Ximenes Competition No. 369 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 364 | 373 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369 | Jan 1956 | BERET | normal | 17 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mrs J. O. Fuller | Remember ether masks what is usually felt! | hidden |
| Second | C. J. Morse | Small round object eaten by overconfident Frenchmen? Sounds like wild fruit! | ‘berry’; “I’ll eat my hat” |
| Third | Miss D. W. Taylor | A matter of capital investment not usually raised at meetings | cryptic def.; investments = clothes (arch.) |
| HC | Mrs R. M. Blake | Basque top fashion looks like a pillow case fitting to a T! | bere T |
| HC | C. R. Dean | Headlines may be made by this item in the Honours List getting about beforehand | ere in Bt |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | An education authority has several times upheld protection for the Head against rough elements | BE + ter (rev.); Board of Education |
| HC | W. Hough | What does a Viscount wear in place of a coronet before coming into the title? | cryptic def.; ref. Montgomery of Alamein |
| HC | A. W. Maddocks | This liaison between Jean and Monty sounds rather fruity | ‘berry’; ref. J. Borotra, Basque tennis player and Montgomery of Alamein |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | That which plunges into obscurity the French crown tortures the heart of Debrett | anag. of (D)ebret(t); crown = head; ref. ‘Debretts Peerage’ |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Cap d’Antibes? | cryptic def. |
| HC | Sgt L. W. G. Oxley | An all-round top dressing for onions from a compost of mid-winter bents! | anag. of (win)ter be(nts); onion = head |
| HC | F. J. Philbrick | Oddly shaped British tree, difficult to raise: top-dressing required! | anag. incl. B, 2 defs. |
| HC | R. Postill | Born shortly before the end of the 1914-18 conflict, now at the head of the British Army | b ere t, & lit.; black beret of the Tank Regt. conceived May 1918 |
| HC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Though orphaned, without a farthing, I became a famous general | bere(f)t; ref. Montgomery of Alamein; became = suited |
| HC | Brig R. F. E. Stoney | Look out for a shock when this flat round lid is lifted, it covers the switches! | cryptic def.; shock, switch = hair |
| HC | F. L. Usher | Lanate tegument of certain nuts, occurring to a considerable extent in the Filberts | cryptic def.; 3 consecutive letters in Filbert |
| HC | J. S. Young | Born to be misgoverned—the French! Be it on their own heads! | b + anag. of être (Fr.) |
Runners-Up in competition 369: