Ximenes Competition No. 590 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 586 | 595 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 590 | May 1960 | STATANT | Printer’s Devilry | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Allen Baker | Cleopatra was dazed and lo/ony, shaving. Come to! Hi! Send on a blade! | |
| Second | H. Rotter | I was lucky to be on the fir/e-post: odd Stens (H.E.) later shot down a last of ours | ante post odds: tens … alas to fours |
| Third | J. R. Scarr | In Montmartre—your aunti/e—his son—illicit union—liaison! | French vocab., ‘ta tante’, ‘son’, ‘liaison’ |
| HC | D. B. J. Ambler | There’s lemonade for abstainers, for the re/al us! | |
| HC | F. D. H. Atkinson | At the radiance of the bride male eyes looked sunny, but female eyes looked mo/ony | Princess Margaret’s wedding |
| HC | Capt A. S. Birt | Eve, re/alising life-long ambition to hunt, was overcome by huntsmen | Hunt’s Everest expedition |
| HC | G. H. Dickson | I bought this old Bu/ick, shopped early, and was taken for a ride | antick shoppe |
| HC | F. D. Gardiner | It’s not re/alising—even in gin her company’s hell—get you | tantalising evening |
| HC | Mrs M. Henderson | So men un/ique look in glacé, under the watchful eyes of them others—superior! | nuns tat … mothers superior |
| HC | Lt M. J. Hickman | Was Eve re/alising ambition? As her Pa might say, “Yes!” | a Sherpa; ref. Hunt’s Everest expedition |
| HC | C. H. Hudson | Pimply midshipman got before the Ma/hatma—despots much less obvious | a tan that made spots |
| HC | V. Jennings | If you want to, boa/r, eat your skin with oil—and lo! a fat, black pool! | |
| HC | A. H. Jones | Forgiving your Pa—leche/ry! lying!—on your back in “The Sun” | |
| HC | G. G. Lawrance | The child’s full of ze/rumbet. Ray’s no need for a psychiatrist! | betrays |
| HC | Dr T. J. R. Maguire | To fights in U.S., it is a special I./R.A. should be called in | sinusitis … antra |
| HC | W. L. Miron | Dominant Eve, re/alising objective, hunts among the successful: as her Pa also! | Everest, Hunt, Sherpa |
| HC | C. J. Morse | Ximenes makes our so-called Sunday, re/alising torment solvers feel | |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Mother’s be/en at a lad—vice, naturally! | antenatal |
| HC | D. E. Newman | For years I lived there without re/alising Whistler lived next door! | |
| HC | R. Postill | Ahmed cried in Paradise: “Hi!/ Ali Singh! Our idea, this bliss? | hist, a tantalising Houri. Death… |
| HC | E. J. Rackham | The Princess glances occasionally at the crowds, but looks mo/ony | Princess Margaret’s wedding |
| HC | Mrs F. Shepherd | Musician welcomed fir/e-room was cold. Lyre placed later in orchestra | coldly replaced |
| HC | W. Steinberg | The State could be appropriate to a/id. Is Establishment gathering to further this cause? | toast at antidisestablishment |
| HC | Mrs J. Thomas | Though trade elsewhere has been lo/wer, palace industry still flourishes | Antwerp lace |
| HC | R. Wilson | Choirboy enjoying a rep. (a/hem), time won’t please the vicar |
Runners-Up in competition 590: