Ximenes Competition No. 517 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 512 | 519 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517 | Dec 1958 | CAROTID | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Rev C. M. Broun | If this bursts you might get a doctor (though it’d mean getting one for nothing). Get the hearse to come round, I should | anag. with I for 0, car + to (rev.) + I’d, & lit. |
| Second | A. H. P. Cardew | A doctor in a muddle concerning arteries? That’s a bit off—I’ll have to substitute for one of his rounds | anag. with I for 0 |
| Third | M. Winterbottom | It would shake a doctor if you cut one out and put nothing in its place! | anag. with I for 0, & lit. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Cut-throat’s objective, perhaps—and a jar of acid to eat away the body! | rot in anag.; jar = conflict, body = middle part |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Describes channel originally aortic deviously spreading to the furthest part of the head | anag. + d, & lit. |
| HC | Lt Col P. S. Baines | Captain takes a collapse in hand—brings fresh blood to bowler’s pitch! | a rot in Cid; bowler hat |
| HC | Miss A. W. Baldy | You’re stuck with this vessel if you twist a cord round it the wrong way | it (rev.) in anag., & lit. |
| HC | Mrs M. H. H. Barclay | This kind of important neckline is definitely different at C. Dior | anag. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Aortic derivative leading the side of head | anag. + (hea)d, & lit. |
| HC | T. E. Bell | A cord put round it, given a pronounced twist, did for Torquemada’s victims! | it (rev.) in anag., ‘garrotted’, & lit.; ref. Spanish Inquisitor |
| HC | R. N. Chignell | Should a captain go in in a collapse? Quite the reverse. Pressure here might occasion a fatal stroke | a rot in Cid; go in = be written in diagram; cf. England captain Peter May in 1958-9 Ashes tour |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | Cuts on main line tubes like this are fatal—do it somehow by bus | car + anag. |
| HC | C. P. Grant | A cord knotted round it, twisted, will produce an almost strangled sound | it (rev.) in anag., ‘garrotted’, & lit. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Low fellow, having cased the joint, describes some palpitating necklines! | rôti in cad |
| HC | Mrs B. M. Halpern | The plate goes round and back it comes with nothing in it: I’ll make you disgorge if I burst! | it 0 (rev.) in card; card = plate in weaving; 2nd it = card |
| HC | N. Jennings | Take a hill in reverse when the cops are about, and if some clot gets stuck there, you’ve had it! | a + tor (rev.) all in CID |
| HC | D. P. M. Michael | Such is the way the claret goes to the head with the last of the Medoc you require assistance to swallow the stuff | c + rot in aid; claret = blood |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Distort the guttural end of this artery and I’ll sound as if I was garrotted | i.e. change initial ‘c’ to ‘g’ sound, & lit. |
| HC | E. R. Prentice | Describes what’s compressed when garrotted? Sounds like it with minor injury to head | i.e. changing initial ‘c’ to ‘g’ sound, & lit. |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | Derives from aortic duct initially | anag. incl. d, & lit. |
| HC | J. R. Scarr | This tube provides a capital service—one vehicle three times a day with nothing between | 0 in car t.i.d. |
| HC | L. E. Thomas | It’s vital to keep the bloody traffic moving through here! Have a breakdown when the cops are about and you get it in the neck! | a rot in CID, 2 defs. |
Runners-Up in competition 517: