Ximenes Competition No. 482 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 477 | 486 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | Apr 1958 | LEASING-MAKER | normal | 23 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. R. Dean | One who converts by letting false images rankle | leasing + maker, anag. & lit. |
| Second | E. Gomersall | Learner driving gently over former instructor in rebellion? | L + easing + maker |
| Third | D. A. Nicholls | Any constructive person catching on to the Rent Act becomes a speaker of seditious words! | leasing + maker; ref. deregulation of private renting in 1957 |
| HC | Maj P. S. Baines | Given proper editing, managers like an unscrupulous reporter | anag. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | A sage Kremlin has me liquidated! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | T. E. Bell | Just the man to overthrow a kinges realm! | anag. & lit.; old form of genitive |
| HC | Mrs J. Chalkley | Sing in the morning in bath with plug missing? You’ll more than likely hear me yelling my head off about the state I’m in! | sing in a.m. in leaker |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | You might find him in Hyde Park loosening up on top of a mare in a bowler | easing + m in Laker; ref. Peter L., bowler and cricket writer, Speaker’s Corner and Rotten Row |
| HC | Mrs N. Fisher | He’d lie and mask anger to conceal his design | anag. & lit.; he’d = he had |
| HC | B. Franco | The meadow-warbler, including the Scottish form, may be seen (and heard) in Hyde Park | mak in lea singer; Speaker’s Corner |
| HC | R. J. Hall | Early rising? I’ll give you a call. Seeking alarm is no good, it’s out of order | anag. |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | His state would be wild if you gave the slanger a mike! | anag. & lit. |
| HC | N. A. Langmore | What makes a girl seek man? Resulting disclosure may often be a revolting subject to hear! | anag. |
| HC | A. F. Lerrigo | I may favour early rising, but I’ll be hanged if I carry it too far | cryptic def. |
| HC | Dr B. N. McQuade | Germans like a mutinous traitor such as Lord Haw-Haw | anag. |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Ye olde corrupter of a Kinges realm | anag. & lit.; old form of genitive |
| HC | J. J. Moore | K.’s general aim is to have a revolution here, and here’s a voice in support | anag. & lit.; Khrushchev |
| HC | P. H. Morgan | Who’s the gainer under the Rent Act? The scandalous rater! | 2 mngs.; ref. deregulation of private renting in 1957 |
| HC | R. Postill | Rising producer indeed! He’s miscast me as King Lear: Edmund’s really my type! | anag.; E. Spenser |
| HC | L. R. Scott | Liberal leader, helping to create the start of a revival, may incite the public | L + easing + make + r |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Who may provoke a riot? Mother, in a green silk negligé | ma in anag. |
| HC | Miss D. W. Taylor | Being rebellious, I gas, and rankle ’em | anag. & lit. |
| HC | M. Woolf | For insurrection’s sake—maligner | anag. & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 482: