! Your pollsters misled us | Harold W., 1970 election, T.E. Dewey, US Pres. election, 1948 |
| VHC | B. Franco | Cabinet ministers consult to get He/ath duties | |
| VHC | S. C. Gilchrist | I/s pot a menace to the community? | ref. poss. Franco, EEC |
| VHC | Mrs S. Hewitt | After row, cha/p ended on spirits, paying for many a drachm | |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | To escape, the prisoner needed his leg. I/t ached | |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Santa Claus once delivered the goods for fathe/r by day! | 1964 Derby winner |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | If you see an ant le/er, it’s probably a male | |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | First-class ba/ck won’t admit “hands” | |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | With mat/ador dying, sister stops here | |
| VHC | R. Postill | Unless you have a ba/ck seat, Ravel can be very boring | |
| VHC | J. K. Rickard | Does smut get all clea/n? Marks bookstalls! | Denmark |
| VHC | Mrs A. Rivlin | Did the Judge go too fa/t, err? Entitled to criticism | deterrent |
| VHC | T. E. Sanders | Vi ca/vils doing sex poses—seven ways of sinning! | |
| VHC | M. C. Souster | How a turn of fortune can uplift us or b/light us! | John F. & Eleanor B. in ‘Not so much a Programme, More a Way of Life’, BBC 2 satire, 1964/5 |
| VHC | Rev L. M. Styler | Would that headlines read:—Violence Demo Demur De/cline | démodé |
| VHC | J. D. Walsh | A talk by Reverend Fat-he/ad:—“Religions of the world” | |
| VHC | G. H. Willett | For games gae tae brae, Ma/e | Highland games |
| VHC | M. Woolf | Young Louis recognised the Cardinal’s hat—red, of f/urs | frondeurs; Louis XIV, Mazarin |
HCs in competition 1119 awarded to: