Ximenes Competition No. 1135 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1131 | 1140 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1135 | Oct 1970 | HILAIRE BELLOC | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. A. Fincken | A product of Balliol, I, here reaching a centenary | anag. + C, & lit.; born 1870; “B. made me …” |
| Second | L. May | I cheer Balliol abroad | anag. & lit.; poem ‘To the B. men still in Africa’ |
| Third | A. S. Everest | Do I cheer Balliol? He did | anag. & lit.; do = set in order; “B. made me …” |
| VHC | J. A. Blair | Doctor ill with ache or bile. He wrote “There is no cure for this disease” | anag.; doctor, vb; ‘Henry King’ |
| VHC | R. E. C. Burrell | He wrote about the treeless Downs, i.e. bare hill and col were his elements | anag.; ‘Hills and the Sea’ |
| VHC | P. M. Coombs | Treated bachelor ill, i.e. attacked don | anag.; G. G. Coulton |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | He hymned Matilda’s sad adieu: the call “I boil here” can’t be true | anag.; ‘M.: Who told Lies …’ |
| VHC | Dr R. E. Gillson | Balliol cheer I treated with some poetic licence | anag. & lit.; “B. made me …” |
| VHC | S. Goldie | I found delight in Sussex hills—an endless one; local beer I found smashing | hil(l) + anag.; ‘Hills and the Sea’ |
| VHC | Miss E. M. Hill | The author of the best revolt in an endless rising | i.e. A1 rebel in hilloc(k) |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | I cheer Balliol on, she made me | anag. & lit.; on = getting drunk; “B. made me …” |
| VHC | Mrs M. Humpage | Writer, first-rate revolutionary, in endless rising | A1 rebel in hilloc(k) |
| VHC | F. G. Illingworth | Liberal he, involved with Clio | anag. & lit.; MP and C., muse of history |
| VHC | J. R. Kirby | Balliol: here I developed what it takes to start writing creatively | anag. & lit.; “B. made me …” |
| VHC | A. Lawrie | Product of Balliol here—I associated with Chesterton initially | anag. + C, & lit.; “B. made me …”; friend of G.K.C. |
| VHC | T. W. Melluish | Historian, evoked from Clio “Hail rebel” | anag.; C., muse of history |
| VHC | D. P. M. Michael | What made him? Balliol he cried. It’s obvious when the penny drops | anag. less d.; “B. made me …” |
| VHC | P. H. Morgan | He’s written about one dreadful liar sounding alarm—about nothing? The reverse | I + anag., all in he + c 0 (rev.); ‘Matilda: Who told Lies …’ |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Versifier, first-rate one who rises in uncrowned eminence | A1 rebel in hilloc(k) |
| VHC | Mrs K. Orr | Ache, bile, ill or confused—“There is no cure for this disease” he said | anag.; ‘Henry King’ |
| VHC | W. Rodgers | I cheer Balliol, possibly, but my aversion to a don is well known | anag.; “B. made me …” and G. G. Coulton |
| VHC | G. J. S. Ross | Collie hirable, by arrangement, one famed for penning yak and llama | anag.; poems ‘The Yak’ and ‘The Llama’ |
| VHC | Mrs J. Townsend | His Tarantella isn’t a dance—i.e., able choir’ll give a rendering | anag.; poem |
HCs in competition 1135 awarded to: