Ximenes Competition No. 582 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 578 | 586 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 582 | Mar 1960 | MARRY | normal | 18 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | E. L. Mellersh | You may have to stop being a Rolling Stone and have a Moss Gathering to do this | cryptic def.; ref. Moss Bros. outfitters [see comments in Slip no. 586] |
| Second | R. Postill | Spoil the line, indeed! We do this to preserve it! | mar Ry, 2 defs.; marry1,2 |
| Third | E. Gomersall | Monkey about on the railway, and get hitched up in the permanent way! | ram (rev.) + Ry; ram = monkey |
| HC | C. Allen Baker | Take after Mum (bringing up Junior later!) | Ma + r + yr (rev.), & lit.; yr. = younger |
| HC | C. O. Butcher | Get your monkey up! Many couples do it before breakfast | yr. ram (rev.); wedding b. |
| HC | S. B. Green | Fluff your lines? Don’t when you do this, or there may be no lines! | mar Ry |
| HC | E. J. Griew | See the back of mother and father in the early years, indeed! | r r in May (= youth) |
| HC | A. F. Lerrigo | Match when the best man couldn’t win, but just tie, perhaps | 2 mngs. |
| HC | R. M. MacGillivray | Your constellation’s in the ascendant: get hitched up | yr. Ram (rev.) |
| HC | T. W. Melluish | Give the maid a ring when my boxes arrive | arr. in my |
| HC | A. H. T. Midlane | So Elizabeth said, “Well, I never did!” | double mng.; historical exclamation |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Bishop’s pinned in time for Queen to mate | RR in May |
| HC | J. T. Shaughnessy | With the end of war the army becomes practically obsolete indeed | anag. incl. r |
| HC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | What your grandmother may not do with you when your monkey is up! | yr. ram (rev.) |
| HC | H. J. Snelgar | To skip portions of Madras curry is better than to burn | Ma(dras cu)rry; ref. I Cor. 7:9 |
| HC | M. C. Souster | Get accepted in Mr. Right’s embrace near the end of a ceremony | a in Mr R + y |
| HC | W. H. Thornton | Mars theory provided about the missing link | Mars theory less the in so |
| HC | F. T. Walton | In truth, an extension of the oyster season is doubly assured; the jovial cockney has a thousand in front of him | R,R in May, M + ’Arry; oyster season = months with R in |
Runners-Up in competition 582: