Ximenes Competition No. 460 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 456 | 464 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460 | Nov 1957 | ASTONISHMENT | Misprints | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | H. S. Tribe | Open winder? Then no mats is shaken | wonder; anag. |
| Second | Rev E. G. Riley | In confusion the man sits on a sarong feeling that the unexpected has happened | strong; anag. |
| Third | Mrs E. McFee | Misdirected stone hits man—it may well be the cause of a gash | gasp; anag. |
| HC | Mrs R. M. Barclay | Ate mints on Sat.—he’s rather upset! | awe; anag. |
| HC | V. E. Brooke | This Eton man’s degenerate; a kind of ape! | awe; anag. |
| HC | P. R. Clemow | I am fonder of men that sin so wantonly | wonder; anag. |
| HC | Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | The fog encircling us produces it in many though possibly not in the mass | dog; anag. |
| HC | J. A. Flood | Wanderer’s experience holds the Villa players in this rough-and-tumble | wonderer’s; Aston + men in anag.; ref. football, Aston V., Bolton W.s |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Villa-like, maybe, and antique semi-detached kind of shack | shock; i.e. Aston-ish + ment (ming. vb.); ref. Aston Villa FC |
| HC | E. Gomersall | Society and fashionable people are wrapped up in terrier’s lot, rising above yonder! | wonder; S tonish men in TA (rev.) |
| HC | W. Hough | Moths in a nest that crows are raised in—very tatty-looking | brows; anag. |
| HC | V. Jennings | Take a street full of stylish males, and see the effect of a stocking! | shocking; a + tonish men in St |
| HC | W. L. Miron | What Wanderers show the Villa is of horrifying significance for old United! | wonderers; Aston is H ment (ming, vb.); H = horrific, old film classification; ref. football, Aston V., Bolton W. |
| HC | R. Postill | One needn’t show it when one’s wife casually mentions hats! | wise, i.e. having foreknowledge; anag. |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | Chaps like the Villa need a leader for the team—that’s what makes Wanderers what they are | wonderers; i.e. Aston-ish men + t; ref. football, Aston V., Bolton W. |
| HC | T. A. J. Spencer | This means not drunken, though often whistled in ale | awe; anag.; to w. one’s astonishment; whistled = drunk |
| HC | F. B. Stubbs | It comes naturally to the Wanderers to smash ten in willy-nilly | wonderers; anag.; ref. Bolton W. FC |
| HC | J. Thompson | Reading, oddly enough, isn’t on Thames—makes one ponder! | wonder; anag.; i.e. reading oddly |
Runners-Up in competition 460: