Ximenes Competition No. 529 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 525 | 534 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529 | Mar 1959 | BUTTY-COLLIER | normal | 19 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. D. H. Atkinson | In t’pit an acquaintance forced by t’cruel toil | anag. & lit. |
| Second | A. Robins | You bet till limited credit is dissipated: 1 help to keep mine going with a pony or two on the track | anag.; cr. = credit |
| Third | H. Rotter | My mate’s product helps to avert a freeze-up: Bluecol—try it, it’s revolutionary! | anag.; anti-freeze |
| HC | Lt Col P. S. Baines | Underground Collaborator Perverts T.U.C.—Tory Libel | anag. |
| HC | Capt A. S. Birt | “Our Mutual Friend” (Pitman’s Edition)? Well, yes, but try a shorter book first with a new slant on toil and cruelty | b + anag. |
| HC | C. O. Butcher | A cover with a setting of black diamonds in the shaft: what a cute brolly it would make! | anag.; cover = confederate |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | He and his mate are liable to get silicosis; and he’s utterly riddled with B. coli! | anag. |
| HC | K. Gibson | Your little Companion of the Bath, after the shift | anag. incl. CB, & lit. |
| HC | P. Graystone | A friend of the miner, who’d readily have conversion to oil cut trebly | anag. |
| HC | F. G. Illingworth | Ship after ship after ship makes one a friend of the deep! | butty (= towed barge) + collier |
| HC | Mrs L. Jarman | Cutter working like billy-o, pal of mine | anag. & lit.; work = ferment |
| HC | B. G. Palmer | What upsets the normally matey miner? B…y cruel toil! That’s it to a T! | anag. incl. T |
| HC | R. Postill | Found in the galleries drawing, perhaps, works by Utrillo, etc. | anag.; hewer and drawer |
| HC | E. O. Seymour | There’s a friendly hand in mine after presenting a mongrel cur to an excited little boy | anag. |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | A fellow hand in mine may give a coy little rub | anag. |
| HC | M. C. Souster | Reform Club Lottery! I must enter. Where shall I find a partner? Mine will be just the ticket | I in anag. |
| HC | M. J. Venning | As a mixture try Bluecol, it is a friend to those who keep radiators going | anag.; anti-freeze |
| HC | M. A. Vernon | Underground helper makes City tube roll disconcertingly | anag. |
| HC | G. C. West | Sure friend below the surface—cert till buoy gets adrift | anag. |
Runners-Up in competition 529: