Ximenes Competition No. 477 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 473 | 482 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 477 | Mar 1958 | SEDATENESS | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | P. W. W. Leach | Riotous strip-tease ends with abandoned dance—observed in the usual butler’s manner! | anag. less trip [see comments] |
| Second | J. A. Fincken | Robe’s assembly (considering the cold!) has a cape, but gives an effect of coolness | sedate + ness; i.e. ‘Rome’s assembly’, ‘senate’, pron. with a cold |
| Third | H. S. Tribe | As set needs to be overhauled, you won’t get much on Channel 9 | anag. |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | It’s not ginger that’s required now. Labour needs seats! | anag.; labour, vb. imp. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Attitude of the staid—even though seated wretchedly on a point! | anag. + ness |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Dowager’s carriage needs seats remade | anag. |
| HC | T. E. Bell | Len, no novice, is circumvented by what may be construed as Sobers’s refusal to be put out! | (L)en in sedates’s; ref. L. Hutton & Garfield S., England v. W. Indies Test series 1957 |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | Getting the fruit on the head, following the ends of science, denotes gravity | s(cienc)e, date, ness; ref. I. Newton |
| HC | Miss S. Dorrington | You need sang-froid to envisage Dante’s inferno in dubious Cathedral City … sulphur down below is the very deuce! | anag. of Dante in see2, + S twice (deuce) |
| HC | C. E. Gates | I am unmercifully teased over art à la française in the New Style—an unruffled temperament is called for | anag. + es (= art, Fr.) in NS |
| HC | J. Gill | A quality lacking in the House these days needs seats regrouped to achieve it | anag. |
| HC | S. B. Green | A tryst by the loch—both found after right at the bottom—that’s gravity! | SE date Ness; SE = bottom right |
| HC | F. H. W. Hawes | Quality missing from Rock an’ Roll broadcasts, as set needs reconstruction | anag. |
| HC | B. J. Iliffe | Quiet assignation in the early evening between one crooked character and two others! | date in ene, all in S, SS; S = crooked char. |
| HC | E. L. Mellersh | Seated unstably above the haunt of a fearsome creature—that should make you think of gravity! | anag. + Ness; Loch N. Monster |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Gravity—due to a fruit interrupting wandering senses | date in anag.; ref. I. Newton |
| HC | C. J. Morse | For the avoidance of confusion, the letters N.S. should be added after revised dates | anag. + en + ess; see New Style s.v. style |
| HC | K. Neale | For composure rocky seats need a shilling underneath | anag. + s |
| HC | D. A. Nicholls | Unflappability? That’s dense, with seats in jeopardy! | anag.; ref. to Lord Hailsham |
| HC | R. Postill | Sexton stopped early, having an appointment with a half of Guinness—hence the state of the grave! | Se(xton) + date + (Guin)ness |
| HC | Maj J. N. Purdon | It’s keeping cool: one sort of needs tea in a steaming vessel | anag. in SS |
| HC | E. B. Stevens | Let’s have some quietness, get seated properly, the monster’s home | anag. + (Loch) Ness |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Assented freely to a bit of seduction—and that’s what you call being sober! | se(duction) + anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 477: