Ximenes Competition No. 595 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 590 | 600 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 595 | Jun 1960 | INORNATE / OMADHAUN | Right and Left | 16 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Miss D. W. Taylor | I’ve a favourite spot that doesn’t close! Crazy to go over it? Give me a ring first—I’m Gaby, modelling Parisian black, neat but not gaudy! | 0 + mad + haun(t); anag. incl. noir (Fr.); see gaby in C. |
| Second | Mrs J. Robertson | What makes a human do wrong, fool?—Simple! When there’s no alternative, it’s natural! | anag.; or in innate |
| Third | E. J. Rackham | Poor simpleton can only produce a confused O-ah-um and a tie disarranged when embracing lady of fortune, it’s plain | anag.; Norn1 in anag. |
| HC | J. W. Bates | Simple iron shot, then in the rough, a ten; oh damn! a high-class mess-up—there’s a fool! | anag. + anag.; anag. incl. U |
| HC | J. R. Causton | Plain natural round gold ring, infatuated—Ha, one French fool | or in innate; o mad ha un (Fr.) |
| HC | N. C. Dexter | One train shunting up and down is enough for simple idiot in his loco-mad hauntings | anag.; hidden |
| HC | G. H. Dickson | Love-crazy, the Irish Johnny is after losing his head; it’s a fool he is—quite simple, burbling inane rot! | 0 mad (S)haun; anag. |
| HC | J. A. Fincken | Chaste busts are not in—provide some decoration, and do the same for the ears—something quite simple! | anag.; OM + ‘adorn’ |
| HC | T. E. Girdlestone | A human, odd, lacking beginning of discretion, deranged, simple, offers a miscellany of inane rot! | anag. incl. od(d); anag. |
| HC | C. J. Morse | This is just plain gold in a natural setting. Fool! I want a decoration to be decorative, d’you hear? | or in innate; OM + ‘adorn’ |
| HC | F. E. Newlove | Not very pretty or neat in its make-up, this Irish version of a Mahound might be described as uncanny! | anag.; anag.; Irish (offensive) = ludicrous |
| HC | R. O’Donoghue | Batting with elaborate display, I’m plain furious after getting a duck—almost becoming frequent, too—I’ll never learn! | in ornate; 0 mad haun(t) |
| HC | Rev E. G. Riley | Do a human being wrong and you’ll have a weak-minded Irishman, simple to take in, hold forth about the North | anag.; in + N in orate |
| HC | A. Robins | A human being unfortunately fitted to do the same as a fool is simple, or embraced by the word “natural” | anag. incl. do, & lit.; or in innate |
| HC | Capt C. Tyers | Plain, made of gold and once neat, a high-class ring man had treated carelessly. What a fool! | in or nate; anag. incl U o; nate, obs. spelling in OED |
| HC | R. A. Wells | Southern half of moor is in natural plain, round, wild—endless resort for a simple person | (mo)or in innate; o mad haun(t) |
Runners-Up in competition 595: