Ximenes Competition No. 543 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 538 | 547 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 543 | Jun 1959 | NUTRIA / ERMINE | Right and Left | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | F. B. Stubbs | Found rooting about the bank—could spell ruin at Old Street—magistrate’s livery | anag.; 2 mngs.; ref. Ermine St., old Roman Road, and O.S. Magistrate’s Court |
| Second | P. H. Morgan | Tough has wind up: if caught he’ll get skinned in determined judicial fashion! | nut + air (rev.); hidden, ref. judge’s robes |
| Third | D. B. J. Ambler | The tough’s got slight wind up: stole material of value, making a faltering claim to ownership, furtive beast | nut + air (rev.); er mine; stole1, n. |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Make certain of “The Detective Disappears, or The Long-Bodied Creature”! It’s hair raising enough to make the blood dry up! | (det)ermine; nut (= young blood) + air (rev.) |
| HC | J. W. Bates | The makings of a muff, in the rough in a rut; the makings of another —in mere foozling! | anag.; anag. |
| HC | P. M. Coombs | Blonde’s fur wrap’s taken nearly all my “Ernie”—almost crazy raising the wind towards fur suitable for the wife! | anag. of m(y) Ernie; nut(s) + air (rev.); ref. Premium Bonds; raise the wind = raise funds |
| HC | F. E. Dixon | Before devouring (tail first) game stoat, the Spanish otter gives it a run free | nim1 (rev.) in ere; anag.; nutria (Sp.) = otter |
| HC | C. E. Gates | Up with an iron at St. Andrews, involving something of a putt—a hair-raising four-footer! It’s enough to daunt a rabbit, but I’m up and in—an eagle! | (p)ut(t) in airn (rev.); I’m (rev.) in erne; rabbit = inferior golfer [see comments] |
| HC | V. Jennings | Little beast due to be flayed shows sign of hesitancy—with sorry mien, head has to freshen up to give something warming! | er + anag.; nut + air (rev.); ref. school caning |
| HC | Mrs E. McFee | It’s tough raising the wind for a fur—an expensive fur. You could get it if Ernie did the right thing about a thousand! | nut + air (rev); M in anag.; ref. Premium Bonds; raise the wind = raise funds |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Smart young thing wants to show off getting up in one expensive fur before appearing about midday in another! | nut + air (rev.), i.e. young blood; m. in ere + in |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Old Street magistrate wears handsome coat, otherwise déshabillé most of trial! | 2 mngs.; nu (= naked, Fr.) + tria(l); ref. Ermine St., old Roman Road |
| HC | R. F. Pardoe | Perking the beak, an eagle swoops to clutch ’im up, head down, then bearing up what looks like a large water-rat | ’im (rev.) in erne; nut + air (rev.); perk = dress smartly |
| HC | S. L. Paton | Myopotamus is a form of rat universal in a place where tykes are apt to dig—its black tail-tip is characteristic | anag. of rat U in; E.R. (= East Riding) + mine; M. = coypu, qv. |
| HC | R. Postill | Head’s got wind up. Little rat stole stuff the property of a beak; (half of beer belonging to me!) | nut + air (rev.); (be)er + mine; stole1, n. |
| HC | H. Rotter | I provide an excellent present for partner, proper caught in No Trumps with King and one—Ace Queen in my possession is a valuable cover | U in NT + R I A.; ER + mine; ref. bridge |
| HC | T. E. Sanders | It may be a Royal Artillery unit that gets caught in a trap—a regiment that’s hoist with its own petard, bigger than something that just goes “pop”! | anag. inc. RA; RE (rev.) + mine; ref. song “Pop goes the weasel” |
| HC | J. F. N. Wedge | Madam likes my warm embrace in the runabout I run at present almost enough to make her marry me! | anag.; (h)er mine, & lit. |
Runners-Up in competition 543: